Our Journey: Building with Generative AI, Part I
Businesses of all sizes and industries are eager to take advantage of Generative AI right now, so I’m going to share some details of Revelry’s journey with this emerging technology over the past year.
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Developer, Manage Thyself: How to Help Your Product Manager
Here are 8 things Developers can do to balance the effort of communication across entire project sprints.
Teaching Product Management Through Interactions and Conversations
I started my tech career more than 10 years ago. Growing up, did I dream of being a Product Manager? No. (I didn’t even…
The Fractal Nature of the Revelry Software Development Process
“There’s a fractal nature to the Revelry software development process. Whenever I advise someone who is stuck using our process, I see this psychedelic,…
How to Kill Staging Without “Testing in Production”
Most software teams have left behind the Waterfall(1) methodology in favor of approaches that move faster and flex more to accommodate changes and maximize the…
How Our One Week Sprints Are Like Blazing a Trail
This is how we keep track of the landmarks that tell us we’re still on the right trail. It’s not always a straight line, but the journey is beautiful.
How to Cope with Growing Pains of a Scaling Culture
Don’t Get Turned Into Spaghetti By Tidal Forces As You Approach The Event Horizon Opinions about ‘scaling’ and ‘change management’ that flood expanding companies…
Incorporating Design Thinking into Lean Agile Sprints
It’s too easy to drop the learning aspect from Agile when the default is to build. We believe in the value of design thinking principles, and our innovation partners benefit from the quick wins that come out of slowing down once in awhile. Here’s how we do it.
Optimizing Feedback Loops for Iterative Agile Development
The team that seeks out feedback and views it as an asset rather than a slap in the face is the team that delivers real value to clients.
How To Be Proactive at Work on a Lean Agile Team
When every day is “same same but different” as they say, it helps to rely on habits for staying on top of responsibilities. This way, we don’t slip into feeling reactive and stressed out with our workloads.
Here’s How We Survived a Two Week Fire Drill
Speaking up about potential challenges is a normal and important part of our process. When a teammate raises a fire drill, available or relevant teammates participate in the topic thread. Sometimes, we resolve the issue in a few minutes. And other times, we identify a major challenge and take the conversation to the product owner to discuss next steps.
8 Ways to Make Remote Pair Programming Awesome
At its core, pairing is another useful strategy to work with your peers and get shit done. The best way to know what works for you is to take more opportunities to pair with others, think about what works and what doesn’t work, and continue to refine this skill set.