The word ‘agile’ is a commonly used term we’ve seen emerge as a critical piece in how businesses are innovating and modifying the way they work.

At Nexient, veteran/junior pairings are common. Our clients hire us to build software with the customer in mind, which requires input from team members from all sorts of different backgrounds, including different generations.

“Diverging from the established guidelines defeats the entire purpose of having a design system: to serve as a reusable, unifying source of truth.”

The rise of Agile and DevOps highlight the differences between project and product in software development. Establish these roles and principles to deliver business value.

5 guerrilla tactics for a DevOps-resistant organization

The wrong way: call it a “best practice”

Everyone wants to hire a team of rock stars—or ninjas, or geniuses.The trouble is, when companies do this, they think they’re recruiting the Beatles. Too often, they end up with SuperHeavy.

DevOps is not just any factory, but a ‘lights-out’ factory.

The golden rules of software (part 3)

To “make a dent in the universe,” as Steve Jobs famously said, you might already be in exactly the right place.

Searching for tech opportunity? Look beyond New York and San Francisco

In the latest post in our quest to save the world from #crappysoftware, golden rules 2 and 3 carry us through the minefields of Friction and Function.

If life is too short for crappy software, why is there so much of it? Here's the first of 5 golden rules of software every business needs to know.

Many companies need to accelerate faster than they can hire developers, but simply adding some contractors might not be the best option

Law suits are coming for sites and app that don't follow web standards

How to go from back-patting to driving real improvements in your Agile process

You could hire four developers, two quality engineers, a product owner and a UX designer... or just one team.

Bad software happens to good people (and companies). Thankfully, there's a way to make sure good stuff gets better and bad stuff gets fixed.

Understand two different ways users can help you build better software

How NOT to introduce DevOps in the enterprise — plus a three-point plan to do it right and avoid the corporate quicksand

Here's a quick and easy way to spot small problems before they become major headaches

6 tips to landing (and thriving in) your first development job

Entrepreneurs are always chasing the next milestone

DevOps and the promise of microservices

The important thing to understand is that Agile isn’t a rigid book of rules and regulations

Using Kanban for DevOps to smooth out your scrum cycles

"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will know where you live"

A new federal law will require many websites to be accessible to the disabled— are you ready?

An open letter to finance about DevOps and budgeting

A good environment gives you a boost. A bad one drags you down.

What Congressman Ro Khanna and I learned from the NMHS Robuckets (and how you can help)

Rehearsals aren't just for orchestras. Practicing production release and monitoring as part of daily work will make deployment days more relaxed.

Done right, DevOps is more than a tool for efficiency. It’s an investment in employee happiness.

Understand the power and the limitations of velocity as an agile development metric

How to spot the tell-tale signs of ineffective Agile, and get back on track

Three things you need to know about accessible digital design

A perspective on Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” executive order

H1-B visa reform looks imminent. Are you ready?

With a NoSQL database in place, you can get up-to-the-second insights into consumer behavior. Here are some practical tips to get you there.

Traditional business intelligence systems are seriously struggling. It's time to take the first steps toward real-time analytics.