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What Good Requirements Look Like?

Writing requirements is part of an analyst’s day-to-day routine. It may be a change request that has to be translated to specific requirements, a completely new system that has to be decomposed into requirements or some requirements concerning transitioning phase. In any case, the quality of your...

Safer Internet Day 2022

Integrating Positive Online Content criteria to the Secure Software Development (SSDLC) process The 19th edition of Safer Internet Day (Tuesday, February 8, 2022) is a reminder for organisations and industries to work on making Internet safer and better for people of younger ages. Indeed, today’s...

Can the Scrum Master and Tester be the same person?

When I was proposed with this double role, it was a challenge to me; to see if I would be just as effective. It is possible for the same person to be both Scrum Master and a member of the development team, although this is not recommended. Well, it could be under the right circumstances. After many...

Communication in the fake news era

Human communication is one of the most extraordinary examples of evolution in our world. From guttural sounds to symbol drawings in caves, and from languages, dialects and writing to radio, television, computers, and social media connections on our smartphones. Our most valuable tool for the...

Why Team Building Is So Important

Team building is important as it can influence the way employees feel about the entire organization! In fact, team-building activities are an essential component of any business! A team that is not engaged in their work or does not collaborate successfully can become a cost instead of an asset for...

Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX)

What is SDMX? SDMX, which stands for Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange is an international initiative that aims at standardizing and modernizing (“industrializing”) the mechanisms and processes for the exchange of statistical data and metadata among international organizations and their member...

Agile just turned 20!

February the 11th, 2021 has been a day of celebration for thousands of practitioners across the planet. It marked 20 years since 17 software engineers came together for a weekend in a ski resort in Snowbird, Utah (US). Their aim was to understand how they could change their way of working to help...

Common bloopers in Sprint Planning

It is well-known that Sprint Planning is one of the most valuable events in the Agile world. It is a ceremony that drives the team’s work and shows directions; it is the best moment for the team to clarify what has to be implemented and predict what will be. During Spring Planning the team makes its...