A data scientist shares three essential pre-project tasks—the one-pager, time-box, and breakdown—to avoid common pitfalls and ensure project success.
A senior engineer describes how the Feature Lead role at Nested provided the growth and business impact he was missing as a senior developer.
A developer shares their experience leading a new web project using F# and recommends key books for software development and team management.
A data scientist shares how adopting Scrum, despite initial resistance, improved project management and delivery for data science teams.
Explores the lifecycle and importance of engineering tickets in software development, from creation to backlog management.
A tech professional shares lessons from college on running efficient meetings, focusing on agendas, roles, and timekeeping for better team collaboration.
A critique of Scrum and agile methodologies, arguing for a healthier, trust-based approach to software development.
A FOSS maintainer reflects on the unique joys and intense stresses of working full-time on free and open-source software projects.
A developer's 2019 year in review, covering contract work, a challenging project without version control, and professional growth.
A critique of modern Agile scaling frameworks, arguing for simpler, more effective software development practices based on core principles.
Explores using three complementary metrics—delivery date accuracy, feature completeness, and defect rates—to measure software team health and prevent gaming single metrics.
A new comic strip series, 'The OmniDevs,' launches, humorously tackling the common developer struggle of estimating work.
A guide for developers on managing project stakeholders and communication to stay focused on coding while keeping everyone informed.
A guide for software engineers on handling project estimation requests, offering strategies for bottom-up and top-down approaches.
A maintainer discusses how to guide contributors in free software projects, identifying their strengths and fostering growth across various roles like coding, documentation, and support.
A web developer discusses the challenge of tracking client requests and explores using Trello for non-project task management.
Explores the concept of 'governance on demand' for open source projects, suggesting formal structures be established only when conflict arises.
A technical tutorial on using the R plotly package to create interactive Gantt charts for project planning, specifically for a PhD thesis.
A data scientist shares strategies for managing and mitigating failure in data science projects, emphasizing risk analysis and realistic planning.
A panel discussion exploring whether Agile methodologies can be effectively applied to data science projects, featuring insights from industry experts.
