Insights on agile, design, and software development from Boosthttps://www.boost.co.nz/en-nzhttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2023/03/artificially-awesome-ai-can-new-best-friend-software-development-design/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2023/03/artificially-awesome-ai-can-new-best-friend-software-development-design/Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword across various industries, and with good reason. AI is transforming how businesses operate, … ContinuedFri, 03 Mar 2023 15:54:12 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/07/definition-of-ready-agile-user-stories/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/07/definition-of-ready-agile-user-stories/In Agile, the definition of ready is a checklist that can help you come up with user stories which deliver … ContinuedFri, 29 Jul 2022 07:34:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/06/wellington-agile-coach-jobs/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/06/wellington-agile-coach-jobs/Energising servant leaders with outstanding people skills, these are the Wellington Agile coach jobs for you! Boost develops web and … ContinuedTue, 28 Jun 2022 11:24:37 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/06/kanban-case-study-leveraging-lean/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/06/kanban-case-study-leveraging-lean/This Kanban case study shares what Boost developer Izzi Anastasiadis learnt about leveraging Lean to get more out of the … ContinuedWed, 15 Jun 2022 12:58:17 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/06/government-procurement-of-digital-services/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/06/government-procurement-of-digital-services/Government procurement of digital services can be a daunting process. So here are three ways you can make procurement simpler, … ContinuedFri, 03 Jun 2022 12:12:20 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/06/definition-ready-definition-done/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/06/definition-ready-definition-done/This post explains the difference between the definition of ready and definition of done. It shows how both can help … ContinuedFri, 03 Jun 2022 08:34:49 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/05/agile-for-non-software-teams/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/05/agile-for-non-software-teams/Agile for Non-software Teams by Gil Broza is a popular guide to the Agile way of working. Unlike most other … ContinuedWed, 11 May 2022 11:46:13 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/04/agile-assurance-plan-government-projects/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/04/agile-assurance-plan-government-projects/This guide shows you how to put together a simple Agile assurance plan for government projects with a digital component. … ContinuedFri, 08 Apr 2022 10:49:28 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/03/better-business-cases-guidance-public-value-pace/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/03/better-business-cases-guidance-public-value-pace/This Better Business Cases guidance is for New Zealand government agencies wanting to develop business cases that deliver more public … ContinuedTue, 08 Mar 2022 15:41:19 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/02/security-in-agile-software-development/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/02/security-in-agile-software-development/This guide shows you how to assure yourself that security risks are managed on Agile projects. You’ll find out how … ContinuedThu, 10 Feb 2022 13:14:52 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/01/co-design-case-study/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2022/01/co-design-case-study/This co-design case study shows how a collaborative government project is inspiring the people of the Pacific by providing a … ContinuedMon, 17 Jan 2022 12:33:58 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/11/using-te-reo-workplace/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/11/using-te-reo-workplace/Research shows that using te reo in the workplace increases job satisfaction. So we’ve collected together a kete of resources, … ContinuedThu, 18 Nov 2021 13:50:17 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/10/invest-criteria/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/10/invest-criteria/The INVEST criteria spell out how to create Agile user stories that deliver valuable working software early and often. They … ContinuedThu, 21 Oct 2021 09:43:59 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/09/retrospective-ideas/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/09/retrospective-ideas/This collection of retrospective ideas gives you guidance on when to use each retro and step-by-step plans for running them. … ContinuedFri, 17 Sep 2021 15:45:07 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/09/development-continuum-retro/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/09/development-continuum-retro/The Development continuum retro encourages constant, focused professional growth across the team. It lets you tailor your skill-building to each … ContinuedThu, 09 Sep 2021 08:59:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/08/welcome-aboard-retrospective/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/08/welcome-aboard-retrospective/When new members join a team, you can quickly get to full steam ahead by running the Welcome aboard retrospective. … ContinuedWed, 18 Aug 2021 13:40:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/08/golden-moments-retrospective/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/08/golden-moments-retrospective/When a project or phase ends, the Golden moments retrospective is a chance to look back at the project and … ContinuedThu, 12 Aug 2021 14:26:39 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/08/wellington-ux-designer-jobs/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/08/wellington-ux-designer-jobs/Looking for Wellington UX designer jobs that give you the chance to do great things? Join a team who love … ContinuedMon, 09 Aug 2021 15:07:33 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/07/wellington-ruby-on-rails-developer-jobs/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/07/wellington-ruby-on-rails-developer-jobs/Looking for Wellington Ruby on Rails developer jobs that give you the chance to make a difference every day? Look … ContinuedWed, 28 Jul 2021 12:25:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/07/test-drive-boost/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/07/test-drive-boost/Looking for work that makes the world a better place? Here’s how you can test-drive Boost before you decide if … ContinuedWed, 14 Jul 2021 14:44:25 