There are some interesting things happening around the world, when it comes to local government opening up data for use by the general public.
As more of us live in cities, being able to create some green space easily is important. Bacsac offers a line of innovative geotextile bags that can be used to transform any space into a growing, living garden.
One of the most important things for any agile team to understand is their velocity. Velocity is a term used in agile software development to illustrate the “rate of progress” for a team, related to a project or program.
There is a great case study on from Forrester on United Business Media’s use of Social Business Software. UBM use Jive SBS as their platform and after a couple of roadbumps, demonstrated tangible hard cash benefits and employee satisfaction
Agile Adoption can be very difficult. We often underestimate the ability of ourselves or others to understand and adjust to change – and it is a cultural change required in order to really be successful in adopting the agile mindset.
Whether you love them or hate them, Apple has been instrumental in defining an era … and Apple would never have been anything without Steve Jobs. Here are some lessons from big Steve on how to approach life and business.
There is always some debate about the level of prescription that an organisation should wrap around Social Business software platforms like JiveSBS as they prepare for roll-out.
As well as looking at ways we can work more effectively by changing how we communicate and collaborate via social business software (such as JiveSBS), we also need to look at the physical workplace we inhabit.
As a proponent of customer-centric development efforts, agile methods, and frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, it probably comes as no surprise that I am also a big fan of story tests and test-driven development (TDD) in general.
A lot of people are very enthused with the ideas and concepts behind Agile methodologies, but are hesitant to apply them in their current situation. I often hear people talk about the “risk” involved in moving to a new way of working.
