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Perspectives from Nexient experts
Donning a new cape with our partners - Nexus 2020 [Virtual]
We decided, even though we were quickly approaching the new year, that in lieu of an in-person meeting in wine country, Nexient would put together a half-day, virtual event...
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By
Jerry Walker
Kanban: Team Maturity Matters
Learn what ingredients are used to make the tastiest Kanban cocktail for successful collaboration.
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By
Jerry Walker
The Agile Builder
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. Learn about Agile Building Solutions.
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By
Colin Chapman
“OK Xer”: pair programming with Gen Z
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.
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By
Jenna Chamra
If Design Systems Are So Great, Why Do I Want to Break Them?
“Diverging from the established guidelines defeats the entire purpose of having a design system: to serve as a reusable, unifying source of truth.”
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By
George Lawton
Product vs Project Mindset for Software Development: It's a Matter of Survival
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.
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By
Nate Berent-Spillson
5 guerrilla tactics for a DevOps-resistant organization
5 guerrilla tactics for a DevOps-resistant organization
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By
David Luxford
The right and wrong way to deliver cybersecurity information
The wrong way: call it a “best practice”
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By
Mark Orttung
Why you should hire fewer geniuses
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.
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By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Going ‘lights-out’ with DevOps
DevOps is not just any factory, but a ‘lights-out’ factory.
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By
Mark Orttung
The golden rules of software (part 3 of 3)
The golden rules of software (part 3)
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By
Mark Orttung
Lucrative tech jobs are closer than you think
To “make a dent in the universe,” as Steve Jobs famously said, you might already be in exactly the right place.
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By
Mark Orttung
Why Silicon Valley companies are betting on America’s heartland
Searching for tech opportunity? Look beyond New York and San Francisco
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By
Mark Orttung
The golden rules of software (part 2 of 3)
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.
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By
Mark Orttung
The golden rules of software (part 1 of 3)
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.
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
Why product teams are better “on tap”
Many companies need to accelerate faster than they can hire developers, but simply adding some contractors might not be the best option
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By
Beth Franssen
How to make sure your product is accessible to all users
Law suits are coming for sites and app that don't follow web standards
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Making retrospectives real
How to go from back-patting to driving real improvements in your Agile process
Read more ›
By
Bridget Miller, guest author
A new approach to talent acquisition: consider hiring teams
You could hire four developers, two quality engineers, a product owner and a UX designer... or just one team.
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By
Mark Orttung
Bad software could be hurting your business
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.
Read more ›
By
Trent Nguyen
Usability testing vs user acceptance testing: what’s the difference?
Understand two different ways users can help you build better software
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Getting started with DevOps
How NOT to introduce DevOps in the enterprise — plus a three-point plan to do it right and avoid the corporate quicksand
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By
Keith Skronek
4 essential questions to audit your Agile process
Here's a quick and easy way to spot small problems before they become major headaches
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
What are software recruiters looking for?
6 tips to landing (and thriving in) your first development job
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By
Mark Orttung
Startups need to prepare for success to have success
Entrepreneurs are always chasing the next milestone
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By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Use DevOps to help escape the application monolith inferno
DevOps and the promise of microservices
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By
Keith Skronek
From BDD to TDD, the pros and cons of various Agile techniques
The important thing to understand is that Agile isn’t a rigid book of rules and regulations
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
A different drumbeat
Using Kanban for DevOps to smooth out your scrum cycles
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
Avoid the agony of acquiring code
"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will know where you live"
Read more ›
By
Beth Franssen
The great digital accessibility deadline
A new federal law will require many websites to be accessible to the disabled— are you ready?
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Let’s talk about DevOps, CFOs
An open letter to finance about DevOps and budgeting
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By
Keith Skronek
The ideal agile workspace
A good environment gives you a boost. A bad one drags you down.
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By
Mark Orttung
5 reasons these teenagers inspire me
What Congressman Ro Khanna and I learned from the NMHS Robuckets (and how you can help)
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By
Nate Berent-Spillson
3 DevOps practices to avoid the Thursday Night of Dread
Rehearsals aren't just for orchestras. Practicing production release and monitoring as part of daily work will make deployment days more relaxed.
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
DevOps: cure for the Thursday Night of Dread
Done right, DevOps is more than a tool for efficiency. It’s an investment in employee happiness.
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
How to kick velocity addiction in agile development
Understand the power and the limitations of velocity as an agile development metric
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
Don’t fall for Faux-gile
How to spot the tell-tale signs of ineffective Agile, and get back on track
Read more ›
By
Beth Franssen
Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Three things you need to know about accessible digital design
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By
Mark Orttung
H1-B visas: innovation driver or job killer?
A perspective on Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” executive order
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By
Mark Orttung
Ch-ch-changes: 4 steps for CIOs to prepare for H-1B visa policy reform
H1-B visa reform looks imminent. Are you ready?
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By
Chak Pakala
Full speed ahead: NoSQL in a legacy environment
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.
