Increasing trend in the team velocity – a myth?

In my experience increasing trend in the team velocity is rarely achieved and/or is difficult to know. This blog was an outcome of my reading the following statement which related with my experience. “While teams will tend to increase their velocity over time—and that’s a good thing— in reality, the number tends to remain stable. […]

3 People trends to consider in 2016

In previous posts, I had shared the technology and process trends. One common theme across the two is related to better teamwork and collaboration across organizational silos. In this post, I want to share three significant concepts that, when combined with the technology and process patterns, can help you achieve sustainable results. Yes, these are […]

2016: 4 process trends in IT to consider in your plans

Software development used to be known as just software programming in the 1940s. The classic book by Nikolas Wirth in the 1970s – Algorithms + Data structures   = Programs, looked beyond the code written into the larger picture of data structure and algorithms. As the problems solved by software became more pervasive and complex, the […]

2016: 4 Tech trends to consider in your plans

2015 had many new milestones related to technology. One such was IoT – or Internet of Things. I was amused by the nomenclature when I first heard of this – why ‘things’ – usually, to me, a thing is inanimate, that we use. While it can do something, I wouldn’t call it a friend or […]