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There finally seems to be enough maturity in agentic generative AI , that… Agentic software development systems with sub-systems that produce, edit, refactor, test, document and monitor for coding style, security and compliance produce maintainable and extendable code – provided some expert oversight is available. This advance allows for the speeding up of software developmentContinue reading “How will AI change software development?”

Part 2 of the What it takes for a software Development team to Succeed theme focusing on teamwork skills. Teamwork skill is a concept used to indicate specific skills related to teamwork – excluding domain knowledge, software development skills, and experience – covered in the previous post. In this post I’m first using a six-dimensionalContinue reading “A Deep Dive into Teamwork Skills”

Part 1, focusing on skills, experience and domain knowledge. What Qualities does your Team Need? So, you have a business need – how to solve it? You need a capable team – a team capable of delivering the needed software, which is maintainable and extendable. To succeed the team needs to have enough: There isContinue reading “What does it Take for a Software Development Team to Succeed”

One of the best benefits of Scrum [1] is the built-in reflection happening in retrospectives after each sprint, but that’s not enough. Reflection cannot always wait until the end of the sprint, reflection – the manifestation of inspect and adapt should happen whenever needed. There needs to be room for informal discussions at all times,Continue reading “Having Retrospectives is not Enough – You Need to Reflect Whenever Needed”

As part of our tenth anniversary celebrations we held a seminar about building sustainably efficient teams on Nov 26th 2020. You can check out the recording of the seminar below. Check out my comments to navigate between the presentations and the panel discussion. The Our Great Team Seminar recording.

Yes, I finally made it. It took me half a year to get my blog online… Not that it would have been technically difficult, not that I would have lacked content, but because I lacked time. And it’s not about me either – it’s about what I have learned… learned from the people that IContinue reading “Hello world, this is OurGreatTeam.com!”