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Take a look at how Luxoft leverages its tech expertise to help businesses grow and innovate.
One day you find out that you have to start a new team. It’s exciting, because you have a chance to begin from scratch and make a fresh start. However, it is not as easy as it looks.
In the first part of this article you learned some specific terminology including: Sprint, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Definition of Done, and so on. This terminology is related to the Scrum framework, which was designed to deliver complex software products. Scrum is based on an empirical method that requires underlying principles to be implemented. Imagine two people in the same room, but each has different perceptions about the room temperature, and report accordingly. They are in disagreement, but if they had a thermometer to use, it would help them come to the same conclusion about the temperature . This is called empirical evidence. Empirical data provides the transparency that is critical for software development teams. Working software is a type of thermometer that can transparently track the progress and dynamics of product development.
Coaching is about developing a person’s skills and knowledge, so that their job performance and effectiveness improves, leading to the achievement of organization objectives. It targets high functioning and improvement at work and it usually lasts for a short period and focuses on specific skills and goals. A coach assists supports and motivates a person to get fr om where he/she is to where he/she wants to be. For example, if a person wishes to improve his/her facilitation or soft skills, a coach can help step by step to turn wishes into reality and work out an approach, so next time the “coachee” is able to resolve the issues or reach objectives by his/her own means. The main point of coaching is to learn how to fish, and then be able to catch a fish every time.
Imagine playing a video game with such incredible graphics and inspiring dynamics that, before you knew it, hours had passed. You know that at the end of the game your hero will meet a final foe, who you will eventually vanquish after a tough match-up. But after so many hours of play, you start to discover irritating aspects of the game – there aren’t any mid-level foes, side-quests, options, missions, any badges or achievements. Moreover, it says you’ve got forty hours before the end of the world, but you don’t have any sense of how far you can go with the remaining time. What would be your motivation to keep playing that game?
Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE:LXFT), a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base, today announced that it has acquired Excelian, a privately held U.K.-based systems integrator and technology consulting company specializing in trading and risk management software for the financial services and commodities markets. Excelian’s expertise includes implementation of financial software platforms from industry leading providers such as Murex, OpenLink and Calypso. The Company has offices in Western Europe, the U.S., Canada, South Africa and Australia.