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By
Chak Pakala
Should I stay or should I go?
Traditional business intelligence systems are seriously struggling. It's time to take the first steps toward real-time analytics.
Read more ›
By
Jerry Walker
Kanban: Team Maturity Matters
Learn what ingredients are used to make the tastiest Kanban cocktail for successful collaboration.
Read more ›
By
Jerry Walker
The Agile Builder
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. Learn about Agile Building Solutions.
Read more ›
By
Colin Chapman
“OK Xer”: pair programming with Gen Z
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.
Read more ›
By
Jenna Chamra
If Design Systems Are So Great, Why Do I Want to Break Them?
“Diverging from the established guidelines defeats the entire purpose of having a design system: to serve as a reusable, unifying source of truth.”
Read more ›
By
George Lawton
Product vs Project Mindset for Software Development: It's a Matter of Survival
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.
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
5 guerrilla tactics for a DevOps-resistant organization
5 guerrilla tactics for a DevOps-resistant organization
Read more ›
By
David Luxford
The right and wrong way to deliver cybersecurity information
The wrong way: call it a “best practice”
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
Why you should hire fewer geniuses
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.
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Going ‘lights-out’ with DevOps
DevOps is not just any factory, but a ‘lights-out’ factory.
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
The golden rules of software (part 3 of 3)
The golden rules of software (part 3)
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
Lucrative tech jobs are closer than you think
To “make a dent in the universe,” as Steve Jobs famously said, you might already be in exactly the right place.
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
Why Silicon Valley companies are betting on America’s heartland
Searching for tech opportunity? Look beyond New York and San Francisco
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
The golden rules of software (part 2 of 3)
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.
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
The golden rules of software (part 1 of 3)
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.
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
Why product teams are better “on tap”
Many companies need to accelerate faster than they can hire developers, but simply adding some contractors might not be the best option
Read more ›
By
Beth Franssen
How to make sure your product is accessible to all users
Law suits are coming for sites and app that don't follow web standards
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Making retrospectives real
How to go from back-patting to driving real improvements in your Agile process
Read more ›
By
Bridget Miller, guest author
A new approach to talent acquisition: consider hiring teams
You could hire four developers, two quality engineers, a product owner and a UX designer... or just one team.
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
Bad software could be hurting your business
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.
Read more ›
By
Trent Nguyen
Usability testing vs user acceptance testing: what’s the difference?
Understand two different ways users can help you build better software
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Getting started with DevOps
How NOT to introduce DevOps in the enterprise — plus a three-point plan to do it right and avoid the corporate quicksand
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
4 essential questions to audit your Agile process
Here's a quick and easy way to spot small problems before they become major headaches
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
What are software recruiters looking for?
6 tips to landing (and thriving in) your first development job
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
Startups need to prepare for success to have success
Entrepreneurs are always chasing the next milestone
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Use DevOps to help escape the application monolith inferno
DevOps and the promise of microservices
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
From BDD to TDD, the pros and cons of various Agile techniques
The important thing to understand is that Agile isn’t a rigid book of rules and regulations
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
A different drumbeat
Using Kanban for DevOps to smooth out your scrum cycles
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
Avoid the agony of acquiring code
"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will know where you live"
Read more ›
By
Beth Franssen
The great digital accessibility deadline
A new federal law will require many websites to be accessible to the disabled— are you ready?
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
Let’s talk about DevOps, CFOs
An open letter to finance about DevOps and budgeting
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
The ideal agile workspace
A good environment gives you a boost. A bad one drags you down.
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
5 reasons these teenagers inspire me
What Congressman Ro Khanna and I learned from the NMHS Robuckets (and how you can help)
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
3 DevOps practices to avoid the Thursday Night of Dread
Rehearsals aren't just for orchestras. Practicing production release and monitoring as part of daily work will make deployment days more relaxed.
Read more ›
By
Nate Berent-Spillson
DevOps: cure for the Thursday Night of Dread
Done right, DevOps is more than a tool for efficiency. It’s an investment in employee happiness.
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
How to kick velocity addiction in agile development
Understand the power and the limitations of velocity as an agile development metric
Read more ›
By
Keith Skronek
Don’t fall for Faux-gile
How to spot the tell-tale signs of ineffective Agile, and get back on track
Read more ›
By
Beth Franssen
Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Three things you need to know about accessible digital design
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
H1-B visas: innovation driver or job killer?
A perspective on Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” executive order
Read more ›
By
Mark Orttung
Ch-ch-changes: 4 steps for CIOs to prepare for H-1B visa policy reform
H1-B visa reform looks imminent. Are you ready?
Read more ›
By
Chak Pakala
Full speed ahead: NoSQL in a legacy environment
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.
Read more ›
By
Chak Pakala
Should I stay or should I go?
Traditional business intelligence systems are seriously struggling. It's time to take the first steps toward real-time analytics.
Read more ›
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