How to Eat an Elephant: Or Tackle Most Any, Huge Enormous ProjectTera Simon
At some point in our careers, we have all attempted to tackle projects that were actual elephants. We get lost, overwhelmed, frustrated and impatient. Frankly, we want to bury our head in the sand and hope the project disappears. We bite off more than we can chew and we get choked up. To sum it all up: We fail. We don't finish. The project flops.
It doesn't have to. Whether you're taking on a project solo, or working with a team, you're likely coming to grips with the eating of an elephant. There a steps you can take to find success. It starts with chilling out. In this session, attendees will learn how to take a deep breath and use the right techniques to take on that elephant, one bite at a time.
Atlassian has been in hyper-growth for the last 5 years, exploding from 200 employees to over 1700. We've worked tirelessly to implement strategic planning while staying true to our agile roots and upholding our culture and values. To the surprise of no-one, it ain't easy. Learn about three practices we developed – and scaled – to help our teams deliver more compelling stories, and the strategic framework they all feed into.
Growing Up The Right Way: An Example of How to Scale When You're Aren't a Sta...Sauce Labs
The current environment we live in demands the ability to scale at the drop of a hat. In this SauceCon 2018 session, we will cover the questions to ask when you are faced with the scaling vs. cost dilemma, things like “I have a limited budget, where should I spend it?”, “How do I take advantage of my team’s diverse, yet non-correlating, coding experience?”, and “Where should I start to make the biggest bang for the buck? We’ll cover the options and tools you have to make sure you’re scaling without forsaking quality, and why it is ok to fail (as long as you do it fast). I will share real world examples of our company being forced to grow up and the pains and glorious successes that went right along with it. Plus there will be treats and who doesn’t like treats?
Managers, responsible for leading change in organizations are struggling to adapt. Many are failing. Individual workers need and deserve better support to be productive. This talk addresses how to use a Lean DevOps philosophy to influence change to salvage ITOps reputations.
Shallow implementations of Lean Kanban leave money on the table. Visualizing work helps, but only so much. It’s hard to improve if work isn’t flowing smoothly. In this presentation, Dominica shares actionable steps you can take to help you transform a shallow Kanban implementation into a Lean system focused on flow and continuous improvement.
Cutting Through the Noise: Breaking Down Hierarchical Communication Channels ...Atlassian
As organizations grow to 100's of employees, expand to multiple offerings, or step out into multiple geographies, they can naturally develop siloed and hierarchical communication channels which hinder transparency, scale, and operational agility. Learn how Atlassian has tackled these problems by creating simple, highly visible, and cross-cutting communication channels all while helping to empower teams and encourage autonomy; built using the power of JIRA and using microservices as the vehicle to generate customised views and weekly communications tailored to each user.
Time Theft - How Hidden & Unplanned Work Commit the Perfect CrimeDominica DeGrandis
Invisible work competes with known work. Invisible work blindsides people, leaving teams unaware of mutually critical information. Married to this problem, is the question, how does one plan for, or allocate capacity for the invisible? It’s tough to analyze something you can’t see. Incognito work doesn’t show up well in metrics. This talk provides useful ways to bring visibility to the problems that steal you time away.
How to Eat an Elephant: Or Tackle Most Any, Huge Enormous ProjectTera Simon
At some point in our careers, we have all attempted to tackle projects that were actual elephants. We get lost, overwhelmed, frustrated and impatient. Frankly, we want to bury our head in the sand and hope the project disappears. We bite off more than we can chew and we get choked up. To sum it all up: We fail. We don't finish. The project flops.
It doesn't have to. Whether you're taking on a project solo, or working with a team, you're likely coming to grips with the eating of an elephant. There a steps you can take to find success. It starts with chilling out. In this session, attendees will learn how to take a deep breath and use the right techniques to take on that elephant, one bite at a time.
Atlassian has been in hyper-growth for the last 5 years, exploding from 200 employees to over 1700. We've worked tirelessly to implement strategic planning while staying true to our agile roots and upholding our culture and values. To the surprise of no-one, it ain't easy. Learn about three practices we developed – and scaled – to help our teams deliver more compelling stories, and the strategic framework they all feed into.
Growing Up The Right Way: An Example of How to Scale When You're Aren't a Sta...Sauce Labs
The current environment we live in demands the ability to scale at the drop of a hat. In this SauceCon 2018 session, we will cover the questions to ask when you are faced with the scaling vs. cost dilemma, things like “I have a limited budget, where should I spend it?”, “How do I take advantage of my team’s diverse, yet non-correlating, coding experience?”, and “Where should I start to make the biggest bang for the buck? We’ll cover the options and tools you have to make sure you’re scaling without forsaking quality, and why it is ok to fail (as long as you do it fast). I will share real world examples of our company being forced to grow up and the pains and glorious successes that went right along with it. Plus there will be treats and who doesn’t like treats?
