Every software development methodology has its particular amount of roles. They usually depend on the structure of its team. As we know, modern software development industry includes lots of methodologies. That is why their teams are not similar. In this article we will tell you about the roles typical for Lean methodology. But before doing that it is necessary to describe the method itself. Read More
Each software development methodology has a particular team structure that should be implemented to hold its principles. Waterfall is no exception. This popular software development methodology has lots of specific aspects in its team building. In this article, we will tell you about the roles in Waterfall methodology. But before doing that we should give the general definitions of Waterfall and its team. Read More
First, we should point out that the Scrum master is a role in the Scrum environments, (not a job position), so people that have other job positions can be a Scrum master: the project manager, the team leader, the senior team-member, etc.
As a Scrum master, you will have the managerial role during the project development. Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring that the project is carried out according to the rules, values and processes of Scrum, and it is progressing as planned. Read More
Agile software development methodologies have been extremely popular all over the world in recent years. Lean method is one of them. That is why many programmers want to know more about it. In this article we will compare Lean with the traditional software development methodology to understand the difference between them and to learn both methods better. Let’s start our article off with the description of Lean. Read More
The traditional, annual planning process is called static planning. In this approach, there is a company consensus in which the strategic thinking will be done and the company goals for the year will be defined. Afterwards, in the following weeks, the goals circle through the company, creating a detail, fixed plan for the year for the entire corporation. Read More
Each software development methodology has a certain amount of tools to manage its projects. Their functionality and interface are different, but their goal is always the same – to make the process of project management simpler. In this article we will tell you about Lean project planning tools, but before doing that, it is necessary to find the proper definition for project planning. Read More
Every modern software development methodology has lots of specific features and lots of aspects to describe. Some of them lie in the field of project management. In this article we will tell you about Lean project control. But before doing that it is necessary to give the general definition of Lean methodology and project management process in it. Read More
In every business decision it is advisable to have a method for planning, execution and problem solving: it means that you should spend some time in defining a problem, time to develop a solution plan, and time for execution.
This may look quite simple, but all businesses (very often) spend large resources following this method only to realize that, in reality, they should have solved a different problem. In order to lead a successful company, discovering the right problems is at least as important as solving them well. Read More
Inexperienced software developers often try to compare bug tracking with the traditional model of software development. However, such comparison is formulated improperly and has no sense because it is impossible to compare a bug tracking process with a software development methodology. To answer the question: “Why is it impossible?” we should give the proper definitions for bug tracking process and traditional Waterfall software development methodology. Read More
