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Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Nov 6, 2016 · Fundamentals

Applying Conway’s Law to Improve Architecture and Team Productivity: Lessons from Credera at SpringOne

At SpringOne, Credera engineers Jason Goth, Micah Blalock, and Patricia Anderson explained how they leveraged Conway’s Law to redesign a client’s technical architecture and processes, overcoming productivity decline by restructuring teams, applying the open/closed principle, and introducing new communication roles, ultimately accelerating high‑quality code delivery.

Conway's LawOpen-Closed Principleagile
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Applying Conway’s Law to Improve Architecture and Team Productivity: Lessons from Credera at SpringOne
DevOps
DevOps
Sep 29, 2016 · R&D Management

Applying User Story Mapping in TFS: Direct Mapping and Transformation Methods

The article explains how to use the User Story Mapping technique on the TFS platform, describing both a direct one‑to‑one mapping approach and a conversion method that transforms business‑level story maps into technical TFS work items for efficient DevOps team collaboration.

DevOpsR&D ManagementTFS
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Applying User Story Mapping in TFS: Direct Mapping and Transformation Methods
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Sep 19, 2016 · Backend Development

What Alibaba Architects Learned at SpringOne 2016: From ReactiveX to Serverless

Alibaba architects attended the SpringOne conference in Las Vegas, sharing insights on emerging technologies such as ReactiveX, Ratpack, Java 9 modules, Spring 5 and 1.4, Zipkin, XRebel, PaaS platforms, serverless computing, cloud‑native principles, Agile, DevOps, and microservices, highlighting both global trends and challenges for Chinese cloud providers.

DevOpsPaaSSpring
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What Alibaba Architects Learned at SpringOne 2016: From ReactiveX to Serverless
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Jul 27, 2016 · Fundamentals

Improving Developer Productivity and Workflow in Software Development

The article examines how concise, efficient, and simple development practices—ranging from agile iteration and tool selection to testing automation and team management—can boost developer productivity, reduce waste, and enhance software quality across the entire software development lifecycle.

agiledeveloper productivitysoftware development
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Improving Developer Productivity and Workflow in Software Development
DevOps
DevOps
Jul 18, 2016 · R&D Management

Using TFS Board to Run a Scrum Sprint: A Practical Guide

This article explains how to configure and use a TFS Kanban board to plan, execute, and review a Scrum sprint, covering team roles, sprint cadence, backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, and sprint review and retrospective activities.

DevOpsKanban BoardSprint Management
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Using TFS Board to Run a Scrum Sprint: A Practical Guide
DevOps
DevOps
Jun 22, 2016 · R&D Management

Using TFS Kanban Boards: Creation, Configuration, and Customization

This article explains how to create and customize Kanban boards in TFS, covering board creation, column naming, WIP limits, status mapping, swimlane usage, card field configuration, and visual styling to improve team visibility and workflow management.

DevOpsKanbanProject Management
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Using TFS Kanban Boards: Creation, Configuration, and Customization
21CTO
21CTO
Jun 9, 2016 · Product Management

Mastering Product Backlog & Sprint Planning with Worktile: A Practical Guide

This guide explains the fundamentals of product backlog creation, outlines essential backlog attributes, demonstrates how to use Worktile for backlog and sprint planning, covers sprint backlog management and burn‑down chart generation, and concludes with practical tips for agile teams.

Burn-down ChartKanbanSprint Planning
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Mastering Product Backlog & Sprint Planning with Worktile: A Practical Guide
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Jun 9, 2016 · R&D Management

What a Dragon Boat Race Teaches About Effective Project Management

A corporate dragon‑boat race on the Duanwu Festival turned into a vivid lesson on project management, highlighting how unclear roles, poor communication, lack of team harmony, and member inactivity can derail a project and offering practical tips to strengthen leadership and teamwork.

Project Managementagilecommunication
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What a Dragon Boat Race Teaches About Effective Project Management
58UXD
58UXD
May 18, 2016 · Product Management

Why Companies Doubt User Research—and How to Make It Truly Valuable

This article examines why many enterprises view user research as ineffective, outlines the four biggest challenges—defining clear goals, cultivating insight, building capable teams, and adopting the right mindset—and offers practical strategies for making research results actionable, integrating them into product development, and evolving the role of user researchers.