Managers, responsible for leading change in organizations are struggling to adapt. Many are failing. Individual workers need and deserve better support to be productive. This talk addresses how to use a Lean DevOps philosophy to influence change to salvage ITOps reputations.
Shallow implementations of Lean Kanban leave money on the table. Visualizing work helps, but only so much. It’s hard to improve if work isn’t flowing smoothly. In this presentation, Dominica shares actionable steps you can take to help you transform a shallow Kanban implementation into a Lean system focused on flow and continuous improvement.
Cutting Through the Noise: Breaking Down Hierarchical Communication Channels ...Atlassian
As organizations grow to 100's of employees, expand to multiple offerings, or step out into multiple geographies, they can naturally develop siloed and hierarchical communication channels which hinder transparency, scale, and operational agility. Learn how Atlassian has tackled these problems by creating simple, highly visible, and cross-cutting communication channels all while helping to empower teams and encourage autonomy; built using the power of JIRA and using microservices as the vehicle to generate customised views and weekly communications tailored to each user.
Time Theft - How Hidden & Unplanned Work Commit the Perfect CrimeDominica DeGrandis
Invisible work competes with known work. Invisible work blindsides people, leaving teams unaware of mutually critical information. Married to this problem, is the question, how does one plan for, or allocate capacity for the invisible? It’s tough to analyze something you can’t see. Incognito work doesn’t show up well in metrics. This talk provides useful ways to bring visibility to the problems that steal you time away.
A presentation on writing software requirements that does not prescribe to any established methodology but instead is based on the idea of knowing your audience and common sense.
Arello Mobile and Pushwoosh are two sister companies based in Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia. 3 years ago, the workplace was stressful and the days very long. Managers and clients were constantly fighting, while teams failed to meet delivery dates. We chose to pursue Kanban to address these challenges. Adoption at Arello was relatively easy and the maturity of the implementation is now quite deep. Pushwoosh has been another story. There was skepticism and resistance. This talk describes in detail what has been achieved at Arello, a mobile application development company of around 50 people, and contrasts it with the challenges at Pushwoosh, a push notification service with a similar number of staff. Both companies have the same owners and share some common staff and resources, however, cultural reaction to Kanban was very different. Some of the latest Kanban coaching concepts including use of the Kanban Maturity Model are now being applied at Pushwoosh. There are indications this measured and thoughtful approach is likely to succeed.
Prioritize What's Profitable with the Quarterly ScorecardTravis Houston
GET MORE DONE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS THAN YOU HAVE ALL YEAR LONG!
Discover The Simple 4 Step System To Successfully Plan & Implement Your Quarterly Action Plan. You'll Discover A Proven Framework To Grow Your Business.
This Quarterly Scorecard is a powerful tool for clarifying the next moves with the most impact.
This scorecard has been battle-tested to grow brands rapidly by focusing resources on the projects that elevate your brand.
Download the spreadsheet at quarterlyscorecard.com
Understanding How to Get the Right Work to the Right Person at the Right Time ZarionBiz
Learnings and insights in the intelligent work management space, from Zarion Software's Product Manager, Stephen Ralph. Built and presented especially for Alfresco Day London 2018.
Maximizing Performance by Having the Best ProcessesAffiliate Summit
This presentation is from Affiliate Summit East 2013 (August 18-20, 2013) in Philadelphia, PA). Session Description: Affiliate campaigns need to have the best tracking and reporting, and consistently deliver account growth. In an environment of continual evolution we discuss the best practices for success.
Moving Product Off the Shelf and Into the Hands of the CustomerMongoDB
Endless meetings. Not having enough time to do anything new or interesting. Underpowered laptops and outdated tools. Outside of tech startups, this is what development groups often deal with. At Saks Fifth Avenue/HBC Digital, we’ve spent the last 8 years trying to improve the developer experience so our employees can spend time learning, work 40 hours a week, enjoy what they do, and still give the business what it needs. This talk will cover how we did that within a typical corporate culture by building structures that make life easier, finding developers the time they need, and giving them the tools they want.
Many software teams try to get more done - but if you're getting the wrong stuff done, or not shipping it to customers, it can't make an impact! Some questions to ask to make more of a difference to your customers with your software development efforts.
Communication is something that most of us take for granted. However not everybody thinks to tailor their method or style to match the audience. 'The Power of Communication' looks at why it is important, how bad communication can send a project off the rails and tips for good communication.
A presentation on writing software requirements that does not prescribe to any established methodology but instead is based on the idea of knowing your audience and common sense.
