article thumbnail

Why Everyone Wants To Be Agile

YoungUpstarts

If you keep up with the news on project management and business strategy, you’ve probably come across the buzzword “agile” more than a few times. It’s clear that the IT world loves agile: over 75 percent of software developers are using, or plan to use agile project management software. Defining Agile.

Agile 100
article thumbnail

5 Agile Practices That Are Fueling Marketing Teams

ConversionXL

Agile for developers is not Agile for marketers. The differences between how agility manifests in a marketing team vs. a software team can be striking. While software developers prefer more prescriptive methods, like Scrum , marketers borrow heavily from the Kanban framework. Image source ). What will I do today?

Agile 87
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

I remember my friend Ryan Martens sitting down with me and Chris Wand around 2001 and walking us through his idea for changing the how he approached managing the software development process. We weren’t the first investor in Rally. Ryan quickly raised about $400k of friends and family money.

article thumbnail

Joel on Software is Shutting Down. Long Live the King.

Software By Rob

The memories I have of Joel on Software , especially from 2001-2004, run deep. These were my formative years as a developer, and Joel published some of his best work during this time. As if every article re-shaped my thinking about the software development process. Surely you’ve heard the news by now.

article thumbnail

Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

For the non-expert businessperson, this means advice about “what software to use&# but also guidance through the arcane arts of software development, including advice about programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, software architecture, revision control systems, and other hacker black magic.

article thumbnail

My Report on StackOverflow DevDays

Software By Rob

The 7 hours of driving (round-trip) was tough to justify simply for tech content, but the bonus of the day was connecting with several developers including a guy I worked with in 2001, a developer of a former client, someone I had never met, and of course, Mr. Atwood.

article thumbnail

8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

Software By Rob

No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. And if your manage isn’t in their right mind, it’s probably time to find another job. Show Up Early, Leave Late I’ve talked about how crunch time should be the exception in software projects.