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The Benefits of Qualitative Metrics

Abi Noda and Tim Cochran continue their discussion on using qualitative metrics to assess the productivity of development teams. In this installment they classify qualitative metrics into attitudinal and behavioral…

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Measuring Developer Productivity via Humans

Measuring developer productivity is a difficult challenge. Conventional metrics focused on development cycle time and throughput are limited, and there aren’t obvious answers for where else to turn. Qualitative metrics…

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Vacuum Tubes and Transistors

I’ve had a ham radio license since the late 1960s and observed the transition from vacuum tubes (remember them?) to transistors firsthand. Because we’re allowed to operate high-power transmitters (1,500-watt…

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transform an overview slide

When you’re tasked with putting together a presentation, it’s often expected that you’ll kick things off with an overview slide. Think of it as a quick peek at what’s coming…

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Improved image mode in Power BI add-in for PowerPoint.

Changing Power BI add-in as snapshot made easy and with more options. You can now change your live data to an image, that only people who can see the report…

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What if we rotate pairs every day?

When pair programming, it’s important to rotate the pairs frequently, but many organizations that do pair programming are reluctant to do that. Gabriel Robaina and Kieran Murphy ask the question:…

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On-premises data gateway February 2024 release

We are excited to announce the February release of the on-premises data gateway! Source: PowerBI

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Patterns of Legacy Displacement: Event Interception

When we gradually replace a legacy system, we have plenty of cases where the legacy system and its replacement need to interact. Since these legacy systems are often difficult, and…

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Announcing the creation of connected tables in Excel Online

You can now create tables in Excel online using data from Power BI semantic models. Source: PowerBI

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Radar Trends to Watch: March 2024

January was a dull month, at least in my opinion. Maybe everyone was recovering from their holidays. February was a short month, but it was far from dull. And I’m…