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ADC by day, Cyclist by holiday
Yury Shalapyka is a Sr. Agile Delivery Coordinator who is part of Godel’s growing development centre in Wroclaw. Yury’s passion outside of his work saw him recently embark on an experience that would test him physically and mentally, as he cycled from Wroclaw, Poland, to Budapest, Hungary. Yury discusses his experience, his favourite moments, and… Continue reading ADC by day, Cyclist by holiday
By Yury Shalapyka, Sr. Agile Delivery Coordinator
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The Godel POD: Agile Delivery: Keeping the train on the track with Lydia Hawthorn
UK Tote Group is the proud owner and steward of the Tote, the UK’s leading pool betting operator since 1928. Started by Sir Winston Churchill, the Tote was created to be a safe place to bet and return funds to British racing. The Tote has therefore been at the heart of British racing for over… Continue reading The Godel POD: Agile Delivery: Keeping the train on the track with Lydia Hawthorn
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Being Agile About Agile: Introducing Godel’s First Agile Delivery Division Manager
The Godel Agile Delivery Division continues to provide Agile Development to help teams deliver value for partners across numerous industries. A key milestone in the division was introducing its first division manager, Darya Voitava-Sialitskaya. Having been with Godel for over 8 years fulfilling different roles, Darya will use her valuable experience to take on an… Continue reading Being Agile About Agile: Introducing Godel’s First Agile Delivery Division Manager
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Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls: The Benefits of Advancing to Agile
Agile is known as a software development methodology, but it does a lot more for a business. It all began in the spring of 2000, when a group of 17 software developers were eager to speed up development times in order to bring new software to market faster. It has since transformed the way software… Continue reading Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls: The Benefits of Advancing to Agile
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Q&A with Godel’s new Head of Onboarding, Nadia Sabadze
Godel has doubled its headcount year-on-year for over five years, having reached over 1,000 FTEs in 2019. It is providing software engineering teams to a growing base of clients, but such growth presents risk: the company’s number one priority is to maintain its reputation for quality as it scales. Since Godel’s people are its value,… Continue reading Q&A with Godel’s new Head of Onboarding, Nadia Sabadze
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A Conversation About Build-Run-Own Culture.
Senior Agile Delivery Co-ordinator Darya Voitava, Principal Java Engineer Alex Nozdryn-Platnitski and Principal .NET Engineer Dima Viaroukin have been part of Godel software delivery engagements
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From Project Manager to Agile Delivery Co-ordinator
In May 2019 a small revolution took place at Godel. The company’s project managers – the people who provide software delivery leadership for over 60 client engagements – became “Agile Delivery Co-ordinators’
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98 of Manchester’s elite coders test their agile skills in the Kanban Cup
This time last week, nearshore software development company Godel, which has its headquarters in Manchester, held its second 5-a-side knock-out football tournament – the Kanban Cup – for Manchester’s coding community last night.
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Busting 3 Key Myths Surrounding Agile Development
Agile techniques can vary when comparing theory to practice however they generally share common characteristics. These characteristics can often include; iterative development, focus on interaction, focus on communication, and the reduction of resource intensive intermediate artifacts. “Agile development is the ability to “Deliver quickly, Change quickly, and Change often.” (Highsmith et al., 2000) As Agile software… Continue reading Busting 3 Key Myths Surrounding Agile Development
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