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Agile project organization | Yusufarslan.net
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At the beginning of a new to start project, I get the question how to set up the project organization. I try always to answer it shortly:. The project organization must consist of as few people as possible and only dedicated people that will really contribute to the project and has interests that the project will succeed. It is a loaded answer with a lot of criteria and questions in it. It can be helpfull to explain the underlying reasoning. As few people as possible. Really contribute to the project.
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Project management constraints: counter-intuitive but true issue | Yusufarslan.net
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Project management constraints: counter-intuitive but true issue. Good, fast, cheap: pick any two is an often heard project management statement. It is a trilemma from the classic management triangle. The joke is often used to subtly figuring out the budget, deadlines and the requirements. A Venn diagram does perfectly visualise project limitations and makes it very understandable and logical. Although this conceptual model helps us think about the project constraints, logically it is not very solid.
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3 Scrum Types | Yusufarslan.net
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Agilists are not to be divided into divisions or sections but rather be united under one manifesto. Common purpose is off course the same: uncovering better ways of developing. However, since the publication of the agile manifesto, there have arisen distinctions into schools of thought, methods, traditions, and related practices. Furthermore, the same organic and natural emergence of fragmentation happens also with Scrum. The three basic types of Scrum. Pros: Self managing, Innovative, No overhead costs.
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Video Hosting and Video Services | Yusufarslan.net
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Video Hosting and Video Services. I work now for 1 month on an assignment for Minoto Video. It is a SaaS platform for video that can be used for easily placing video's on a website or to integrate it within an application by using the API. The goal is to be something like Heroku for video implementations. In the short period I am working here, I have learned some things that I am going to sum up so I can reflect later on. 1 Raw Video file storage is not easy. 2VIdeo quality is subjective.
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Spray & pray product development a.k.a. “the pizza syndrome” | Yusufarslan.net
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Spray and pray product development a.k.a. the pizza syndrome. Pizza syndrome is a metaphor that I use to describe the phenomenon when you want to order an extraordinary web product. Individual taste ratings of pizza tended to be inversely related to how much is consumed. Finding a unique market and product combination is the next level of the challenge. Developing only a excellent product is not enough. There must be a perfect match between the product and the demand for it. Sometimes it is p...Finding t...
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Choosing a control panel for server management | Yusufarslan.net
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Choosing a control panel for server management. Plesk and cPanel are well known commercial control panels that provide a graphical interface to simplify the process of managing a Linux web server. But I don't want to use them because for my use they are overkill: I don't need a general purpose hosting reselling panel. There are also relatively reliable and proven Open Source alternatives like Ispconfig. But I was searching for something more visually attractive and modern-looking. Duplicate or create a M...
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Is Agile and Scrum really better than Waterfall? | Yusufarslan.net
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Is Agile and Scrum really better than Waterfall? There are lots of ways to develop software. From the "cowboy coding" that involves no design, no documentation, and no testing to strict and rigorous processes. Almost all software development standards describe how to perform and improve specifications, designs, coding, and testing. Is this context-dependent or are there any generic aspects so that an overarching software development "framework" can be labeled as "best practice" for the status quo? Fallac...
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How to generate an awesome product vision | Yusufarslan.net
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How to generate an awesome product vision. Web development projects have not enough emphasis on product management. I see that web development projects are often trying to reinvent the wheel. I don't mean it as in code or application reuse. Most developers use principles like DRY. Writing a product vision using Heilmeier's catechism. What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon. How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice? How much will it cost?
