In my first years of working as a developer, I dreaded a few words like “marketing”, “exciting”, and “strategy”. And for good reasons: most times they were void of meaning. A few years later, as a technical lead, and later as a technical coach, I learned that the lack of meaning in the words “technical […]
Product strategy: technical strategy in practice (I) Read More »
Whether you’re extending a big project or you’re on your way refining your startup’s MVP, it’s always a challenge to prioritise the features truly worth the investment. How do you create a viable product strategy? Can you keep things relevant, yet simple enough to understand and adapt along the way? At MozaicLabs, we find that Impact
Product strategy – Impact mapping in practice Read More »
I’m a developer. We’re not well known for our communication skills; at least I know I had my problems. Most of them came from the fact that my natural tendency is to ignore emotional cues and stay on facts. In many cases, that works fine. Sometimes, though, it creates unnecessary friction and can upset people.
Communication Pattern for Developers Read More »
While a lot of the design principles that we use in software can be found in other design disciplines, there is one very present in UX and graphical design that is very rarely discussed in software circles: consistency. It’s not because we weren’t trying. The system metaphor idea from XP and the conceptual integrity idea
Software Design: Consistency & real life examples Read More »
As our team at MozaicLabs is growing, we felt the need to improve the way we define and communicate features entering the development phase. As new developers joined the team, it was clear that we needed a better process. The Product Owner had more analysis and testing work on her hands. The new developers needed a
BDD – Why use it & Red flags Read More »
How do you feel at the end of a product demo? Happy? Energized? Ready to celebrate? Does this feeling last? My colleagues and I have seen our share of Scrum Meetings. We wrote previously about the Daily Scrum, and decided to focus on demos this time. Many of the demos we’ve seen had issues, and some
Happy Demos Are Not A Myth Read More »
A simplistic idea started spreading for the past years in Romania, and I’ve met it to a lower extent in other European countries as France, Germany, UK, etc. Companies noticed they have a developer crisis. The simplistic solution: the universities and the industry should produce more developers. I believe this solution to be completely off
We don’t need more programmers Read More »
The past couple of weeks have shown that Usable Software Design is an interesting topic to many people. From exploring it, to exchanging ideas and even applying the principles behind it, I think we live very interesting times. Here’s a brief account on what happened: Johan Martinsson applied the principles of Usable Software Design with
Smart People Explore Usable Software Design Read More »
The Mozaic Works coaches have many conversations with people who have burning questions about Scrum, either in community or during trainings. We’ve decided to start answering the most common ones in a series of “Burning Questions” blog posts. So here’s another burning question. This time it’s about managing Scrum: How Do We Make Sure All
How Do We Make Sure All Our Teams Follow The Same Scrum Process? Read More »
Images from Impossible Objects Catalog, based on Impossible Objects by Jacques Carelman My previous blog posts have shown how to create better software design and defined the idea of Usable Software Design. Usable Software Design comes from the simple observation that the developer is the user of a software design. My thesis is that using
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