A Step-by-Step, Curated Reading List for New Ways of Working
by 1 # Description 001 Start with Steve Denning’s Forbes article on “Why Managers hate Agile”. It is a great introduction to the Agile Management Philosophy. …
by 1 Author: Josef Langerman
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Where are the women in tech?
by 5 In the context of discussing Josef Langerman’s online IT management course, he asked me “only about 10% of readers [of the course] are female. You …
Software engineers – are they really difficult, or just different?
by 0 We’ve all heard the joke about software engineers: What’s the difference between an IT introvert and an IT extrovert? The introvert stares at his own …
10(+1) Rules for great development teams
by 4 It takes great leadership to build great development teams. In this post we look at the rules for great development teams. The rules may seem …
Servant Leadership as Leadership Engine to Power Agile IT
by 0 One of the buzzwords in the agile community is Servant Leadership. When Standard Bank embarked on their implementation of agile-at-scale, we needed to understand if …
How IT can cure joblessness
by 0 South Africa is apparently at the edge of an abyss. Slow growth and poverty are a scourge on this beautiful land. At the root of this …
From Aristotle to Software Engineering Practice Management
by 1 We must become excellent by doing excellent work.
Tips for starting your career
by 2 Blazing down the home stretch I started seeing the warning signs indicating the end of the road, almost like a scene from a poorly written horror movie. And just like that, it was over, and it was time to join the “real world” as everyone tends to call it.
Why motivation of people needn’t be confusing
by 1 Psychologists Maslow, Hertzberg and McGregor studied motivation in the 1960’s. Their work constitutes a sound foundation for today’s leaders.