This talk explores communications between coders, some of the personality challenges and interactions with normal people.From pocket watches to great cathedrals, craftsmen created wonders of the age. While individual skill, repetition and accomplishment was important, communication between the great craftsmen was key. We will explore the use of code reviews …
HMRC, the tax and revenue authority in the UK has a stated goal of becoming one of the most digital tax administrations in the world by 2020. The Department is in the midst of a digitally-enabled transformation and having a flexible infrastructure in place to underpin this is crucial – …
Amber King is a fan of team self-selection, which, in her experience, yields happier, more empowered, more productive teams. Amber shares her story working at Opower where the company decided to do an experiment: the goal would be to do what’s best for the company, but individuals get to choose …
Let’s face it, the system you maintain isn’t meeting expectations. The crystal ball you were issued at engineer academy was broken, and you guessed wrong about how the system would grow. Now, you’re faced with a choice: should you bite the bullet and rewrite, or should you somehow try to …
The word eupsychian (pronounced ‘you-sigh-key-un’) was coined by Abraham Maslow. It comes from ‘eu’ meaning good (e.g. euphoria) and ‘psyche’ meaning mind or soul. Eupsychian means ‘having a good mind/soul’ or ‘towards a good mind/soul’. Maslow’s research into organisations in the 1960s showed that productivity is directly linked to the …
Watch and learn how to use Visual Studio Team Services to work with many teams on the same product. This presentation explains how to create a Nexus of 3-9 teams working on a single product with separate team backlogs and separate sprint backlogs while being able to visualise the total …
