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10X People Blog: October 2014
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Thoughts from our team. Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Common Mistakes #5 - Focus on Working Software, Not Tracking Bugs. At a recent industry Agile conference, we shocked a whole room full of people by announcing that 10X does not use a bug tracking system during development and testing. We were immediately barraged with questions:. You can’t write perfect software! How do you not keep track of defects? How do the software testers communicate issues found to development? What about production problems?
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10X People Blog: Common Mistakes # 6 - Overlooking Skillsets and Team Dynamics.
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Thoughts from our team. Monday, March 30, 2015. Common Mistakes # 6 - Overlooking Skillsets and Team Dynamics. On an 8 man boat there are 9 positions, 8 rowers and the coxswain. The coxswain gui. The boat, on and off the water, providing direction, motivation and strategy during the race. The 8 seat, who sits directly in front of the coxswain is the stroke seat. The stroke is, at the coxswains direction, setting the pace for the boat. As in rowing, seek the right mix of skills and roles. A boat must have...
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10X People Blog: August 2014
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Thoughts from our team. Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Common Mistakes #2 - Not Addressing Poor Performance. Dealing with performance issues is one of the toughest parts of managing teams. Avoiding dealing with these issues quickly is a mistake. Highly functioning software teams, as with sports teams, function at a much higher level when they have mutual trust, respect and a willingness to help each other. When one person isn't pulling their weight or is causing dissension or disruption it can:. As a manager,...
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10X People Blog: Common Mistakes #1 - Failure to Automate Testing
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Thoughts from our team. Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Common Mistakes #1 - Failure to Automate Testing. It’s common to think that adding test automation is too costly and takes too much time to implement, or that it isn’t viable to implement on an existing platform. In reality, devoting development resources to automated testing results in costs savings and reduces software defects and support costs. A bug discovered in:. Development only requires the developer. Time spent manually running. Avoid tools that ...
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10X People Blog: Common Mistakes #2 - Not Addressing Poor Performance
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Thoughts from our team. Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Common Mistakes #2 - Not Addressing Poor Performance. Dealing with performance issues is one of the toughest parts of managing teams. Avoiding dealing with these issues quickly is a mistake. Highly functioning software teams, as with sports teams, function at a much higher level when they have mutual trust, respect and a willingness to help each other. When one person isn't pulling their weight or is causing dissension or disruption it can:. As a manager,...
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10X People Blog: Common Mistakes #4 - Forgetting to Have Fun
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Thoughts from our team. Friday, October 3, 2014. Common Mistakes #4 - Forgetting to Have Fun. Sometimes organizations are so focused on schedules, deliverables and budgets that they forget to take time to have fun. Remember the song “. Girls Just Want to Have Fun”. It’s not just girls, it’s everyone. Taking time out to play can improve team interaction, enhance job satisfaction, and, let’s face it, it’s just more fun. One definition of “fun” from Merriam-Webster is “. Guess the secret - Have everyone sub...
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10X People Blog: March 2015
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Thoughts from our team. Monday, March 30, 2015. Common Mistakes # 6 - Overlooking Skillsets and Team Dynamics. On an 8 man boat there are 9 positions, 8 rowers and the coxswain. The coxswain gui. The boat, on and off the water, providing direction, motivation and strategy during the race. The 8 seat, who sits directly in front of the coxswain is the stroke seat. The stroke is, at the coxswains direction, setting the pace for the boat. As in rowing, seek the right mix of skills and roles. A boat must have...
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10X People Blog: Common Mistakes #3 - Forgetting to Think Lean - If It Doesn't Add Value, Don't Do It
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Thoughts from our team. Thursday, September 4, 2014. Common Mistakes #3 - Forgetting to Think Lean - If It Doesn't Add Value, Don't Do It. As an organization, one of your biggest challenges can be getting work done with the people you have. Instead of adding additional resources, consider optimizing the time of your current employees through the adoption of. Testing of features will also help. Offset the costs of features that make it into the system. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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