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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

Kent Beck concluded , Measure developer productivity? My favorite discussion of the topic is Robert Austins, who wrote Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations. He says a measurement based approach generates relatively weak improvements and significant distortion of incentives. How do I measure productivity?

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Boost Team Flow with this Adjacent Disciplines Exercise

Accenture

Organizations are now looking past team lunches and formal recognition programs to meaningful, forward-looking incentives. One of the most intriguing and effective activities you can do with your teams to support their growth is to explore adjacent disciplines. The bottom line: your team is only as strong as its weakest link.

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO

Looking beyond operations, do leaders and managers have collaboration tools, real-time reporting dashboards, and forecasting machine learning models to aid in decision-making? How often do teams schedule tabletop exercises to play out what-if scenarios? Does your organization have the culture to support software development?

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A Comprehensive Guide to Communication Assessment for Recruiters

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

For recruiters, identifying candidates who excel in communication is criticalnot just for client-facing roles, but for fostering collaboration, solving problems, and driving innovation within teams. Key benefits of communication assessments: Improved hiring accuracy: Ensures candidates fit team dynamics.

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Why knowledge management is foundational to AI success

CIO

Per Gartner’s Solution Path for Knowledge Management , “Products like Stack Overflow for Teams can be integrated with Microsoft Teams or Slack to provide a Q&A forum with a persistent knowledge store. The classic computing rule of “garbage in, garbage out” applies to generative AI, too.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Whole Team. The Hole Team. Modern software development takes a lot of skills.

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Leadership and Teamwork

Lead on Purpose

One approach to coaching that is rapidly gaining popularity is what is known as the Double-Goal Coaching Philosophy : emphasis is placed not only on winning, but also on team members’ learning and self-improvement. Nothing discourages initiative and strategic thinking like a hovering, critical manager. Avoid micromanaging.