As a company grows, data-related problems can arise. These might include organisational silos, a lack of data sharing, and poor understanding of what data means outside the context of its business domain. Incompatible technologies can also be an issue, hindering actionable insights, and it can be difficult to push data through ‘extract, transform, load’ (ETL) […]
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If you’re happy with your company’s data analytics capabilities and you’re using data to drive business decisions effectively, you can stop reading now. Unfortunately, few are in this category. In our experience, even companies with sophisticated data architectures sometimes struggle to use their data. The following three scenarios may sound painfully familiar. Company A: Sophisticated, […]
The work in progress (WIP) concept originated in the Lean manufacturing movement. In both a financial and operational sense WIP is considered a form of waste. It’s work that has been done and paid for but is providing no benefit to the customer or the company. WIP is an even more insidious problem in software […]
Poor cohesion between engineers, product owners, and executive teams can be a limiting factor in software development. It often leads to two problem scenarios: 1. Your Company Struggles to Build Quality Software The problem is not staff – you have talented engineers, knowledgeable agile professionals, and top business leadership. They are all paid at or […]
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We used to joke that engineers only tested software if they lacked confidence in their code. A confident and capable engineer wouldn’t need to write tests at all; their code would always work as expected. It’s funny because even the best engineer lacks confidence in their code. If we could be 100% confident that code […]
Cloud migrations often pose daunting technical challenges, but the work doesn’t end there. A lack of focus on organisational and political considerations can lead to suboptimal outcomes or worse, outright failure. Here are five factors that you need to keep in mind: Gain momentum by addressing others’ viewpoints upfront Paint and communicate a vision for […]