The management of your estate mandates that system administrators (sysadmins) quickly acquire skill sets common among Agile development and operations (DevOps) [ii] professionals. If You Create, You Develop - We're All Developers Now. Development & Operations (DevOps). MORE

Respect Driven Development is not an attempt to add to the Agile alphabet soup of X Driven Development like TDD, BDD, DDD or FDD. It really wasn’t until GDPR that I started to think that we really need a way to internalize how we approach data as developers in large distributed systems. Why am I designing and developing systems that I don’t really want to use? Development Big Data GDPR scrum MORE

Microsoft (MS) is making it easier for its huge worldwide development community, encompassing enterprises, partners, and single developers to infuse AI vision, speech, language processing and more in applications building. agile application development methodologies artificial intelligence (AI) Agile Agile+DevOps AI Cognitive Developers DevOps microsoft MORE

It’s important to spot and develop innovators because they are the driving force to bring up new ideas or rejuvenate an innovative culture, and achieve the ultimate business value. Innovation is not serendipity. MORE

Credit card company Mastercard is investing heavily in digital payments and wants to engage with developers and startups MORE

I started with low code development environments over a decade ago. cio citizen development digital transformation enterprise 2.0 We were a ~10 year "startup" with multiple businesses and limited technology resources to support them all sufficiently. One of our emerging business required some automation to enable an internal and customer facing workflow. They were an early form of an ad network essentially selling banner ads to US national advertisers. MORE

In the age of the customer, admins need to be just as dynamic as their developer brethren. In other words, you need to become a developer. While you will learn much of this from developers, you will also impress on them key sysadmin principles like standardization, dependability, and security. In fact, the final evolution of this exchange is application and operations developers joining forces in a powerful mind-meld of talent. Application Development Methodologies. MORE

I must be behind the times because last week was the first time I heard the term "Citizen Developer", a term Gartner defines as a user who creates new business applications for consumption by others using. development and runtime environments sanctioned by corporate IT. They are referring to a business user and not a software developer in IT, and are careful to distinguish this from Rogue-IT. agile software development cio citizen development cloud computing enterprise 2.0 MORE

I had the opportunity to work with Infoworld on this video illustrating how agile development is a lot like running a restaurant. They also require some creativity and innovation when developing new menu items and adjusting ingredients based on what's. agile software development DevOps software developmentRestaurants requires operational excellence to deliver high quality meals, excellent service, and on time delivery to restaurant patrons. MORE

agile planning agile software development cio DevOps it management software development software qaIs release management part of your agile practice? Are you able to tell stakeholders target dates for your next application releases? Are you tracking how often your teams hit these targets and which releases hit the targeted scope and quality? I’ve asked this question of many teams and hear various answers. MORE

agile data citizen development data scientist organizational changeCitizen data science or self-service BI programs are catching on with more businesses and enterprises of all sizes. More executives understand the importance of becoming a data-driven organization and are willing to break away from the mostly manual analytics performed in spreadsheets. For those of you that have embarked on this journey, here are some key strategies to consider to ensure. MORE

Software developers are turning to YouTube to find out how to solve technical problems, rather than asking for help from colleagues MORE

As organisations ramp up their digital strategies, they are also building more applications, leading to demand for developer skills MORE

A Russian man believed to be one of the developers of the Citadel malware used to steal millions by infecting around 11 million computers around the world MORE

agile planning agile software development customer experience digital transformation innovation mobile product managementGoogle was a search box. Yahoo was a directory. YouTube let you search and play videos. Many of the best applications started with humble beginnings, simple user experiences, and demonstrable value to end users. MORE

A colleague and friend recently asked me whether agile practices were appropriate when managing development on lowcode or aPaaS (application Platform as a Service) technologies. These higher level languages enable developers to write a class of applications faster and maintain them easier by providing development environments, programming constructs, and other tools. MORE

The unprecedented adoption of Microsoft Azure is a huge opportunity for developers, but they must keep their security skills updated MORE

I am concerned that some organizations are developing too much custom code as part of their digital transformation programs. agile software development cio citizen development digital transformation innovation mobile organizational change software developmentThe code may be tied to delivering new mobile experiences to customers, integrating new data sources into a data lake, generating dashboards, or providing collaborative tools for a departmental workflow. MORE

Attending an iOS developer bootcamp is one of the best and cheapest ways to become a professional Apple application developer MORE

I've worked with some very strong Agile Product Owners, others that needed a lot of help transitioning from BRD centric waterfall product management, and others that have strong backgrounds in other product roles (product strategy, management, or marketing) and are new to agile product development. agile planning agile software development DevOps innovation it management organizational change product management project management MORE