Big DataUXagile
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Why Companies Doubt User Research—and How to Make It Truly Valuable
DevOps
DevOps
May 4, 2016 · Fundamentals

User Story Driving Agile Development (UDAD): A Comprehensive End‑to‑End Agile Methodology

The article introduces User Story Driving Agile Development (UDAD), a comprehensive methodology that integrates impact mapping, user story mapping, visual guidance, Scrum, Kanban, continuous integration, exploratory testing, and automated deployment to provide a cohesive, end‑to‑end agile process supported by Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

DevOpsKanbanagile
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User Story Driving Agile Development (UDAD): A Comprehensive End‑to‑End Agile Methodology
DevOps
DevOps
Apr 29, 2016 · Product Management

Using Kanban, User Story Mapping, and Impact Mapping to Visualize and Clarify Requirements

The article introduces Kanban, User Story Mapping, and Impact Mapping as visual tools to clarify requirements, explains a stepwise thinking approach from abstraction to concrete code, and offers practical advice on prototyping, delayed decision‑making, and preparation before coding to improve product development.

KanbanRequirement VisualizationUser Story Mapping
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Using Kanban, User Story Mapping, and Impact Mapping to Visualize and Clarify Requirements
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Mar 25, 2016 · Fundamentals

Why Full‑Stack Engineers Are Shaping the Future of Software Development

This article traces the evolution of web technologies from CGI to MVC and service‑oriented architectures, examines how communication challenges drive the shift from waterfall to agile development, compares expert versus full‑stack learning models, and envisions a "no‑stack" future for versatile engineers.

Full-Stackagilecareer
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Why Full‑Stack Engineers Are Shaping the Future of Software Development
DevOps
DevOps
Mar 2, 2016 · Operations

Understanding DevOps: Principles, Practices, and Implementation

This article provides a comprehensive overview of DevOps, explaining its purpose, cultural challenges, core principles such as automation, standardization, and configuration, its relationship with cloud, lean and agile, practical steps, metrics, and how it transforms IT delivery into an end‑to‑end business value pipeline.

AutomationContinuous DeliveryDevOps
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Understanding DevOps: Principles, Practices, and Implementation
DevOps
DevOps
Feb 24, 2016 · Product Management

Understanding Impact Mapping: Structure, Characteristics, and Practical Applications

Impact Mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique that visualizes business goals, stakeholders, desired influences, and deliverables to align product development with measurable outcomes, prevent scope creep, and improve decision‑making across agile teams.

agileimpact mappingstrategic planning
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Understanding Impact Mapping: Structure, Characteristics, and Practical Applications
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Feb 22, 2016 · Operations

Why Dev and Ops Clash and How to Bridge the Gap

The article analyzes the root causes of Dev‑Ops conflicts, illustrates typical complaints at each release stage, and proposes concrete measures—shared goals, platform‑driven automation, and cultural alignment—to transform friction into collaborative efficiency.

DevOpsIT Managementagile
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Why Dev and Ops Clash and How to Bridge the Gap
21CTO
21CTO
Jan 29, 2016 · Fundamentals

How Agile and Waterfall Shape Sustainable Software Architecture

This article compares waterfall and agile approaches to software architecture, examining the architect's role, time span, deliverables, and documentation practices, and offers practical guidance for building sustainable, adaptable system designs in modern development environments.

Documentationagilescrum
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How Agile and Waterfall Shape Sustainable Software Architecture
DevOps
DevOps
Jan 11, 2016 · Product Management

Eight Steps to Create a User Story Map

This article explains how to organize a user story map in eight practical steps, detailing the benefits of visualizing the backlog, prioritizing features, fostering collaborative brainstorming, and planning incremental releases to ensure early validation of architecture and scope.

Backlog VisualizationUser Story Mappingagile
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Eight Steps to Create a User Story Map
DevOps
DevOps
Jan 10, 2016 · Product Management

Practical Workshop on User Story Mapping: Visualizing Agile Requirements

The article recounts a hands‑on Beijing Agile Community workshop on User Story Mapping, explains the technique’s role in solving common agile requirement‑analysis problems, describes its structure and how it connects to backlog and release planning, and shares personal reflections on its usefulness for product management.

