Category: Software
-
BA or PO – Business Analyst vs Product Owner – Part 2
One of the artefacts and documents that Business Analyst would produce is Business Requirements Document (BRD) with the purpose of outlining the business needs and objectives of a software development project. There are various templates for a BRD each with its variations of its components: The following sections are recommended by ReQTest: A summary statement…
-
BA or PO – Business Analyst vs Product Owner – Part 1
A BA business analyst and a PO product owner are important roles in the development and implementation of a software product or solution, yet each role has distinct responsibilities and focus. The main differences between a BA and a PO include: Scope of responsibility: A BA is usually responsible for identifying and analyzing the needs…
-
OKRs Objectives and Key Results (& CFRs) and Common Pitfalls
“Measure What Matters: OKRs” is considered one of the best books on OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and often ignored CFRs (Conversations, Feedback, Recognition). The book is written by John Doerr, a venture capitalist who introduced OKRs to Google in 1999. The book explains how OKRs (and CFRs) a strikingly simple method, can be used…
-
An erudite chatbot and ChatGPT
Back in 2018 we wanted to combine our learnings from the books we read and what we have been learning about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, NLP and language models. Facebook announced back then a “Facebook Messenger Chatbot” competition. Lead by Mohamed Luay, the engineering manager at Revosuite, we decided to create a “librarian chatbot”, we…
-
Book Brief: Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
“Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love” is a book by Marty Cagan, a product management expert, that provides guidance on how to create successful technology products. Here are the main takeaway from the Book: Understand your customers: The book stresses the importance of understanding the needs and wants of your customers, and how…
-
Book Brief: summary of “Accelerate: Science of Lean SW & DevOps”
“Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps” is a book by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim. The book provides a deep look at the practices and principles of high performing technology organizations, and how to achieve faster and more reliable software delivery. The book is based on a study of over 28,000…