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How to Become a More Productive Software Engineer (Productivity Tips & Workflows)

Planio

So how can you become a more productive software engineer? Use the right tools to stay organized and on task. This could be your project management tool , calendar, or even catch-up meetings. If you don’t want to do this manually, you can also use an automatic time-tracking tool). Learn to say no with grace.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. The kanban tool has become commonplace in project management and its uses continue to expand. The kanban system is a visual workflow tool that consists of a kanban board and kanban cards. Below are links to kanban board templates.

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People Drive Solutions, Tools Just Pave the Way!

Scrum.org

Many seem to equate DevOps with specific tools like Azure DevOps or JIRA. DevOps is not about the tools we use; it's about the ideas behind them. The essence of DevOps lies in its conceptual foundation, born out of software engineering. Tools may facilitate this journey, but they are not the journey itself.

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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

Design : There are two parts to this phase, including logical design and physical design, all resulting in the software or product architecture. Implementation : In this phase, software engineers and developers return a beta version of the product after synthesizing the information from the research and design phases.

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5 Steps to Get the (Right) Software Engineering Job on a Top Technical Team

Planio

So you want a software engineering job at Facebook/Apple/Amazon/Google/Netflix? It’s every software engineer’s dream to work with one of the top technical teams in the world. So how do you get a software engineering job at one of these companies? How to build a portfolio site for software engineering jobs.

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New to Project Management? 5 Ways to Build a Solid Reputation with the Project Team

The IIL Blog

For example, a non-technical colleague was assigned to manage a project with software engineers and worked very hard to “speak their language.” Unfortunately, this did not come across very well and had more of a negative impact rather than positive.

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7 Uncomfortable Truths for Project Managers

ProjectManager.com

Armed with our methods and tools , our boundless optimism and our can-do attitude, it sometimes feels like we can do anything. Famously, software engineer and author Tim Lister said that: “Risk management is how adults manage projects.” And we have designed many of our methods and tools to help us do just that.