We are committed to champion software excellence and challenge the current practices. Our aim is to constantly improve: business, product, and teams. That’s why, in this last month we carefully selected pieces of advice, practical ideas for you & your team to improve and grow. For you to easier access them, we present you the …
This article was published first in Today Software Magazine, no 16. Below it’s the full version. The authors are Alexandru Bolboaca and Adrian Bolboaca. In 2001, a group of people unpleased about the state of software development gathered in a mountain ski resort from Utah. One thing leading to another, they started discussing about the industrial methods applied at the time …
Making a new developer productive as quickly as possible is most of the times challenging for the product team. I’ve heard stories about new on-boarding team members needing up to several weeks, or even months, until they feel comfortable or knowledgeable enough about the project and the code. This shouldn’t be the norm. Situations like these are …
Joining a team? 5 techniques to start & a developer story 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 …
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 …
Watch the video from the first edition of Bucharest Agile Talks, where Flavius Stef picks a winner in the battle of Scrum versus Kanban. Or does he?
Our colleague Flavius Stef talked at the business track of the Agile on the Beach conference (UK) about using the principles of Lean Startup into product development to reduce waste. The conference took place on the Cornish coast, and had over 300 attendees who enjoyed the sessions together with more than 40 speakers. The key …
How Lean Startup Principles Help You Stop Throwing Money Read More »
The first version of this article was published in Today Software Magazine, no 24. Below it is an updated version. The authors: Adrian Bolboacă and Alexandru Bolboacă The Beginnings How fast could you create a software product starting from an idea? This is the purpose of this article. We will explain our concept, from a technical …
Last night, in Bucharest, entrepreneurs, managers and people interested in focusing ideas towards realisation met at TechHub. It was a special event where they found out: What practical tools to use in their teams Which solutions help and support them in their day-to-day challenges Maria Diaconu welcomed the audience with a few words about innovation, entrepreneurship and …
Innovate, Focus, Deliver event for startups and innovative teams Read More »
A few weeks ago, Flavius Stef and Alexandru Bolboaca organised a special meetup for the AgileWorks community in Bucharest. The topic of the meetup was Kanban and it had two parts. First, Flavius Stef and Alexandru Bolboaca presented what Kanban is and how to adopt it. In the second part of the meeting, free discussions organised as Open Space allowed attendees to learn more practical …
