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Stakeholder conflict can be a challenge for Agile teams, often leading to costly delays, budget overruns and poor project outcomes. That's why it's so important to prevent these conflicts before they occur, when possible. In this article, Principal Consultant Heidi Jackson and Principal Consultant Chris Arnold share tips for preventing stakeholder conflict and resolving it, when necessary.
Managing Stakeholder Conflict: Prevention & Resolution - Sparq
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about enhancing a software application? While there’s no wrong answer, one option that incorporates many different answers is flow. In this article, Principal Consultant John Moore shares why flow is so important in software applications and how value stream mapping can help you visualize it.
Go With the Flow, Using Value Stream Mapping - Sparq
It’s the first day of spring! What better time to announce that Rural Sourcing has changed its name to Sparq. This new name is inspired by the idea that a spark provides light and as such, guidance. A spark’s place in the creative process is in the beginning, it’s the inspiration that kicks things off. By representing the initial source of ingenuity, invention and solution, our colleagues set themselves up to deliver a compelling promise—that their team energy can catch fire and alchemize our clients’ goals into meaningful, significant success. Visit our new website at teamsparq.com/brand-evolution/.
Brand Evolution - Sparq
The role of the CIO has changed at warp speed. In this article, Rural Sourcing CEO Monty Hamilton shares four tips for becoming a product-minded CIO.
Four Tips for Becoming a Product-Minded CIO - Rural Sourcing
Senior Consultant Nikki Clark shares three ways to make Scrum more developer-friendly in the latest Tech in 2!
Making Scrum More Developer-Friendly - Rural Sourcing
The product owner and software engineer are two very important parts of a product development team. Unfortunately, it can sometimes be hard for them to understand each other’s unique perspectives. In this webinar, our panel shared strategies to help bridge the gap between the product vision and engineering reality. Check it out now!
Product Vision vs. Engineering Reality - Rural Sourcing
Python is one of the fastest growing programming languages, with reported usage rising 20% in the last five years. Yet for all its popularity, Python is often misperceived as slow, clumsy and limited to small projects. In this article, Principal Consultant Jason McDonald shares four myths that you should know about Python.
Four Myths About Python - Rural Sourcing
As we progress through our careers, many of us are looking for ways to keep growing in our roles and pursuing that exciting promotion. Not only is it great for your personal growth, but it will help keep you motivated and engaged. In this article, Rural Sourcing CEO Monty Hamilton shares four ways to make yourself more promotable.
Four Ways to Make Yourself More Promotable - Rural Sourcing
User experience (UX) is the way that you communicate with your users through your product. The biggest benefit of having good UX is that it gives you the ability to build on top of your existing platform, instead of just trying to fix problems over and over again. In this Tech in 2, Senior Principal Consultant Joe Dallacqua shares more about why putting the user first is so important, along with three signs that you’re not doing it.
Three Signs You're Not Putting the User First - Rural Sourcing
Hybrid work has the potential to offer a higher level of flexibility, better work-life balance and a more uniquely tailored employee experience. All of these things can have an overwhelmingly positive impact on our DE&I efforts if we’re able to harness their potential. Rural Sourcing CEO Monty Hamilton shares how to harness your hybrid work environment to build diverse, inclusive teams.
How to Harness Your Hybrid Work Environment to Build Diverse, Inclusive Teams - Rural Sourcing