For more than a year now, I have been working for //SEIBERT/MEDIA from home at a distance of about 250km. Can agile software development work like this? Can Scrum processes be maintained, despite the distance? Will I fall out of sync with the team? Right now, I can say yes, it does work!
Tag Archives: software development
Portfolio for JIRA: Three New Features for Better Roadmaps
The beginning of the year is often a time when companies and teams plan their product development for the coming months. Project, product, and development managers gather to assess meetings, distribute resources, and commit to roadmaps. To facilitate this, Atlassian developed Portfolio for JIRA, which is now in version 2.2. The new release gives teams the ability to compare initial and current project timelines, select the best roadmap scenario, and determine their velocity.
Five Ways to Effectively Plan with Portfolio for JIRA
There are times when even agile teams can’t get around a certain level of planning. But, it can be quite challenging to balance daily tasks within a sprint along with the added pressure of a plan.
Since development teams organize their day-to-day operations in JIRA, Atlassian developed Portfolio for JIRA, which takes planning to a new level. The new plugin helps align product roadmaps with sprint planning, keep track of dependencies, manage team skills, and pose what-if questions.
Mobile Internet Use is Interactive and Communicative – Intranet Apps Should Be, Too
For years, mobile internet use has been on the rise. In 2015, over half of all Google searches worldwide originated from mobile devices. Yet another milestone was reached in 2016, as smartphones surpassed other devices in terms of where internet is accessed.
The new Linchpin intranet app fits right into this type of smartphone usage. Though a mobile intranet isn’t a chat application, it should also have social and communication features to provide mobile users with an interactive experience for mobile users.
Agile Organization: Hackathons at //SEIBERT/MEDIA
The aim of a Hackathon is to put yourself under time pressure, and intensively work for this short period of time to develop and deliver a product, or complete a small project. With the encouragement of our developers, it has become an integral part of our agile organization.
Iterative Reviews with Bitbucket Server 4.11
To encourage direct feedback in software development, Atlassian is constantly extending the capabilities of pull requests in its Git repository management system, Bitbucket Server. The new release 4.11 supports iterative reviews, which allows the development team to discuss the code changes in the context of a single pull request.
Atlassian HipChat: Video Group Chat and Screen Sharing for 20 Participants
Some months ago, Atlassian added more functionality to HipChat, allowing teams to collaborate via video in the place where they are already chatting – directly in their HipChat room. With the most recent release, HipChat is now a strong competitor to separate video conferencing tools in companies. Here are the newest features.
Software Trends in 2016
The software development industry moves fast, and to keep ahead of the competition you have to stay on top of the trends. Atlassian’s yearly survey is full of insights on what the industry is currently doing, and where it is heading.
RheinMainJS Meetup on 26 January 2017 at //SEIBERT/MEDIA in Wiesbaden
The JavaScript User Group Wiesbaden und Mainz (in German) has their twelfth meeting on the 26 January 2017, and we are hosting them at //SEIBERT/MEDIA. RheinMainJS is a user group focusing on JavaScript and related areas such as mobile development. It is open to everyone who is interested in technology and you are invited to attend the bi-monthly meetings free of charge.
Codeyard: Helping You Achieve a Successful Software Development Process
Codeyard is our new product suite, specially developed for companies planning larger or very large software projects. It is a product suite of software programs and expert services, which provide both the technical and procedural infrastructure necessary to achieve a seamless and structured development workflow. We offer Codeyard as a professional and powerful solution for quickly setting up and integrating a tailored, effective and efficient software development process, from concept to delivered product.