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Vision Pivots vs. Discovery Pivots

SVPG

from Java to Ruby), or a "pivot" of their development process (e.g. from Scrum to Kanban), or a "pivot" of a dedicated product team to work on something else (I guess this is supposed to make the team feel better about the new assignment, because pivots are something cool teams do). It is often used as a synonym for "change."

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Social, Agile, and Transformation: Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

I label this as a business or technical risk because if left unaddressed, it could open the door to new competitors or leave customers with unaddressable needs. customer service. (3). No Scrum Master? Technology leadership need to consider build/buy/partner options. about me. (26). agile software development. (46). innovation.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. t have time to learn iOS or Java during the weekend. Google Custom Search Engine. Customer Relationship Management. Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…). Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank. SW Courses. Part 1- Intro.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

SAP Global Trade Services, SAP R/3, Other Technologies / ITO Agreements / IT Intel ABC has created a custom application server using Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle WebLogic Server called ABC Unified Strategic Information Optimization Network, or FUSION. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5, Oracle PeopleSoft 8.9,

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

Unfortunately, customers hated that initial product. Unfortunately, we made two critically flawed assumptions: that customers would primarily consume first-party assets that we shipped to them on CD and that they would tend to congregate in a relatively uniform way. How likely will customers ultimately use that feature?

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Dont go C or Java, python is good for prototyping and easier to learn. Or if prototype is good enough to sell, sell it to customers. If they didnt read something marked as VERY IMPORTANT already, you dont want to work with them.