Contents tagged with agile
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Going Back to the Basics: Agile Values
Last month I had the opportunity of attending “Ágiles Colombia”, the Colombian Conference on Agile frameworks that draws in attendees from all over Latin America. Typical of the Agile world, the conference had an open space format, one in which anyone can propose a talk and the schedule is self-organized.
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Empowering team members to control their own compensation
We consider ourselves an agile company, and therefore, every team inside UruIT is self-managed. This applies not only to development teams, but also HR, marketing and finance. Members of these teams take ownership of how their work is done by planning and managing their day-to-day activities without any micromanagement from above. There’s no boss sitting in an ivory tower, but instead, responsibility is distributed across all members of the team.
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What we learned from Ágiles 2018, Latin America’s Agile Methodologies Conference
On October 2018 I went to my first Latin American Conference on Agile Methodologies, Ágiles 2018. I can definitely say that it was an amazing experience, not only because of the quality of the content but because of the sheer quality of the people that went to that event.
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5 benefits of outsourcing that make sense for SaaS
Since we started in 2007, we have helped dozens of SaaS companies to achieve their development goals. We’ve seen SaaS booming especially in the talent management, financial, commercial real estate and construction industries, and a new breed that’s exploring the advantages of AI and blockchain. But, no matter the industry, we have seen similar needs and concerns arise whenever we start having discussions with potential SaaS partners.
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Discover how to use machine learning for software estimation
In this work, we will present some ideas on how to build a smart component that is able to predict the complexity of a software development task. In particular, we will try to automate the process of sizing a task based on the information that is provided as part of its title and description and also leveraging the historical data of previous estimations.
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Getting value from a software outsourcing partner before you commit
