Tag: employee engagement

6 Ways To Empower Developers and Increase Productivity
A big goal of DevOps is to increase productivity. Yet many organizations still struggle with the efficiency of their software release processes. In fact, 54% of engineers stated they have too many ...

Majority of Open Source Devs Open to Change Jobs in 2022
Open source is the foundation of most modern software applications. Now more than ever, retaining developers with experience working on and with open source projects is critical to maintaining software development agility ...

How Visibility Helps Devs Focus on Innovation
As software engineering leaders adjust to a future defined by remote and hybrid work models, they are shifting priorities in the organization of work to compensate for the lack of in-person collaboration ...

Turnover, Documentation and Missing Links
When employee turnover spikes, IT in general and DevOps teams in particular need to be prepared. At the time of this writing, the stock market is roiling, and DevOps compensation is bouncing ...

3 Ways to Prevent Developer Burnout
Without developers, software companies wouldn't exist—and yet, the experience of these experts can be far from ideal. A recent report from Haystack found that nearly 80% of developers report being burned out ...

Real-Life BDD: Getting the Best Out of Dev Teams
If we want our software to have value, we need to improve it every day, rather than wait three months for the next release. If someone finds a bug and we know ...

How to Build a People-First Engineering Team
When we think about successful technology teams, there is a tendency to primarily focus on the technology being created rather than the people who are creating it. While both approaches can lead ...

Best Practices for Building Next-Gen Software Teams
Technology is moving faster than ever before. The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation across every organization in every industry. Creating new remote working environments or developing new digital revenue channels has taken ...

Cooperative Gaming: Software Teams’ Secret to Success?
Trust falls and team backpacking trips are out — cooperative gaming is in. Don’t think embarking on group Minecraft missions could help deliver great software products? Think again. A 2019 BYU study found ...