Can You Outsource Innovation in the Software Business?
Insights October 15, 2013
On September 17 of this year, as part of Innovation Week, I participated in a panel devoted to the interconnection between software development outsourcing and...
The Universal Responsibility & Communication Principles
Insights October 11, 2013
Quite surprisingly, I recently spent some time during my workday writing down what I called the “basic responsibility & communication principles.” In my case, they...
The Team of Top Performers: Dream and Reality
Insights October 08, 2013
I recently stumbled upon the presentation by Bryan Cantrill on software engineering management, and I must say I completely agree with his thoughts—not with every...
Applying Open Source Community Approaches to Traditional Software Development Organizations
Insights August 14, 2013
As many people nowadays do, in my spare time, I develop applications for fun and education. And obviously, I constantly bump into various open source...
The Onsite Coordinator: One of the Lesser-Understood Roles in Distributed Teams
Insights August 09, 2013
As I’ve already said a number of times in this blog and elsewhere, the issue of efficient communications is one of the most important things...
Agile and (Offshore) Outsourcing: Aspect #2 – Distributed Agile
Insights May 27, 2013
This is Part #3 of the series of posts devoted to combining agile methodologies with software development outsourcing. You can find Parts #1 and #2...
Agile and (Offshore) Outsourcing: Aspect #1 – Business Model
Insights May 24, 2013
This is Part #2 of the series of posts devoted to combining agile methodologies with software development outsourcing. You can find Part #1 here. Why...
Agile and (Offshore) Outsourcing in Software Development: The Eternal Love/Hate Story
Insights May 20, 2013
Agile is far from being a purely hype-driven software development phenomenon. In fact, if you think about it, it’s a very natural methodology to embrace...
Don’t Over-Optimize Your Candidates
Insights May 17, 2013
This post is inspired by the recent article in the Harvard Business Review blog called “Job’s Titles Aren’t That Important” . I absolutely agree with...