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Re:Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @10:56AM (#40585620)
"One standout statistic was that projects with clear requirements documented before development started were 97 percent more likely to succeed"

The issue with a majority of projects are the requirements aren't always clear from the start or even if they are it tends to deviate while the project is in progress. Agile tries to mitigate that by allowing teams to be able to react more easily to changing requirements.

That being said not many companies understand or implement agile correctly, unfortunately.

Re:Chronophoto on Saturday January 28, 2023 @06:29PM (#34563111)
Fun game, thanks!
Re:Mjolnir on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:35AM (#34518057)
AKA Jonathan

Ask HN: What will the implications of IR35 changes be in the UK IT industry?

Posted by msurekci on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:57PM
from the ask-hn dept.

The UK government has released a draft of what they are planning to do in regards to IR35 which impacts IT contractors heavily.How do you guys foresee this playing out? Will companies start allowing contractors to work remotely with their own equipment? Pay higher rates to counteract the loss of having to pay extra taxes? Pay a higher permanent rate? Or will it just be a hit that contractors...

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Ask HN: Are there truly “Head Hunters” in the software industry?

Posted by msurekci on Sunday February 10, 2019 @10:44AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I occasionally get recruiters saying they are head hunters looking for software engineer candidates for a specific position. I know in these cases they are not true head hunters. But, it did make me wonder if there truly are head hunters out there.How would you know if a recruiter is a true head hunter?

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Re:How Netflix became a billion-dollar titan on Thursday July 05, 2018 @12:09PM (#17464349)
Lately, they have been compromising on quality and focusing on quantity. I don't think the fact that they are producing more movies than the other Hollywood production companies should be seen as a good sign.

This is all subjective but, I do believe that the 10 movies that Disney produce will be far superior than any of the 73 movies that come from Netflix.

Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing dominance on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @08:32AM (#14644770)
Does anyone know where the €2.42B will be used?

Will it be used to compensate the rival companies? Will it be used to compensate European consumers? (And most importantly, it denied European consumers a genuine choice of services and the full benefits of innovation)

Re:Cards Against Humanity is digging a hole in the earth on Saturday November 26, 2016 @01:39PM (#13045194)
Getting wider rather than deeper.
Re:Ask HN: How do you handle inter-team dependencies? on Friday August 19, 2016 @05:37PM (#12323669)
I'm assuming that both teams are technical. If so, I don't see any reason as to why your own team can't build the API that they need.

Become an autonomous team, break down all dependencies.

Ask HN: Which technical tests have you taken?

Posted by msurekci on Friday March 18, 2016 @05:15PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Curious about what technical tests people have taken and whether you think these are good or not. Mainly interested in tests for software developers but, you are welcome to add other stuff too which people may find interesting.It's easy to find questions for interviews but, I couldn't seem to find a list of technical tests.It would be nice if you could let me know: -Name -Difficulty of test or...

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