When it comes to product innovation and project development, the role of the project manager cannot be underestimated. That's why it's important to take an objective look at the skills and resources available in your organization and determine if a skills gap exists...
Let's suppose you've been tasked with developing a custom dashboard for your Electric Commander installation to show off some real-time stats about your software development process. If you read my previous article about displaying Commander metrics in a GWT...
This post started out as a discussion of how Clonezilla made my life easy and Acronis made my life hard, but it quickly morphed into something different and more personal. Hopefully someone can take away from this that disasters can be quite bad when they happen, but they can also set you on a path you didn’t expect that may end up being wonderful.
This week we have a look at an alternative to Windows Disk Defragmenter. Piriform has a number of Windows utility offerings, among which is Defraggler. Defraggler has the following capabilities, a number of which are not available with the Windows default utility. 1....
The difference between quality assurance (QA) and testing is often misunderstood. In fact, the terms are frequently used interchangeably. However, testing is actually just one part of QA. Quality assurance, on the other hand, covers a larger, more holistic part of the...
Is your software delivery process outdated? Modernizing your software delivery workflows does not have to be difficult. Explore this eBook to discover how GitLab can help you modernize your software delivery pipelines. What You...
Deploying software can feel like a gamble due to all the strategies and solutions on the market, but it doesn’t have to be. Discovering which software deployment strategy works best for your organization is a great place to start. This strategy, combined with a modern...
If you work in the software and systems engineering space, you likely understand that managing dependencies across multiple components and requirements is critical for project success. Unfortunately, specifications can be difficult to track, and dependencies hard to...
Discover why Atlassian is one of two vendors to achieve a dominant position in IT management software. With an abundance of choices, actually navigating the IT management software space can be overwhelming. Fortunately, the recent Forrester Trends Report, “Vendors...
Any project can be divided into different parts including requirements gathering, design, implementation, documentation and so on. One key aspect of the project lifecycle is quality assurance (QA), but it's often overlooked. Although almost all project managers...
The inquisitive nature of engineers, which makes them so good at designing, developing and building products, can also lead them to become distracted by other “interesting things” like managing the very systems and tools that allow them to do their engineering....
Nagios is an invaluable tool to help monitor a customer's infrastructure. Last year, I explained how easy it was to be able to integrate Network Appliance health checks. In fact, Nagios provides a plethora of out of the box plugins. Additional plugins are available...
