How many times have we heard there’s no place for a Business Analyst in SCRUM teams (or other Agile frameworks)? Even better: when someone asks if your company works with SCRUM the answer usually is “Yes, we do, but I’m not part of the SCRUM team!”. Fortunately for me, I’m […]
Finding the lost Business Analyst on SCRUM. Read More
It’s been five years since software developer Martin Fowler described the concept of a microservices architecture (MSA), which in theory goes further than a service-oriented architecture (SOA). In this approach, the design of software applications is broken down from monolithic structures to “suites of independently deployable services”, as Fowler has
From a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to a microservices one. Read More
There’s no denying the importance of software in today’s world. It seems to be everywhere: in your computer and in your phone but also in your car and in your fridge. With all this software around, you’d be forgiven for thinking that developing software is easy and, in a way,
Software Development is easy… right? Read More
Some of us attended the Tech Lab that Red Hat hosted in Lisbon on Application Development at the end of last year. When it comes to a practical view on AD in a containerized world, Red Hat has a lot to say and show, in fact, its recent acquisition by
Cloud (nine) computing. Read More
It was really awesome to attend the Kafka Summit in London last April. First of all, because this conference is the only Apache Kafka community event that gathers the most cool data architects, DevOps engineers and developers dedicated to learn and share best practices about writing code and discuss the future
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Last 5th and 6th of May a team of Polarising consultants entered the annual hackathon organized by Fundação Gulbenkian. HackForGood 2018 took place in Porto and our ‘missionaries’ went on a great adventure to create an application that can help make the world a better place. The project name was
Polarising Hacks For Good! Read More
Hello and welcome to the second part of our recap of BPM Conference Portugal 2017. In the first installment, I mentioned games and BPM Processes for this one. Because this is actually a more sensory experience than mere gaming, BPM can gain from this insight. Games and BPM?! Immersive Processes!
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One of the most known and practiced techniques of agile software development is performing iterations. An iteration is a timebox, inside which a team tries to accomplish some goal. At the end of the iteration, the team reviews what it’s produced and what it’s learned. From this, it sets a
Ok, we’re doing iterations: are we agile now? Read More
[vc_row fullwidth=”false” attached=”false” padding=”0″ el_class=”whatsnew”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″]*Integration & API’s powered by António Queiroz* <*BLOG* It’s becoming more and more important for companies to invest in an Integration Platform that can support their most critical asset: Data. Read more… <*BLOG* I did more than attending TIBCO Now ’17 User conference