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/07/individual-strengths-retrospective/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/07/individual-strengths-retrospective/The Individual strengths retrospective is a great way to level up a team by reflecting on and reinforcing their individual … ContinuedMon, 05 Jul 2021 11:05:07 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/06/new-cognitive-bias-and-agile-simplicity/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/06/new-cognitive-bias-and-agile-simplicity/Playing with Lego has led scientists to identify a new cognitive bias. Recent research shows that our brains are wired … ContinuedWed, 30 Jun 2021 15:43:41 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/06/small-projects-succeed/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/06/small-projects-succeed/Research shows that small projects are much more likely to succeed than big ones. Analysing a database of over 50,000 … ContinuedWed, 09 Jun 2021 09:32:08 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/03/create-kanban-board-go-agile/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2021/03/create-kanban-board-go-agile/With Kanban, you can go Agile in an instant. Find out what makes Kanban tick and how you can create … ContinuedThu, 18 Mar 2021 10:01:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/12/co-design-for-digital-services/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/12/co-design-for-digital-services/How do you ensure that the digital service you’re developing delivers just what your users need? One way is to … ContinuedMon, 07 Dec 2020 10:39:44 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/11/deliver-working-software-every-sprint/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/11/deliver-working-software-every-sprint/The drive to deliver working software is at the heart of Agile frameworks like Scrum. Find out why, and learn … ContinuedMon, 30 Nov 2020 10:15:58 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/10/government-marketplace/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/10/government-marketplace/We’re delighted that Boost has been selected as a supplier of choice on Pae Hokohoko, the government Marketplace. This is … ContinuedWed, 21 Oct 2020 13:02:46 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/08/government-digital-service-design-standard/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/08/government-digital-service-design-standard/Here’s a pragmatic guide to delivering public services in line with the Government Digital Service Design Standard. It’s a series … ContinuedMon, 10 Aug 2020 10:17:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/07/definition-of-done-exercise/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/07/definition-of-done-exercise/In Scrum, the aim is to deliver a useful working product, Sprint after Sprint. To do this your team needs … ContinuedThu, 16 Jul 2020 16:50:28 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/06/core-values-case-study-how-we-built-an-award-winning-team/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/06/core-values-case-study-how-we-built-an-award-winning-team/Find out how clarifying, cementing and celebrating our core values has allowed Boost to build an award-winning team that has … ContinuedTue, 23 Jun 2020 14:56:24 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/04/ensure-software-project-succeeds-checklist/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/04/ensure-software-project-succeeds-checklist/Nobody wants to work on a failed project. So to help you ensure your software project succeeds, we’ve developed the … ContinuedFri, 24 Apr 2020 09:02:37 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/04/google-forms-remote-retro/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/04/google-forms-remote-retro/Here’s how you can run a simple remote retro using Google Forms. You’ll get a step-by-step guide, tips and we’ll … ContinuedThu, 09 Apr 2020 10:17:58 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/04/boost-covid-19-updates-resources/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/04/boost-covid-19-updates-resources/Get the latest COVID-19 updates and resources from Boost. We’ll be adding new resources and COVID-19 updates as the situation evolves. … ContinuedWed, 08 Apr 2020 08:12:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/04/connecting-working-from-home-covid-19/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/04/connecting-working-from-home-covid-19/Some workplaces are lucky enough to be able to stay open during the COVID-19 lockdown by working remotely. But working … ContinuedMon, 06 Apr 2020 09:41:43 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/03/extreme-programming-customer/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/03/extreme-programming-customer/Wondering what it’s like to be a product leader on an XP project? Find out how to succeed in the Extreme … ContinuedMon, 30 Mar 2020 12:49:07 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/03/web-application-security-owasp-nz-day/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/03/web-application-security-owasp-nz-day/The OWASP New Zealand Day conference was a wide-ranging, thought-provoking and at times eye-opening look at web application security. Here are a … ContinuedWed, 11 Mar 2020 10:17:03 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/01/free-discovery-workshop/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/01/free-discovery-workshop/A project discovery workshop is a collaborative, practical, structured session in which you define the outcomes for your project and … ContinuedMon, 27 Jan 2020 10:17:10 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/01/copyright-for-digital-glams-ndf2019/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2020/01/copyright-for-digital-glams-ndf2019/This post gives practical guidance on building closer relationships with your audience through clear copyright information on your digital channels. … ContinuedTue, 21 Jan 2020 10:06:22 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/12/robot-apocalypse-agile-future-of-work/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/12/robot-apocalypse-agile-future-of-work/The jobs we do today will be wiped out by the robot apocalypse, a wave of automation changing the world … ContinuedMon, 09 Dec 2019 12:42:41 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/11/cloud-migration-case-study/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/11/cloud-migration-case-study/This cloud migration case study shows how DigitalNZ increased the flexibility, security, reliability and cost transparency of their web applications … ContinuedWed, 27 Nov 2019 19:27:58 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/10/ideal-boost-project/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/10/ideal-boost-project/Here’s our recipe for success