Working with external software development partners often increases stress for the existing internal staff. A Construx client asked us to conduct research with our clients on approaches to reducing this stress. We identified six recommendations and related specific actions that organizations can take to decrease internal stress and improve overall teamwork with their partners. Join Construx Senior Fellow Earl Beede as he describes the results of this client-driven research. You'll learn the...

Construx VP of Consulting Jenny Stuart and Mark Griffin cleared up common misconceptions about Kanban in Episode #19. In Episode #24, they discussed numerous best practices for establishing and optimizing your Kanban system. Here, they focus on seeing the big picture—working with Kanban at higher levels of workflow. Topics included setting up program-level and portfolio-level Kanban boards. Jenny shares various approaches she's used with clients to determine work items, model the workflow,...

Learn the Covid-19 forecasting truths that can inform and benefit your estimation efforts.

A fun kickoff to Season 2! Learn which beers pair with software requirements, design, and estimation, given the goals of those software phases and the desired attributes of the beers.

Learn multiple best practices for beginning to use Kanban, for daily running of Kanban, and for optimizing it to better serve your business and its people.

Learn how to use the landing zone method to define success in a quantified, explicit way.

Steve McConnell describes the final key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile!

Steve McConnell describes three more key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile.

Learn three more key principles in Steve McConnell's new book, More Effective Agile.

Break through the misconceptions about Kanban that might be preventing your use of this powerful method.

Steve McConnell describes three more key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile.

Learn why software organizations need measurement programs and best practices for creating and using them

Join Construx Senior Fellow Earl Beede and Mark Griffin as they discuss methods for improving the chances of success by driving down inherent uncertainty (common-cause variation) for large software efforts.These methods involve early decision making...

Learn the purposes, workings, and benefits of Construx's organizational assessments.

An overview of Construx's survey report, "WFH in the Age of Coronavirus: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow," which is available at https://www.construx.com/resources/wfh-in-the-age-of-coronavirus/

Steve McConnell describes more key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile.

Steve McConnell describes three more key principles from his new book, More Effective Agile.

Learn specific strategies for helping new Scrum teams succeed.

Steve McConnell describes three more key principles from his new book, More Effective Agile.

Steve McConnell describes three more key principles from his new book, More Effective Agile.

Learn a few specific strategies for successfully scaling Agile.

Steve McConnell and guest Jeff Atwood describe effective software development process (part 2).

Steve McConnell and guest Jeff Atwood describe effective software development process.

Learn two fundamental design principles and why understanding all the principles deepens your understanding of design patterns.

Steve McConnell describes the first four key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile.