
The effect of servant leadership on the effectiveness of Scrum teams
To what extent do Scrum masters make use of servant leadership and how does this affect teams?
To what extent do Scrum masters make use of servant leadership and how does this affect teams?
Researchers often use financial incentives to increase response rates for their surveys. How well do these work for online surveys?
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An updated guide on how to measure the usability of a product with the System Usability Scale (SUS).
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Numbers produced by technical debt tools tell a tale, but it’s largely fictional.
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The open source community is very active on Twitter, so what happens on GitHub doesn’t stay on GitHub.
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The answer is not “yes” or “no”, but somewhere in between. Who would’ve guessed?
Mutation testing is useful, but not many developers use it. What steps can we take to increase adoption?
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What should your Likert scales look like?