8 Practical Tips for a First-Time Project Manager or Scrum Master

8 Practical Tips for a First-Time Project Manager or Scrum Master

If you’ve always dreamed of being the next Jobs, or perhaps if you just want to try your hand at project management, you need to work on yourself and hone those leadership skills.

Getting started as a project manager or scrum master isn’t easy, I won’t lie to you.

It takes tons of hard work and personal drive. If you don’t know where to start, do not fear — there are clear guidelines that can put you on the right track.

No matter where you are on your journey — going through job ads, preparing for the CAPM® exam, or taking the first steps as a professional project manager — these 8 practical tips will help you advance your career.

How to Speed Up Code Refactoring and Software Project Launch

How to Speed Up Code Refactoring and Software Project Launch

The early days of a new software project can be challenging.

There are a gazillion things to think of, and deciding where to start is a nerve-wracking moment.

No wonder you want to get past this phase as quickly as humanly possible.

Turns out it doesn’t get that much better towards the end either — applying application code changes requires a fair amount of time too.

Here are four simple steps to get around these bottlenecks and improve your software delivery performance.

9 Steps to Recruit the Right Software Engineer

9 Steps to Recruit the Right Software Engineer

According to CareerBuilder, nearly three in four employers have been affected by an unsuitable hire. Don’t let it happen to your organization. Make these 9 steps to find the right software engineer for your company.

Hit the Right Note with Choosing a Software Vendor – What to Look for in an External Team?

Hit the Right Note with Choosing a Software Vendor – What to Look for in an External Team?

When you look for a software outsourcing partner, what do you look at first? Their portfolio? Technologies they use? Years of experience? Developer seniority level? Let me break it to you then – technical skills alone won’t make the project a success. You need a cohesive and empowered team to take your product to new heights. Now you know what the number one priority is. But how can you know the company of your choice promotes team unity and helps team members develop to their full potential?

Still on the fence on code review? Here’s what you need to get started

Still on the fence on code review? Here’s what you need to get started

As developers, we produce tons of code each day. We test our code, beautify it with code style scripts and finally verify using continuous integration commands, which control the integrity and cohesion of our solutions. Nevertheless, the true value of used code solution can be checked only by another developer, who knows the business domain, best practices, clean code principles and who may also have a different point of view from yours. In this article, I want to show you how code review can help you keep codebase in order and get more advantages for your team.

Should You go Serverless? Meet The Benefits And Flaws of New Wave of Cloud Solutions

Should You go Serverless? Meet The Benefits And Flaws of New Wave of Cloud Solutions

Not long ago, we moved our applications to cloud architecture. Our servers have become more like lightweight virtual machines (VMs) inside large data centers. Now we’re on the brink of a new approach – getting rid of the server completely and running just the business logic in the cloud. In this blog post, we share what we learned in this space recently. It should enable you to decide if serverless infrastructure is your cup of tea.

How to find a software development company (that doesn't suck)?

How to find a software development company (that doesn't suck)?

The software is eating up the world and we all have to face it. This fact drives more and more companies to outsource the IT work. However, finding a right tech-partner or a software house may turn out to be a path dotted with potholes and traps. Why is it so hard to track down a reliable IT partner to build an application? What do we need to consider? Let’s find out!