Does the IT department and the applications development team have to own and lead all application development efforts? Over my last couple of posts, I've been exploring how Citizen Developers - developers using light weight, often low code development platforms can help their business functions automate tasks, analyze data, develop knowledge repositories, and connect data across applications. MORE

There are two types of Agile people in the world: Capital “A” Agile people equate “agile” with Agile software development methodologies or frameworks. Lower case “a” agile people subscribe to the underlying values of Agile development, but most often use the [… MORE

Following TfL's decision against Uber, we investigate the role of professionalism and ethics in software development MORE

Actually, if you are or were a developer, you've probably already written or used software programs that can generate other software programs. Application Development. AI Application Development Application Development Cognitive Quality Testing artificial intelligence automated testing cognitive computingMuch has been written about how artificial intelligence (AI) will put white-collar workers out of a job eventually. MORE

agile software development cio citizen development cloud computing enterprise 2.0 it management organizational change software developmentMile wide spread sheets. String parsers that break when unrecognized characters are passed to it. Rapid fire queries that kill database performance. Forms that permit SQL injection. Hundreds or thousands of undocumented disparate applications that don't share data or design patterns. User experiences that have no consistency. MORE

The Latest Developments In Corporate Data Security Corporate data security is defined as the processes by which sensitive information is accessed only by authorized individuals and then destroyed when it is no longer needed. Proactive measures, including software purchases, third-party services, and internal company policies, offer data security solutions that would prevent most types of […]. Big Data Cloud Computing CTO Cyber Security MORE

My focus is on Application Development and Delivery (AD&D) professionals, so I thought I'd update you on what all of this means to them. Well, that's the special sauce that will be very interesting for developers. The knowledge Viv uses to deliver on voice requests is directly driven by direct input from developers. Application Development. mobileapps Application Development Application Development MORE

Application-development leaders shifting to modern techniques are like acrobats performing above a flimsy net. The biggest gaps are in portfolio management, test-and-learn development environments, and digital application platforms. This report provides an overview of the tools and technologies application-development leaders need. An emphasis on composition, collaboration, and continuous delivery makes modern application development different from prior eras. MORE

Web app development is about to undergo a significant revolution triggered by the rise of data science. So far, developers have created apps based on focus groups, surveys and educated guesses about the needs and wants of users. The post How Is Data Science Transforming Web Development? MORE

Respect Driven Development is not an attempt to add to the Agile alphabet soup of X Driven Development like TDD, BDD, DDD or FDD. It really wasn’t until GDPR that I started to think that we really need a way to internalize how we approach data as developers in large distributed systems. Why am I designing and developing systems that I don’t really want to use? Digital Transformation Operations Respect Driven Development MORE

agile planning agile software development product management software developmentI have a few posts on agile estimation. Here's one on why estimating is important, another one on how to do one-week agile planning sprint, and a more detailed one on how to conduct an agile sizing meeting. Does agile poker help? If that's how the team wants to self organize and come to consensus on an estimate. I am often confronted with the question on whether to estimate in hours or. MORE

Thanks to Ramon Monteiro @ivisualize for developing this cool visual depicting my last post on The Key to aligning Agile Dev and Stable Ops to a Successful DevOps Transformation. While agile development teams continue to iterate and improve applications for the Business, and Ops insures that systems are stable and reliable, the CIO leads the entire IT organization through a DevOps transformation. MORE

I started my career as a developer. Today you don?t t have to know everything. Information is so available that it?s s possible to supplement your technical knowledge in near real time. s a great strategy to make more of yourself than you really are. It was a long time ago and a technology I won?t t admit to here. But h I have/had some skills. Fast forward to today. m a product manager. MORE

agile software development cio DevOps it management organizational change software developmentI recently published 20 Bad Behaviors of Agile Product Owners and decided not to leave this subject one sided. In trying to improve the organizational culture and more specifically, the culture in IT, the CIO and IT leadership must consider, review, and improve on its own behaviors. So this week I'm itemizing some of the bad behaviors in IT. Like my previous most, I haven't seen these. MORE

Product development. CIO PLM Product Lifecycle Management Product development digital business digital twinAs details regarding the termination of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone continue to unfold, there are several important lessons, both technological and organizational, that manufacturers and product organizations should take away from their peer's costly product crisis: Read more Categories: PLM. Product Lifecycle Management. digital business. digital twin. MORE

Are you seeing better or worse code coming from developers today?" "I I'm not just talking about low code platforms that can enable software developers and citizen developers to build entire applications with relatively. agile software development citizen development software development software qaLast week I participated in a panel, "The Future of Software" at the Northeast Javascript conference and was asked a question about code quality. MORE