Tech Insights

With the initial shock of a global pandemic behind us, we’ve had a moment to reflect on how it has impacted our teams and how we operate. We’ve learned a lot about ourselves and our capabilities in the past couple of years. There’s been so much to adapt to. Still, one thing that’s become apparent is that becoming a fully remote Agile team has created an opportunity for us to elevate our communication, accountability, collaboration, and development. At DragonSpears, we believe in having the freedom to work where we work best. Here are some tools and strategies that have allowed us to do that.

Delegating tasks is something that almost all technology leaders must do and, therefore, should embrace. Leaders must instill trust in their software engineering teams to be accountable for delivering projects. Many leaders prefer to complete tasks themselves to ensure quality and timeliness, but that is not an effective long-term strategy for growth.

In software development, solution architecture is the process of describing and creating a comprehensive and understandable blueprint of the solutions that meet all technical and business requirements of software teams and clients. It focuses on structuring and organizing maintainable, scalable, and repeatable code. Developers can simplify developing, testing, troubleshooting, and deploying software and create a roadmap for a complex system.

Developers have a lot on their plate when they start at a new company. Whether it be the development environment, project information, or the organizational culture of their employer or clients, they need to learn a lot – and quickly. Adopting a strong onboarding process is vital if you want new full-time developers or contractors to succeed. Here is an 8-step developer onboarding checklist that will help you seamlessly integrate new hires onto your agile team and keep them around for the long run.

Without getting into continually evolving statistics, it’s common knowledge that software developers have a high turnover rate, which can wreak havoc on development progress. Finding the right person for the role on your software team can save significant time and money and improve outcomes overall.