Irrationality is cognition, thinking, talking, or acting without inclusion of rationality. It is more specifically described as an action or opinion given through inadequate use of reason, or through emotional distress or cognitive deficiency. The term is used, usually pejoratively, to describe thinking and actions that are, or appear to be, less useful, or more illogical than other […]

Part 1 Let’s start by asking the simple question. Why do you hire people to your organization? I guess you need help to solve complex problems that you can’t solve alone. You probably would like to hire people for things you don’t have time and the things that you don’t like/want to do. When you […]

Let me just go through some of the fundamentals of project management and highlight some the challenges one can face in software development. Let start with the stages of software development which is common in almost on all development departments, sometimes you do this in a big loops, sometimes in small iterations, depending on the methodology of your choice. […]

Everybody is hyped about lean startup and MVP, pivoting and etc. for the last 3 years. I really like the lean start up and there is nothing really wrong with the approach. Despite it is hype, it is something that has existed for 400 years. Let’s have a look, what is inside the package. Lean […]

What is white-box testing? It means, testing the inside functionality of the software. Your focus will be on testing broken or poorly structured code paths, internal security holes, the flow specific inputs through the code, testing of loops, functions and statements. White-box testing involves checking of predefined inputs against expected outputs. What is expected from the testers? Understanding the source code. Be […]

Unboxing Black box testing. When you are considering starting a QA department or think about outsourcing the QA, there are three key factors you should focus on immediately, if you want to make it a success. These are completeness, correctness and performance. If you can nail down these key metrics, you will be on the […]

Business focused development teams. It is sometimes quite hard for developers to understand the business. Business and Engineering has actually a lot of common practices, but the jargon, making it very difficult to talk on common terms. Business model canvas is a great tool that can help your development team to understand business dynamics. The best […]

Internal Promotion and External Hiring  Tom DeMarco once wrote in his book “Deadline”; Get the right people. Match them to the right jobs. Keep them motivated. Help their teams to jell and stay jelled. (All the rest is Administrivia) Getting the right people is one of the most important things when you are managing. One […]