Engineer Hiring Operations SCRUM 
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 7, 2018
The problem, is historically, the investment in time and resources required for traditional digital solutions can feel out of reach, and the type of programs used by corporations aren’t practical for SMBs for daily operations like reporting, inventory, or accounting. apps to manage their operations, up from 3.8 Automation.
Gust
AUGUST 22, 2012
For example, in an area known for a high crime rate, security guards can be hired and other measures taken. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.) Building a startup is one of the riskiest endeavors to begin with, so predictability is key, even in the face of known adversity.
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process. No more, no less.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 5, 2008
The VP Engineering spends all of his time trying to make sure the programmers understand and implement the spec. Eventually, I hope to get them on a full agile diet, with TDD, scrums, sprints, pair programming, and more. Each iteration takes longer than the previous one. Frustration is mounting. Nice write-up.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 18, 2008
At IMVU , we called this person a Producer (revealing our games background); in Scrum , they are called the Product Owner. Thus the power of the Chief Engineer is very large even though he (and they are all men so far) has no direct reports other than a secretary and a few assistants who are themselves being trained to be chief engineers.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 29, 2009
The human tendency to moralize about debt affects engineers, too. Lean vs. debt In the world of physical goods, the leaner a supply chain is, the less debt is required to operate it. We can choose to continue paying the interest, or we can pay down the principal by refactoring the quick and dirty design into the better design.
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
Jesper Richter-Reichhelm is Head of Engineering at social games company Wooga. So hiring the right people is the single most important thing we do at Wooga. We believe in the mantra, “If in doubt, don’t hire.” Similarly there is no operation/admin team to operate the servers or other parts of infrastructure.
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