Human Resource challenges in an Agile environment By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read Agile is pretty much the way software is built and delivered today. Agile is about iterative development with quick feedback loops and making use of Agile engineering practices like Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Refactoring etc. Agile is also about…
The Importance Of Getting The Discovery Phase Right By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read Imagine starting a business without examining the market first; or hiring a new employee without carrying out an interview. Both scenarios seem almost unthinkable: yet, a host of organisations are still launching their digital projects while overlooking the discovery…
Handling Non-Functional Requirements in Agile By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read During the days when waterfall methodology was in vogue, Non-functional Requirements (NFR) testing was generally the last step before application delivery. For the testers, the entire application offered a complete view of application to test NFRs elicited by the analysts from the…
Empowering the Agilist By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read The core elements of being Agile are the spirit of ongoing collaboration, self-management and empowerment of the team to achieve product development goals. The same can be derived from the lean philosophy of software development i.e. one of its seven principles (i.e. Empower the…
Requirement Gathering Techniques By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read In the consumer environment, market research has become a vital part of the success of any firm. Knowing what consumers want, what they require from their experience and how to grab their interest over competitors is essential in staying ahead of the marketplace. So…
Continuous Integration: A Guide By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read If you’re searching for a way to develop cohesive software in a faster way, then the solution might be continuous integration: a software development practise which revolves around each team member frequently integrating their work, sometimes several times on a daily basis. In…
A Need for Speed: Rapid Digitisation By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read With business environments rapidly changing, there is a need for companies to respond as quickly as possible to competition and new opportunities. This means that organisations have a “need for speed”: with the aim to get a digital service on to the…
Feature Driven Development: A Guide By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read If you want fast functionality from your software, then feature driven development (FDD) could be the key. Feature driven development revolves around quick development cycles and provides businesses with feature-rich systems because they are constantly developing. What is the history of feature…
Team Dynamics in Agile: An Exploration By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 7 mins read Team Dynamics is a hugely important part of putting together and managing high performing software engineering teams. It can sometimes be de-prioritised however and in some extreme instances, completely forgotten under the pressures of working with stringent timelines and deliverables. It…
Bespoke or Off the Shelf Software: A Comparison By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read Bespoke or off the shelf software: depending on the depth of your knowledge about software and how to run it for your organisation or business, it may seem like an obvious choice because whereas off the shelf packages are…