in software development. It details the kind of projects that deliver for our clients, for … ContinuedThu, 10 Oct 2019 12:54:28 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/09/agile-risk-management-checklist/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/09/agile-risk-management-checklist/Nobody wants their software development project to fail, but it happens all the time. This Agile risk management checklist lets … ContinuedMon, 16 Sep 2019 10:40:57 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/08/agile-training-positive-and-lasting-impact/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/08/agile-training-positive-and-lasting-impact/Does your work deliver a positive and lasting impact? If so, your charity could get up to four free seats … ContinuedMon, 26 Aug 2019 17:10:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/08/boost-2026/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/08/boost-2026/With goals ranging from employee-ownership to 50% female team members, Boost 2026 is our roadmap for the company’s future. It’s … ContinuedTue, 06 Aug 2019 14:58:35 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/award-best-place-to-work-in-new-zealand/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/award-best-place-to-work-in-new-zealand/Boost is hugely proud to have won the Team Gold Award at the 2019 Wellington Gold Awards. The award recognises the groundbreaking … ContinuedMon, 29 Jul 2019 14:41:11 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/nbr-lasting-positive-impact/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/nbr-lasting-positive-impact/Boost’s purpose — helping others have a lasting positive impact — along with our Agile advocacy, freedom-centred culture and plans … ContinuedFri, 19 Jul 2019 08:44:38 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/nzbusiness-purpose-led-culture/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/nzbusiness-purpose-led-culture/NZBusiness Magazine recently interviewed Boost CEO Nathan Donaldson about his drive to create the happiest workplace in New Zealand. Check … ContinuedWed, 10 Jul 2019 17:07:21 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/user-story-examples/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/user-story-examples/User stories are short descriptions of something your customer will do on your website or application (or any product, be … ContinuedTue, 09 Jul 2019 09:32:29 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/agile-design-process/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/07/agile-design-process/In this post you’ll learn about an Agile design process that saves time and money — and delivers products your … ContinuedThu, 04 Jul 2019 13:19:23 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/05/definition-of-done-examples-and-tips/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/05/definition-of-done-examples-and-tips/Of all the Scrum artifacts, the definition of done tends to get the least love. And that’s a pity because checking … ContinuedMon, 06 May 2019 12:51:58 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/04/difference-definition-done-acceptance-criteria/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/04/difference-definition-done-acceptance-criteria/We’ve noticed lots of people on various forums around the interwebs asking “what’s the difference between the definition of done … ContinuedWed, 17 Apr 2019 12:16:23 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/03/reducing-wip-limit-risk-case-study/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/03/reducing-wip-limit-risk-case-study/This case study shows how a project team went about reducing WIP to limit risk. Having less work in progress meant more work was done, and done to a higher standard.Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:15:33 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/02/reducing-batch-size-manage-risk/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2019/02/reducing-batch-size-manage-risk/Reducing batch size minimises the risk you’ll miss time, budget and quality targets. This case study shows how one Scrum team … ContinuedWed, 13 Feb 2019 12:49:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/reduce-batch-size-agile-software-development/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/reduce-batch-size-agile-software-development/Learn what batch size is, how small batches reduce risks and the practical steps to take to reduce batch size in Agile software development.Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:06:30 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/manage-project-risk-limiting-work-progress/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/manage-project-risk-limiting-work-progress/Limiting work in progress (WIP) helps you manage project risk and deliver quality work on time. In this post we … ContinuedWed, 21 Nov 2018 16:30:51 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/risk-transparency-case-study/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/risk-transparency-case-study/This case study follows my post on reducing risk with Agile transparency. It shows how you can use Agile tools … ContinuedFri, 16 Nov 2018 07:57:28 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/agile-transparency-reduces-project-risk/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/agile-transparency-reduces-project-risk/In this post, we look at how Agile transparency reduces project risk, especially risks to the quality and value of your … ContinuedMon, 12 Nov 2018 11:01:34 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/employee-engagement-company-culture/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/11/employee-engagement-company-culture/Learn about an award-winning initiative that’s helping Boost take employee engagement to new heights, and see how you can apply … ContinuedMon, 05 Nov 2018 10:05:00 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/10/reducing-risk-with-agile-prioritisation-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/10/reducing-risk-with-agile-prioritisation-2/Learn how reducing risk with Agile prioritisation let us get our product out early and use the feedback and revenue this generated to build a better product.Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:00:51 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/10/digital-collections-galleries-libraries-archives-and-museums/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/10/digital-collections-galleries-libraries-archives-and-museums/Learn how galleries, libraries, archives and museums can make it easier for people to enjoy their digital collections by sharing and combining collections.Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:35:35 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/10/software-development-risk-agile-prioritisation/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/10/software-development-risk-agile-prioritisation/Learn why prioritisation is vital and get practical and powerful Agile prioritisation tools to help reduce software development risk.Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:20:15 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/09/papers-past-digital-archive/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/09/papers-past-digital-archive/Find out how adapting to change has helped the National Library revolutionise historical research in New Zealand by creating an easy-to-search digital archive of historical records.Tue, 25 Sep 2018 01:17:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/08/dave-snowden-complex-systems/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/08/dave-snowden-complex-systems/Recently a group of leaders from the public and nonprofit sectors joined us here at Boost for a workshop with … ContinuedThu, 30 Aug 2018 23:55:56 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/08/accessible-digital-services-cultural-heritage/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/08/accessible-digital-services-cultural-heritage/A new report from the Auditor-General shows how offering accessible digital services can help institutions in the cultural heritage or GLAM sector achieve their goals, and increase their impact.Fri, 24 Aug 2018 02:58:14 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/06/gdpr-in-new-zealand/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/06/gdpr-in-new-zealand/The GDPR, the EU’s new data protection rules, will affect some New Zealand organisations, especially those doing internet marketing. Learn if you will be affected, and what do you need to do about it.Tue, 26 Jun 2018 22:49:02 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/06/user-stories-in-scrum/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/06/user-stories-in-scrum/Get the most from user stories in Scrum with a user story template, guide to good user stories, and tips on how to write them with your team.Wed, 06 Jun 2018 02:55:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/05/product-discovery-scrum-product-owners/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/05/product-discovery-scrum-product-owners/Product discovery starts with an idea. Here’s how to find out if the idea has real value, and how to get the most value from it if it does.Sun, 27 May 2018 19:28:32 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/05/stakeholders-in-scrum-product-owner/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/05/stakeholders-in-scrum-product-owner/Learn how the Product Owner can team up with stakeholders in Scrum to help their Scrum Team deliver maximum value.Tue, 15 May 2018 19:23:25 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/04/not-for-profit-digital-technology-tips/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/04/not-for-profit-digital-technology-tips/As a not for profit you want to maximise outcomes and minimise overheads. Learn three ways to get the most from your digital technology dollar.Thu, 19 Apr 2018 19:53:13 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/04/multiple-product-owners-scrum-case-study/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/04/multiple-product-owners-scrum-case-study/Scrum specifies a single Product Owner. Learn why New Zealand’s National Library have multiple Product Owners and how they make it work.Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:05:40 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/04/successful-scrum-team-product-owner/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/04/successful-scrum-team-product-owner/Find out what you can do as a Product Owner to build a successful Scrum Team, deliver maximum value and make a bigger impact.Wed, 04 Apr 2018 01:05:16 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/03/what-is-scrum-product-owner-primer/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/03/what-is-scrum-product-owner-primer/This Scrum primer for Product Owners covers Scrum’s history, theory, roles, rules and tools. It shows how Scrum fits with Agile and how and why it works.Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:06:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/02/business-purpose/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/02/business-purpose/Find out what benefits you get from defining your business purpose, how to discover what your purpose is, and how to embed it in your organisation.Fri, 23 Feb 2018 01:26:07 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/01/choosing-clients/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/01/choosing-clients/Choosing clients helps you deliver on your vision and values, keep work in your sweet spot, build win-win relationships and create lasting partnerships.Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:01:56 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/01/10-ui-design-tips/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/01/10-ui-design-tips/Whether you’re working with a designer on a website or app or doing the design yourself, these 10 UI design tips will help you deliver a tool that users love.Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:45:38 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/01/collaborating-with-the-future/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/01/collaborating-with-the-future/The code that you leave behind is how future developers will think of you. Make sure you are collaborating with the future effectively.Sun, 14 Jan 2018 19:15:14 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/01/improving-ruby-rails-debugging-ctags/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2018/01/improving-ruby-rails-debugging-ctags/Do you look after a big, distributed Ruby on Rails code base? Learn how you can use ctags to speed up debugging, saving time and money.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:51:51 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/12/boost-news-tools/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/12/boost-news-tools/Boost News is our email newsletter. In it you’ll get Agile tools and tips, development case studies, workplace change ideas and hear what’s up at Boost.Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:13:29 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/12/two-mobile-apps-two-weeks/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/12/two-mobile-apps-two-weeks/Find out what GS1 NZ and Boost learnt in a two week race to build mobile apps for both iOS and Android phones using iBeacon technology and Agile processes.Wed, 13 Dec 2017 18:57:41 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/11/12-tips-writing-a-business-blog/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/11/12-tips-writing-a-business-blog/These practical tips make writing a business blog — or other web content — easier and more effective, helping you promote the aims of your company or agency online.Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:25:57 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/11/team-happiness-developer-retrospectives/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/11/team-happiness-developer-retrospectives/Learn how team happiness issues can be identified and fixed with in-house retrospectives for teams, and how retrospectives can improve teams.Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:24:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/11/build-trust-with-one-on-ones/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/11/build-trust-with-one-on-ones/A great way to create an inclusive culture and build trust is to have regular one-on-one meetings with the people in your team.Sun, 19 Nov 2017 19:06:56 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/11/complex-web-application-cost-effective/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/11/complex-web-application-cost-effective/Building the web application to merge three varied New Zealand audiovisual archives into Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision was complex but rewarding.Wed, 08 Nov 2017 03:16:16 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/10/technical-debt-entropy-refactoring-code/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/10/technical-debt-entropy-refactoring-code/Learn how to manage technical debt and prevent applications decaying into chaos, and why the laws of physics aren’t on our side.Sun, 29 Oct 2017 20:10:19 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/10/life-education-agile-development/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/10/life-education-agile-development/Learn how becoming an integral part of an Agile development team let health educators Life Education build a digital tool that drove a major change in their work.Fri, 13 Oct 2017 01:55:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/09/agile-project-kick-off-meeting-toolkit/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/09/agile-project-kick-off-meeting-toolkit/Give your project the best chance of success. This Kick-off Kit gives you the tools, templates and tips you need to run your next project kick-off meeting, all in one handy 39-page ebook.Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:37:09 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/09/prioritisation-tools-tips-agile-projects/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/09/prioritisation-tools-tips-agile-projects/Get a range of prioritisation tools and techniques you can use to ensure your project delivers the most value for the least effort and expense.Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:32:10 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/09/google-design-sprint-case-study/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/09/google-design-sprint-case-study/Find out what we learnt running our first Google design sprint: what worked well, where we got it wrong, and what that means for your sprints.Mon, 04 Sep 2017 21:06:50 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/08/run-google-sprint/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/08/run-google-sprint/Google Sprint is a 5-day system for solving big business challenges. Learn what to expect from a Google sprint, and how to run one.Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:43:29 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/08/google-design-sprint-run-one/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/08/google-design-sprint-run-one/The Google design sprint is a structured 5-day process for answering big business questions by designing, prototyping and testing solutions.Tue, 15 Aug 2017 22:48:45 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/08/anyquestions-helping-kiwi-kids/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/08/anyquestions-helping-kiwi-kids/Find out how the AnyQuestions site was put together to help more kiwi kids learn how to find and recognise reliable information online.Fri, 04 Aug 2017 00:18:32 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/07/choose-next-blog-post-topic/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/07/choose-next-blog-post-topic/We were thinking about what topic to cover next on the blog. Why not ask the readers, we thought. So let us know what you want to read about.Tue, 25 Jul 2017 03:49:20 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/07/new-zealand-government-consultancy-panel/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/07/new-zealand-government-consultancy-panel/New Zealand state sector agencies can simplify the way they hire consultants by using the All of Government (AoG) consultancy panel. This post looks at the benefits you get and how you can make use of use the panel.Mon, 03 Jul 2017 20:11:44 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/06/website-accessibility/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/06/website-accessibility/Want your website to reach more people? Make it more accessible. Learn about website accessibility, its benefits and how to achieve it.Sun, 25 Jun 2017 23:34:50 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/06/supplejack-metadata-aggregator/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/06/supplejack-metadata-aggregator/The Supplejack open source metadata aggregator lets you harvest, search and share diverse data, from many sources, at scale. Find out how it does this and whether it can help your organisation.Tue, 13 Jun 2017 03:27:01 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/06/government-web-services-panel/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/06/government-web-services-panel/Boost has been appointed to the new government Web Services Panel. Learn what this means for government agencies and how they can use the WSP.Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:50:53 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/05/prioritise-user-stories/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/05/prioritise-user-stories/You’ve just finished user story mapping for your Agile Project Kick-off. Your next step is to prioritise user stories. Find out how and why.Tue, 23 May 2017 22:12:41 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/05/user-story-mapping/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/05/user-story-mapping/Learn how User Story Mapping can guide your move from visualising a product to building it and how to run the exercise in a project kick-off.Tue, 16 May 2017 22:42:13 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/05/pragmatic-personas-template-tips/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/05/pragmatic-personas-template-tips/This Pragmatic Personas Template lets you turn existing customer insights into memorable characters that your team can design the product for.Mon, 08 May 2017 00:38:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/04/elevator-pitch-template/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/04/elevator-pitch-template/Get an Elevator Pitch template and learn how to distil your product vision into a concise summary of your product’s unique selling point.Thu, 27 Apr 2017 21:58:46 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/04/press-release-template/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/04/press-release-template/Learn how to build a shared project vision by creating a press release for your Agile project, and get a Press Release Template to follow.Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:40:45 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/04/team-charter-building-better-teams/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/04/team-charter-building-better-teams/The Team Charter is a simple tool for building a better team by jointly deciding how you’re going to work together.Mon, 17 Apr 2017 22:37:51 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/04/product-vision-presentation/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/04/product-vision-presentation/Presenting the Product Vision at an Agile Project Kick-off is a chance to inspire the team by depicting the better … ContinuedMon, 03 Apr 2017 19:51:46 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/03/project-kick-off-agenda/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/03/project-kick-off-agenda/Get an example one-day Agile project kick-off agenda, learn what each activity achieves and get tips for facilitating your discovery workshop. Get … ContinuedTue, 28 Mar 2017 00:01:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/03/project-kick-off-kit/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/03/project-kick-off-kit/About to start an Agile project? Find out what to expect from a Project Kick-off and how it can get your project off on the right foot.Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:26:24 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/02/product-owner-guide-working-developers/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/02/product-owner-guide-working-developers/Are you a Product Owner wondering how to get the best from your development team? Find out what gets developers humming.Sun, 26 Feb 2017 20:32:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/02/haml-in-helpers/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/02/haml-in-helpers/Haml is one of my favourite Rails plugins – I really like the way it simplifies views, makes sure they’re … ContinuedThu, 23 Feb 2017 05:36:09 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/02/from-good-to-great-product-ownership/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2017/02/from-good-to-great-product-ownership/The Product Owner has arguably the most challenging of the roles in the Scrum process. To learn more about this … ContinuedTue, 07 Feb 2017 23:45:04 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/12/boosts-5-trends-for-2017/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/12/boosts-5-trends-for-2017/The team at Boost has polished the crystal ball and compiled 5 top trends to give you a glimpse of … ContinuedFri, 09 Dec 2016 12:27:13 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/11/the-art-of-the-retrospective/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/11/the-art-of-the-retrospective/Retrospectives are regular meetings where the team reflects on and reviews its practices, tuning and adjusting accordingly. The retrospective is also one … ContinuedThu, 17 Nov 2016 12:21:47 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/08/cutting-edge-app-stirs-up-more-business-for-streetwise-coffee/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/08/cutting-edge-app-stirs-up-more-business-for-streetwise-coffee/Find out how adding a touch of new technology to Streetwise Coffee created a cartload of new customers, sweeter-than-ever sales … ContinuedMon, 01 Aug 2016 13:07:43 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/08/using-the-who-process-for-hiring-developers-and-scrum-masters/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/08/using-the-who-process-for-hiring-developers-and-scrum-masters/This blog post by Clarion Coughlan was first published on medium.com. Hands up if you find hiring one of the … ContinuedMon, 01 Aug 2016 12:33:33 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/06/how-reducing-your-batch-size-radically-reduces-your-costs/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/06/how-reducing-your-batch-size-radically-reduces-your-costs/Do you work in an organisation struggling to do more with less? We come across many projects where organisations have … ContinuedTue, 14 Jun 2016 14:36:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/03/prioritising-versus-ordering-what-is-the-difference-and-why-does-it-matter/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/03/prioritising-versus-ordering-what-is-the-difference-and-why-does-it-matter/Deciding on the most important thing to work on at any given time is not an easy task for a project team, … ContinuedWed, 30 Mar 2016 15:30:56 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/02/3-top-tips-to-set-up-your-project-for-success/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/02/3-top-tips-to-set-up-your-project-for-success/Over the last 10 years, I’ve seen the differences between software projects that start from a good place and those … ContinuedTue, 16 Feb 2016 13:32:25 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/02/mindfulness-and-agile-different-sides-of-the-same-coin/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2016/02/mindfulness-and-agile-different-sides-of-the-same-coin/At face value there would seem to be no connection between Agile and mindfulness. After all, Agile is a project … ContinuedFri, 12 Feb 2016 11:45:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/12/te-papa-changes-tack-to-deliver-their-flagship-website/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/12/te-papa-changes-tack-to-deliver-their-flagship-website/We’re always keen to help our partners deliver better results, and we were delighted to be invited to run a … ContinuedTue, 08 Dec 2015 12:28:19 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/11/clay-mcgregor-gets-agile-certified/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/11/clay-mcgregor-gets-agile-certified/Clay McGregor is sure that getting Agile certified through the Agile Professional Foundation course he completed mid year with Boost … ContinuedTue, 17 Nov 2015 11:48:29 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/11/railsn00bs-gets-a-boosted-presence/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/11/railsn00bs-gets-a-boosted-presence/Taylor’s flatmate wanted a different meeting space for the Railsn00bs October meet-up, so Taylor put forward Boost’s office for the gathering and … ContinuedMon, 16 Nov 2015 13:21:44 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/11/how-getting-involved-led-to-better-outcomes-for-our-client/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/11/how-getting-involved-led-to-better-outcomes-for-our-client/‘It’s liberating!’ said Diane Pivac, Head of Audience at Ngā Taonga, when we asked her to describe what it’s like to … ContinuedFri, 06 Nov 2015 09:10:33 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/10/waterfall-and-why-its-not-suitable-for-software-development/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/10/waterfall-and-why-its-not-suitable-for-software-development/The whole controversy over Agile vs waterfall methodology has been covered in countless articles and blog posts. Yet I still spend a lot … ContinuedThu, 01 Oct 2015 09:00:09 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/04/agile-transition-workshopping-the-roles/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/04/agile-transition-workshopping-the-roles/When going through an Agile transition, companies face all kinds of challenges. One of the biggest challenges is getting everyone on … ContinuedThu, 16 Apr 2015 14:02:32 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/the-case-for-organisational-democracy/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/the-case-for-organisational-democracy/Check out our CEO Nathan’s new Blog post. Over the past four years we have worked to make our workplace … ContinuedWed, 25 Mar 2015 15:49:18 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/product-ownership-is-a-team-sport/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/product-ownership-is-a-team-sport/Yesterday I went to see Shane Hastie’s presentation on product ownership and the idea of the product ownership team. It … ContinuedFri, 20 Mar 2015 11:51:38 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/the-board-episode-47-scaling-agile/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/the-board-episode-47-scaling-agile/In Episode 47 of The Board, we talk about: Scaling Agile Ways in which smaller teams can scale Agile LeanTue, 17 Mar 2015 14:21:19 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/the-board-episode-46-agile-tools/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/the-board-episode-46-agile-tools/In Episode 46 of The Board, we talk about: Which Agile tools we use to help us succeed Our opinions … ContinuedTue, 17 Mar 2015 13:52:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/the-direction-i-want-to-take-mvps/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/the-direction-i-want-to-take-mvps/Below is a really great read about Minimum Viable Products’s (MVP’s). Different MVP types, when to use them and how … ContinuedMon, 16 Mar 2015 12:08:02 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/its-got-to-be-mobile-first-no-question/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/its-got-to-be-mobile-first-no-question/Some very interesting stats. It just seems obvious to go Mobile first with your websites these days. Also I stumbled … ContinuedWed, 04 Mar 2015 13:31:30 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/there-is-no-fold/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/03/there-is-no-fold/I really stand by this! I believe there is no fold and you shouldn’t really worry too much about how … ContinuedWed, 04 Mar 2015 10:54:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/02/infoq-interview-building-a-freedom-centered-organisation/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/02/infoq-interview-building-a-freedom-centered-organisation/While at Agile2014 in Orlando last year Nathan was lucky enough to be interviewed by Shane Hastie for InfoQ. In the interview … ContinuedMon, 02 Feb 2015 09:44:45 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/02/the-board-episode-44-estimating/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/02/the-board-episode-44-estimating/In The Board we talk about various Agile topics. This week we talked about Estimating. We discussed what story points … ContinuedMon, 02 Feb 2015 09:38:51 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/loving-evernote/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/loving-evernote/For years I’ve used Evernote, poorly. Every where I go I run into people who swear their lives would disentegrate … ContinuedTue, 20 Jan 2015 10:27:51 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/working-documentation-the-perfect-complement-to-working-software/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/working-documentation-the-perfect-complement-to-working-software/The Agile Manifesto is often challenging for organisations and individuals starting their Agile journey. In my experience, the Agile value … ContinuedTue, 20 Jan 2015 10:26:30 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/reduce-risk-by-limiting-work-in-progress/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/reduce-risk-by-limiting-work-in-progress/ Limiting working in progress (WIP) shortens the lead time for features. It reduces context switching and batch size, greatly … ContinuedTue, 20 Jan 2015 10:11:18 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/jim-highsmith-offers-a-2015-prescription-for-adaptive-cio-leadership/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/jim-highsmith-offers-a-2015-prescription-for-adaptive-cio-leadership/Jim Highsmith’s article focuses on adaptation across the business, not just within IT. I like his idea about value versus … ContinuedTue, 20 Jan 2015 10:07:25 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/dont-let-fair-keep-you-from-success/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/dont-let-fair-keep-you-from-success/Find out why it makes sense to give Agile training to external staff in mixed teams, even though it doesn’t … ContinuedTue, 20 Jan 2015 10:02:23 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/the-daily-technique-that-will-align-your-actions-with-your-values/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/the-daily-technique-that-will-align-your-actions-with-your-values/Executive coach Marshall Goldsmith presents a tip that will help your prioritise your true goals consistently. Check out Nathan’s blog post … ContinuedTue, 20 Jan 2015 09:58:10 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/replacing-the-user-story-with-the-job-story/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2015/01/replacing-the-user-story-with-the-job-story/Check out Nathan’s Blog post hereTue, 20 Jan 2015 09:53:46 