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Every company will always have operational challenges. They will always represent a priority because the purpose of every organization is to be profitable. However making a profit won’t always be easy. Internal or external constraints, the market or the level of resources it has at its disposal will always impact this objective. The question for people who are in support functions is how they can contribute to the profitability of the company?

In the first part of our article we talked about how to develop programs that are based on the company’s overall objectives. In the second part of our story we will look at how you can promote this program effectively in order to reach the critical tipping point.

When you are in a managerial role you can seldom say that you don’t have enough to do: analyzing various areas, developing business plans, setting goals, monitoring performance, solving conflicts, making decisions, coaching subordinates etc. No wonder your schedule is so busy and the pressure you feel becomes an addiction. Of course, there is always something to do when it comes to managing people or projects and it’s perfect as long as you love it.

In 1896 Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto stated the 80-20 rule, a rule that has been adopted ever since in a variety of environments. It basically says that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Or, to put it in other words, 20% of the investment you make generates 80% of your revenue

Come this January, Luxoft Training Romania will celebrate its first year as a software development training provider on the Romanian market. With the help and support of our colleagues from Luxoft Romania and Luxoft we’ve managed to have a great start in 2015 and 2016 has all the makings of being a very good year for us.

With the release of a new version of Studio (VS2015), each of us gained an opportunity to feel involved in the development of tools for developers. People from C #/VB compiler teams did an excellent job of "exhibiting" the compiler’s guts, which now allows us to write our own code analyzers, spending quite a reasonable amount of effort on it.

In the first part of our article we discussed analyzers – why we need them and how to created them. We continue the article by showing you how to write a Fixer.

One of Luxoft’s flagship events has always been LoGeek night. A series of events dedicated to IT specialists where some of the most important IT experts are invited to talk and share their knowledge with like-minded professionals.

People on various forums have been talking about Code Contracts and whether they should use them? This is an interesting question. The answer to this question usually is “it depends”, but I can help you understand on what it should depend.

In the first part of the article we talked about the history of contracts. Now we will look at some of the features.