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  • Team velocity [3] – the entry points

    Team velocity [3] – the entry points

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    gabi

    Teams are for the members what are highways for the cars. It makes no sense to have highways unless there are cars to use it. There are different types of cars, different age and different journeys to take on the highway. There are as well different types of human beings,…

  • Team velocity [2] – the mission influences the velocity of the team

    Team velocity [2] – the mission influences the velocity of the team

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    gabi

     As we have spoke last week, I come again to this subject of team velocity. This week, more about the relation between the team’s mission and velocity of the team members. You may know that each team suppose to have a mission,  a reason to exist. Some teams are designed…

  • Idei din sport pentru managementul echipelor

    Idei din sport pentru managementul echipelor

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    gabi

    Articolul de fata a fost inspirat de intalnirea, dupa mai mult de 15 ani cu antrenorul de handbal care mi-a marcat copilaria. Intalnirea a fost prilejuita de un eveniment de business, o sesiune de training unde domnul Petru Ghervan a vorbit despre experienta sa in managentul echipelor (a condus diverse…

  • Scouting for talents

    Scouting for talents

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    gabi

    You are looking to build a great team and you face a limited budget.Ups, you don’t have fancy budget or fancy recruiting agency to use. I have bad news. It’s not possible. In fact, it’s not possible next week. Still, if you are a strategic planner, you will have your…

  • Programatorii adopta culturi organizationale mai greu decat cei din alte meserii?

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    gabi

    August 2011:Programatorii adopta culturi organizationale mai greu decat cei din alte meserii?Sunt artisti sau ingineri?Ii putem asimila arhitectilor sau inginerilor constructori? Intrebari. Raspunde cineva? Ianuarie 2012:Nu a raspuns nimeni. Concluziile mele sunt ca o cultura organizationala se adopta cu atat mai greu cu cat creativitatea echipei este mai crescuta. Ca…

  • The highway to success

    The highway to success

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    gabi

    Teams are built in various environments. These environment matters as long as you build a project team. But you can control how the team integrates in the environment. I will speak about some items that are important in order to keep a certain group working like a team. Team have…

  • Sports in business management

    Sports in business management

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    gabi

    As I wrote some days ago, I had the pleasure to meet my former handball coach during a business event. He was invited to speak about sports, about the management of the handball teams he managed during last 20 years, leadership and so on. This has been organized like a…

  • On (non-agile) estimations

    On (non-agile) estimations

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    gabi

    Why are needed? Simply because you also need a deadline from your builder when the house is finished. And for sure, you ask for a delivery date when you go to your tailor. Plus, you ask for a price. No deal is closed without a price indication and a delivery…

  • Application development vs Kernels and drivers development

    Application development vs Kernels and drivers development

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    gabi

    When speaking about how to develop software, one is usually making the difference between drivers, OS and rest of the application software. It is always about different strategy in developing the software. The lower software layer have to be generic, scalable and easy to use, if possible. The developer is…

  • Democracy in software engineering?

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    gabi

    Article first published as Software is Democratic on Technorati. Maybe you have read “Funky Business“. Two Swedish professors, Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjell Nordström, are writing about how information open more opportunities for less developed countries. Internet access is cheap, the need for application is great and the offer is high.…