Methodology

As a full-time Scrum Master, I dedicate myself to helping teams work more efficiently. As a part of that, I have been looking into automation, especially since we re-evaluated the tool stack we use at Craftworkz. My job was to look into Jira. Yikes. Even though this was not…

7 notions to increase and achieve resilience — The concept of resilience has a relatively long history and did not wait for the health crisis to attract attention. But the more it has been studied and used in various disciplines, the trickier it has become to properly define it. To face the unknown and ensure growth in adversity…

The software development industry is a fast-paced, competitive one. Change has an impact on project viability, market assumptions must be… — Follow me to support my article writing The software development industry is a fast-paced, competitive one. Change has an impact on project viability, market assumptions must be validated, and project progress must always be in sync with changing business objectives.

A nifty guide for soliciting user feedback on a concept or idea before you invest any design resources and without having to create… — Have you ever had an idea that you think would be a “game-changer”, but you don’t have anything to back that up, you don’t even have all the details of what this thing looks like, and you wish you had a way to vet out the idea to determine if…

於飄移的目標（上）中，我們介紹了「飄移的目標」基模的定義及架構。本篇，我們將分為兩部分。第一部分將透過一間公司的例子來幫助大家更了解這個基模，第二部分則是介紹如何管理這類型的系統，避免目標與實際表現持續降低。 — 於飄移的目標（上）中，我們介紹了「飄移的目標」基模的定義及架構。本篇，我們將分為兩部分。第一部分將透過一間公司的例子來幫助大家更了解這個基模，第二部分則是介紹如何管理這類型的系統，避免目標與實際表現持續降低。 飄移的目標基模範例介紹 Western Foods 這家公司致力於生產一種名為 Tato Bits 的酥脆餅乾。為了提升公司運營效率，公司希望能採取各種能降低成本的措施以做調整，因此，工廠經理致力於增加生產線的速度、改變食物生產及儲存的方法等等。 在接下來的五年， Tato Bits 的銷售量開始下滑，經理認為是因為人們的飲食習慣改變所致。又過了兩年，銷售量仍持續下滑，Western Foods 決定進行消費者研究。結果顯示， 消費者認為 Tato Bits 的味道和品質一致性相比以前變差許多。此外，研究也指出 Tato Bits 實際品質與品質標準的落差早在10年前就已出現。這個落差應該是一個告訴 Western Foods 經營團隊需於生產過程、設備、管理上做出調整的信號，然而，因為公司過度集中於如何控制成本，對品質標準的要求也因配合著這些降低成本的措施而漸漸降低，慢慢地， Tato Bits 的實際品質已經無法達到消費者容忍的水平了。

In October 2021, we introduced the SpaceUP structure to our team internally (you could read more about how the missions are structured… — In October 2021, we introduced the SpaceUP structure to our team internally (you could read more about how the missions are structured, planned and delivered in our previous articles). There were major changes for the whole Product and Engineering department in the way they work, and also with whom they…

Penetration Testing is the practice of testing a computer system, a network application, either web application or software application, to… — Penetration Testing is the practice of testing a computer system, a network application, either web application or software application, to find security vulnerabilities that an attacker could use to exploit and gain authorized access to a system or an application. The main objective of a Penetration Test is to identify…