User Story Mappingagilerelease planning
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Practical Workshop on User Story Mapping: Visualizing Agile Requirements
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Dec 30, 2015 · R&D Management

Improving Developer Productivity and Workflow in Software Development

The article examines how concise, efficient, and simple development practices, agile iteration, automated testing, and thoughtful tool selection can boost individual and team productivity while maintaining software quality, offering practical examples and strategic guidance for optimizing software development processes.

Workflowagilesoftware development
0 likes · 28 min read
Improving Developer Productivity and Workflow in Software Development
21CTO
21CTO
Dec 9, 2015 · R&D Management

When Is Scrum Right for Your Team? Real-World Lessons from NetEase Youdao

This article shares NetEase Youdao Note’s practical Scrum experience, outlining when agile development fits, how to scale Scrum teams, the role of Scrum Masters, metrics for team performance, and tips for efficient sprint planning and cross‑team collaboration.

Sprint Planningagilescrum
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When Is Scrum Right for Your Team? Real-World Lessons from NetEase Youdao
DevOps
DevOps
Nov 27, 2015 · R&D Management

22 Essential Scrum Questions and Answers for Aspiring Scrum Masters

This article presents 22 fundamental Scrum questions covering roles, artifacts, events, benefits, limitations, and practical guidance, offering a comprehensive overview for anyone preparing to become an effective Scrum Master and deepen their understanding of agile project management.

Project ManagementR&D Managementagile
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22 Essential Scrum Questions and Answers for Aspiring Scrum Masters
DevOps
DevOps
Nov 26, 2015 · R&D Management

The Common Mistake Scrum Masters Make and How to Teach Teams to Fish

The article explains how Scrum Masters often turn Daily Scrum into a status‑report meeting, why this command‑and‑control approach hinders agile transformation, and how shifting to a coaching role that empowers teams to self‑manage leads to more effective collaboration and continuous improvement.

Daily ScrumScrumMasteragile
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The Common Mistake Scrum Masters Make and How to Teach Teams to Fish
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 8, 2015 · Operations

Why Agile Fails: System Thinking Reveals the Hidden Loops Behind Testing Chaos

Through two real-world cases, this article shows how system thinking and causal loop diagrams expose why agile and automation testing initiatives repeatedly stumble, revealing reinforcing and balancing feedback loops that lead to short‑term fixes, long‑term stagnation, and the classic ‘missing the forest for the trees’ dilemma.

System thinkingagileautomation testing
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Why Agile Fails: System Thinking Reveals the Hidden Loops Behind Testing Chaos
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 13, 2015 · Operations

Top DevOps Insights: Agile, ChatOps, Vagrant, Context Switching & More

Compiled from the SEI blog series, this article presents concise summaries of the six most popular DevOps topics of the past six months—including Agile integration, ChatOps communication, Vagrant environment consistency, mitigating context‑switching overhead, and a foundational overview of DevOps—offering practical insights and links to the original sources.

ChatOpsDevOpsOperations
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Top DevOps Insights: Agile, ChatOps, Vagrant, Context Switching & More
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Jun 24, 2015 · Fundamentals

Integrating Agile Practices with Architecture: Five Practical Recommendations

The article explains how architects can adopt a risk‑ and cost‑driven, lightweight approach to keep architecture agile, offering five actionable recommendations—decision‑focused delivery, a backlog of architectural concerns, economic impact prioritization, minimal architecture, and delivering just enough expectations—applicable across agile and plan‑driven projects.

BacklogCost-drivenagile
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Integrating Agile Practices with Architecture: Five Practical Recommendations
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jul 1, 2014 · Operations

11 Essential DevOps Insights Every IT Professional Should Know

This comprehensive guide, originally a white‑paper by Gene Kim, explains what DevOps is, how it differs from Agile, ITIL and visible ops, outlines its core principles, application domains, business value, and practical patterns for integrating security, QA, and continuous delivery into modern IT workflows.

Continuous Deliveryagilesecurity
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11 Essential DevOps Insights Every IT Professional Should Know