Software Development: Accelerating Delivery Through Agile and DevOps Practices

Still deploying manually? Discover why automation isn’t optional—protect your business, avoid disaster, and deliver value with modern engineering …

Driving software design through automated tests for better quality.

Unlock legacy system agility—discover how DevOps transforms slow, brittle tech into fast, scalable, and change-ready platforms without starting from …

Stop guessing—start making data-driven decisions in Azure DevOps. Discover tools, tips, and insights to make your work visible and your delivery …

Test First is a practice that defines success before implementation. It supports manual and automated testing, with a strong preference for automation …

Explains how to engineer a robust, fault-tolerant token counting server using FastAPI and PowerShell, covering error handling, retries, fallbacks, and …

Manual testing limits release speed and quality, while automation enables faster, more reliable software delivery by reducing regressions and tester …

Managing source control with Azure Repos for modern software development.

Explains why Agile methods are often more challenging than traditional ones, highlighting common misconceptions, required discipline, and the need for …

Maximise team alignment and adaptability with the Daily Scrum. Inspect progress, adapt plans, and ensure focus on the Sprint Goal.

Answers common questions about integrating design and UX work into Scrum Sprints, clarifying why dedicated Design Sprints aren’t needed and how to …

The FBI Sentinel project failed with a waterfall approach, wasting years and budget, but succeeded rapidly after switching to Agile and iterative …

Explains why consistent delivery of usable increments is essential in Scrum, highlighting the Scrum Master's accountability for ensuring transparency, …

Technical debt requires leadership investment to resolve; without support for automation and quality improvements, continuous delivery is not …

Engineering excellence isn’t perfection—it’s continuous improvement, clean code, and fast feedback. Unlock true agility with modern Agile and DevOps …

Delaying software releases increases failure risk. Frequent, small releases improve success rates, adaptability, and recovery, as shown by CHAOS …

Stop flying blind after release—learn why telemetry is vital to your Definition of Done and how real feedback drives better software, value, and team …

Learn how evolving engineering practices like Feature Flags, TDD, and refactoring enable smoother Sprint workflows and reduce technical debt in Scrum …

Align development with business goals using Behaviour Driven Development (BDD). Improve collaboration and create clear, testable requirements.

Delivering working, valuable software at the end of each iteration, ensuring value is incrementally added to the product.

Explores the limitations of story points, optimal team sizes, and the benefits of emergent architecture for improving agile practices and team …

Explains why modern software teams avoid branch promotion, using continuous integration, feature flags, and production-like testing to streamline …

Technical Excellence encompasses engineering practices and methodologies that enhance agility, improve code quality, and enable continuous delivery.

Explains how true self-management in Scrum requires active, disciplined effort from Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Developers, not chaos or lack …

Explains how Scrum Masters are naturally chosen by teams based on trust, experience, and leadership, highlighting the importance of peer selection …

Working software is the tangible, functional output produced during a Sprint, representing a concrete artifact that delivers value to customers.

Clarifies Scrum guidelines on unfinished work, explaining that items can span multiple Sprints if the Sprint Goal and Done Increment remain intact, …

Software development thrives on continuous discovery and adaptation; upfront planning can’t predict everything. Embrace uncertainty, deliver …

Explains how the Sprint Goal guides Scrum teams by providing a clear, shared objective for each Sprint, ensuring focus, transparency, and alignment …

Explains why relying on special Sprints undermines Agile, and advocates for continuous improvement, accountability, and delivering usable products …

Explains how the Definition of Done evolves in Scrum, aligning team practices with organisational standards to ensure consistent quality, compliance, …

Explains how audience-based deployment and testing in production enable faster feedback, safer rollouts, and higher software quality by targeting real …

Unlock your team's true potential—discover why a powerful definition of done drives real business impact, customer value, and lasting competitive …

Adding more staging environments does not reduce deployment risk; true safety comes from automated testing, continuous integration, and quality …

Explores how fostering a culture of quality and engineering excellence across teams leads to better, safer products, highlighting the impact of …

Optimising how often software is deployed to enhance feedback loops and value delivery.

Explains why staggered iterations harm software delivery, increasing technical debt, and recommends cross-functional teams, test-first, and working …

Explores how agile teams can achieve predictable software delivery through quality focus, effective release planning, and continuous improvement, …

Explains the difference between subjective goals and the objective Definition of Done in Scrum, highlighting how clear, measurable criteria ensure …

Explores how technical excellence in Agile development reduces risk, prevents technical debt, and boosts product quality and delivery speed through …

Maintaining multiple production versions increases bugs, merge conflicts, and technical debt, making development harder and less efficient for …

The foundation of Agile: clean code, automation, and test-first development.

Many organisations cite software complexity as a barrier to continuous delivery, but real obstacles are technical debt and lack of investment in …

Managing the development, maintenance, and governance of software applications throughout their lifecycle.

Explores why traditional Dev-Test-Staging-Production pipelines fall short and highlights audience-based deployment for safer, faster feedback in real …

Drive high-quality software development with Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD). Define clear, testable acceptance criteria before …

DevOps consulting enhances Agile by improving collaboration, accelerating delivery, and ensuring quality, making software development more efficient …

Explores code review practices for quality assurance, highlighting automation, pull requests, and early defect detection to ensure high-quality, …

Explains why business logic should not be written in stored procedures, highlighting testability, maintainability, scalability, and strategies for …

Automating software testing to improve quality and accelerate feedback loops.

Explores how test-driven development and pair programming improve software architecture, code quality, team skills, and long-term productivity by …

Explains why true agility requires end-to-end automation and short feedback loops, not just Agile teams, to maximise value and efficiency for …

Explains how to create, apply, and improve a Definition of Done (DoD) in Scrum to ensure software quality, transparency, and consistent delivery of …

Explains how to set up a scalable release pipeline using Release Management in Visual Studio 2013, covering continuous release, feedback environments, …

Azure DevOps is a product from Microsoft that provides tools around CI/CD, collaboration, and agile project management. Other names are Team …

Explores how focusing on Scrum’s core principles—empiricism, transparency, and value delivery—leads to true agile success, beyond just following …

Struggling with legacy systems? Discover why modernisation is a strategy, not a gamble—reduce risk, boost efficiency, and future-proof your business …

Intensive five-day course for software developers covering Scrum, Visual Studio 2010, .NET, and Agile practices through hands-on team sprints and …

Explains how empirical Agile models improve project outcomes by increasing visibility, enabling change, reducing risk, and delivering value …

Explains how automation in continuous delivery improves software reliability, reduces risk, and enables faster, safer deployments through consistent, …