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Methodologies and Processes of Software Development When a Manager is not Agile (but thinks he is) – part 2

Nov 28, 2018

Let’s continue our article on how we should approach a situation where the manager is not aware he is hurting the team.

General Questions – the main tool for managers

Nov 20, 2018

Most of you have probably heard in one way or another about “coaching.” Want to achieve more – find a coach; want to realize your inner potential – find a coach... If you search for the word “coach”…

Methodologies and Processes of Software Development When a Manager is not Agile (but thinks he is)

Nov 13, 2018

Imagine you are an external Agile consultant invited to improve Scrum in a team. A product owner is a head of this department. Let’s call him Alex. Alex talks a lot about self-organization and busine…

Methodologies and Processes of Software Development V for Vendetta (and A for Agile)

Nov 6, 2018

This post in some ways extends on my article about Why Scrum does not work (and what can we do about it).

Java JUnit 5 – features

Oct 23, 2018

The third and last article of our three part serieson JUnit. This time we look at its features.

Java JUnit 5 – usage and first test

Oct 16, 2018

How to use JUnit 5 in a Java project, differences between JUnit 4 and JUnit 5 and testing with JUnit5.

Java JUnit 5 – New Architecture, New Features

Oct 9, 2018

The article would like to be a short introduction to JUnit 5, to provide the reader the possibility to understand the new architecture and new capabilities and to be able to explore further.

General Luxoft Training joins the Digital Revolution

Oct 5, 2018

Every October Bucharest plays host to one of the most important IT&C events in south eastern Europe, Internet and Mobile World. A two day event that focuses on technology and brings together some…

General Luxoft Training talks Hibernate

Sep 28, 2018

Check out our presentation on Hibernate at an event organized by Today Software Magazine. Happy reading.

General What an Agile Coach Can Learn from a Psychologist

Sep 18, 2018

I’ve been recently thinking about popular Agile frameworks and approaches to Agile transformation. It seems to me that they are too mechanistic, and this seems to me one of the reasons why many organ…

General Why Scrum does not work (and what can we do about it)

Sep 11, 2018

Scrum is the most popular agile framework. Period. If we look at VersionOne 11th State of Agile report, Scrum is practiced by 58% of respondents (68% if we sum up Scrum and Scrum/XP hybrid). Among sc…

General Make your meetings great (again)

Sep 5, 2018

When we think about changing organizational culture, what comes to mind first is a big project, involving an enormous amount of efforts on all organizational levels. But that is not always true.