The Latest
![]() |
People Operations in a Teal Organization: Tools and Techniques from a Real Journey[presentation]
Slideshow
The Lithespeed team first read Frederic Laloux's "Reinventing Organizations” in 2015. We immediately said ‘Hell yes, we are doing this - we should never work any other way!’ |
![]() |
![]() |
What Japanese Shinkansen Trains Can Teach Us about Agile[presentation]
Slideshow
Have you ever been to Japan and noticed that their railway system is incredibly efficient? As places like Tokyo continue to expand and the cost of living rises, more and more people rely on trains that start hours away from the city to arrive on time. |
![]() |
![]() |
Brainwriting: The Team Hack to Generating Better Ideas[presentation]
Slideshow
Brainstorming has long been held as the best way to get ideas from teams. The purpose is to solicit large amounts of ideas in a short timeframe. |
![]() |
![]() |
Making the Jump from DevOps to DevSecOps[presentation]
Slideshow
Organizations are moving to DevOps to build and deploy software more rapidly. But as they break down organizational silos to bring together testing, development, and operations, they often avoid or exclude security in their transformational efforts. |
![]() |
![]() |
Distributed Scrum Teams Whack-a-Mole:
Creative Solutions to
Common Obstacles[presentation]
Slideshow
Taking a newly formed distributed Scrum team from mediocre to high-performing has its share of challenges, including differences in language, culture, and time zones; a misunderstanding of Scrum; and the "us versus them" mentality. |
![]() |
![]() |
Hacks to Becoming a Mindful Agile Tester[presentation]
Slideshow
Have you ever felt like you've been working on multiple tasks all day long, but at the end of the day when you review your work, you realize you haven’t accomplished anything concrete? |
![]() |
![]() |
Using Component Testing for Ultra-Fast Builds[presentation]
Slideshow
A best practice of software architecture is to design your applications into independent modules or components, with a published contract for interaction between components. |
![]() |
![]() |
5 Common Types of Mobile App Bugs Found Using AI[presentation]
Slideshow
Among all mobile apps, the current error rate is believed to be at 15 percent. With a thousand new apps launching daily and a constant increase of mobile devices, there’s a need for a scalable solution to create and maintain high-quality apps, without hassle. |
![]() |
![]() |
The Hard Part of Every Agile Transformation[presentation]
Slideshow
When it comes to an agile transformation, going through the motions of adopting a new set of attitudes, processes, and behaviors at the team level is easy. |
![]() |
![]() |
Exhaustion Is Not a Status Symbol [presentation]
Slideshow
We set out to transform the world of work with agile, yet we've heard the Scrum sprint cycle described as a “hamster wheel,” an endless conveyor belt of backlog and sprint reviews that developers cannot escape. |
![]() |
![]() |
Iterative versus Incremental: How Your Backlog Makes or Breaks Agility[presentation]
Slideshow
Agile is an incremental and iterative approach to delivering value to our customers. But too often, we assume that both approaches are fundamentally equivalent. |
![]() |
![]() |
Postmodern Testing[presentation]
Slideshow
If you want to speed up delivery while maintaining quality, this is the talk for you. Jason’s move from Microsoft to Google’s agile and DevOps-driven world was a shock. |
![]() |
![]() |
Mobbing, Pairing, Soloing, and Pipe Fires: A Personal History of Collaboration[presentation]
Slideshow
Pair programming: the practice you love to hate! Twenty years after being introduced as part of Extreme Programming, the collaborative practice is still a thing. |
![]() |
![]() |
How to Avoid Automation Framework Sinkholes[presentation]
Slideshow
Test automation frameworks are constantly plagued by runaway costs and huge codebases that become maintenance nightmares. Successful automation frameworks are best defined under the “keep it simple, stupid” philosophy—KISS! |
![]() |
![]() |
AWS Lambda: Best Practices and Common Mistakes[presentation]
Slideshow
Serverless architectures relieve you of hardware and scaling setup concerns, and AWS Lambda functions are used by many organizations for serverless application development and automating DevOps tasks. |
![]() |