Arello Mobile and Pushwoosh are two sister companies based in Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia. 3 years ago, the workplace was stressful and the days very long. Managers and clients were constantly fighting, while teams failed to meet delivery dates. We chose to pursue Kanban to address these challenges. Adoption at Arello was relatively easy and the maturity of the implementation is now quite deep. Pushwoosh has been another story. There was skepticism and resistance. This talk describes in detail what has been achieved at Arello, a mobile application development company of around 50 people, and contrasts it with the challenges at Pushwoosh, a push notification service with a similar number of staff. Both companies have the same owners and share some common staff and resources, however, cultural reaction to Kanban was very different. Some of the latest Kanban coaching concepts including use of the Kanban Maturity Model are now being applied at Pushwoosh. There are indications this measured and thoughtful approach is likely to succeed.
Prioritize What's Profitable with the Quarterly ScorecardTravis Houston
GET MORE DONE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS THAN YOU HAVE ALL YEAR LONG!
Discover The Simple 4 Step System To Successfully Plan & Implement Your Quarterly Action Plan. You'll Discover A Proven Framework To Grow Your Business.
This Quarterly Scorecard is a powerful tool for clarifying the next moves with the most impact.
This scorecard has been battle-tested to grow brands rapidly by focusing resources on the projects that elevate your brand.
Download the spreadsheet at quarterlyscorecard.com
Understanding How to Get the Right Work to the Right Person at the Right Time ZarionBiz
Learnings and insights in the intelligent work management space, from Zarion Software's Product Manager, Stephen Ralph. Built and presented especially for Alfresco Day London 2018.
Maximizing Performance by Having the Best ProcessesAffiliate Summit
This presentation is from Affiliate Summit East 2013 (August 18-20, 2013) in Philadelphia, PA). Session Description: Affiliate campaigns need to have the best tracking and reporting, and consistently deliver account growth. In an environment of continual evolution we discuss the best practices for success.
Moving Product Off the Shelf and Into the Hands of the CustomerMongoDB
Endless meetings. Not having enough time to do anything new or interesting. Underpowered laptops and outdated tools. Outside of tech startups, this is what development groups often deal with. At Saks Fifth Avenue/HBC Digital, we’ve spent the last 8 years trying to improve the developer experience so our employees can spend time learning, work 40 hours a week, enjoy what they do, and still give the business what it needs. This talk will cover how we did that within a typical corporate culture by building structures that make life easier, finding developers the time they need, and giving them the tools they want.
Many software teams try to get more done - but if you're getting the wrong stuff done, or not shipping it to customers, it can't make an impact! Some questions to ask to make more of a difference to your customers with your software development efforts.
Communication is something that most of us take for granted. However not everybody thinks to tailor their method or style to match the audience. 'The Power of Communication' looks at why it is important, how bad communication can send a project off the rails and tips for good communication.
Tom Clancy's presentation during Autotask Community Live! 2013 - The difference between good ITSP’s and bad ones is a lack of process. This presentation overviews some of the key ingredients to building a system of accountability and regular reporting. Get off your ass, stop making excuses and start doing the work you are supposed to.
How to Win More Quotes and Proposals at Higher MarginsPROTRADE United
Do you spend hours putting together quotes and proposals, believing that yours is the best deal, only to lose out at the last minute to a competitor or indecisive customer?
Margins are tight; everyone is competing on price. So, how do you stay competitive in the market and make a profit? Often it’s the small things that make the biggest difference.
During this practical, results-focused workshop, you will discover:
The 7 steps to creating a conversion process that will produce consistent results
Why 70% of quotes are won or lost even before you discuss your service or price
Powerful value-add strategies that will provide consistently strong margins
The high-performance technology you can use to build trust quicker and increase referrals
How to educate potential clients on why they should choose your business over the competition
Being successful with Agile by Rasmus Runberg and Andrew Schumer Agile ME
Agile is a great word, it's short, suggests an athletic approach to something. It fills our minds with images of gleaming, slick perfect machines, almost "German" in its implementation. So its interesting that our experience is something far more complex and messy then this word will have you believe.
Being Agile takes commitment and hard work, work with processes and people, ensuring that there is focus on the goals throughout the organisation while it scales, this also means working with the clients to embrace this mentality.
You could say we aren't Agile, rather we are constantly increasing our Agility. This changes the idea from a perfect athlete in the Olympics, to an individual working, sweating and persevering.
It is hard, it is complicated! But, by sharing our stories we will tell you why it’s also fun and worth it.
Basic business advice for those converting part time gigs into "real" business ventures. Slides are a little wordier than usual; the Podcamp Philly Version will be a little more streamlined.
Similar to Managing Scope Creep & Client Expectations (10)
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
4. What skills are
essential for
managing
client
expectations?
+ Adaptability
+ Collaboration
+ Communication
+ Listening
+ Relationship building
+ Honesty
+ Transparency
7. Identify what
type of client
you have.
+ The Curious
+ The Oblivious
+ The Know-It-All
+ The Cheapskate
+ The Dreamer
+ The Helper
+ The Sprinter
+ The Underling