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/12/nathan-donaldson-thoughts-stories-and-ideas/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/12/nathan-donaldson-thoughts-stories-and-ideas/Our Managing Director Nathan has started a blog with regular posts about Agile and ways to improve workflow within your … ContinuedTue, 02 Dec 2014 14:44:34 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/12/the-board-episode-43-agile-training/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/12/the-board-episode-43-agile-training/In Episode 43 of The Board, we talk about Agile training. Full transcript Kirstin Donaldson: Hello and welcome to “The … ContinuedMon, 01 Dec 2014 16:03:57 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-42-user-stories/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-42-user-stories/In Episode 42 of The Board, we talk about: What a user story is Some of the difficulties people find … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 17:00:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-41-velocity/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-41-velocity/In Episode 41 of The Board, we talk about: Velocity and what it means to us How we have seen … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:57:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-40-developing-cross-functional-teams/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-40-developing-cross-functional-teams/In Episode 40 of The Board, we talk about: Developing cross-functional teams Some of the difficulties and benefits associated with … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:54:38 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-39-is-agile-the-goal/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-39-is-agile-the-goal/In Episode 39 of The Board, we talk about: Whether Agile is the goal of Agile transformation Aiming to be … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:51:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-38-impact-mapping/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-38-impact-mapping/In Episode 38 of The Board, we talk about: Impact Mapping Prioritisation and relating business goals to users and deliverables … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:48:17 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-37-product-discovery-workshops/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-37-product-discovery-workshops/In Episode 37 of The Board, we talk about: Product Discovery Workshops Different approaches to achieve the best results Further … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:45:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-36-designing-agile-spaces-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-36-designing-agile-spaces-2/In Episode 36 of The Board, we talk about: Designing Agile Spaces Ways to configure your office to make it … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:27:16 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-35-agile-fluency-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-35-agile-fluency-2/In Episode 35 of The Board, we talk about: Agile fluency and different directions teams can head in Delivering value … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:24:32 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-34-scrum-vs-kanban-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-34-scrum-vs-kanban-2/Episode 34 of The Board covers: The benefits of both ways of working How Scrum is an ideal way to … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:22:04 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-33-arbejdsglaede-happiness-at-work-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-33-arbejdsglaede-happiness-at-work-2/In Episode 33 of The Board, we talk about: Arbejdsglaede or happiness at work benefits ranging from workflow to the … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:15:55 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-32/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-32/In Episode 32 of The Board, we talk about: Using collaboration as a way to foster trust and give complete … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:07:56 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-31/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/the-board-episode-31/In Episode 31 of The Board, we talk about: No estimating Mob programming Full Transcript Gavin Coughlan: Hello, and welcome … ContinuedMon, 17 Nov 2014 16:02:55 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/start-up-weekend-queenstown/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/11/start-up-weekend-queenstown/Queenstown Start up weekend was my first start up weekend, and it couldn’t have been in more inspiring surroundings. Having … ContinuedWed, 05 Nov 2014 16:30:58 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-joy-of-timeboxed-meetings/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-joy-of-timeboxed-meetings/I can clearly remember my first ever meeting. I was excited about being a part of it. It was an … ContinuedFri, 26 Sep 2014 17:02:27 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/css-calc-creating-fluid-layouts-with-more-precision/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/css-calc-creating-fluid-layouts-with-more-precision/Recently I have been using the “calc()” css property to add more precision to the fluid layouts I’m working on. … ContinuedThu, 25 Sep 2014 15:08:08 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/impact-mapping/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/impact-mapping/Recently Gavin and I were able to attend an Impact Mapping workshop run by Gojko Adzic. We got to spend … ContinuedThu, 18 Sep 2014 12:45:30 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-30/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-30/In Episode 30 of The Board, we talk about: Defining velocity (as discussed in Mike Cohn’s blog) Signs you’re doing … ContinuedMon, 01 Sep 2014 12:25:04 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-29/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-29/We discuss the evils of multitasking, Wikispeed kickstarter, business analysts in Scrum and Value stream mapping in this Agile how-to video.Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:12:42 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-28-agile-health-checklist/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-28-agile-health-checklist/In Episode 28th of The Board we talk about a training day we recently ran and about our Agile health … ContinuedMon, 01 Sep 2014 11:56:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-27-mvp-vs-mmp-and-citcon/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-27-mvp-vs-mmp-and-citcon/On episode 27 of The Board Gav and Paul talked about: Roman Pichler’s blog on Minimum Viable Product vs Minimum … ContinuedMon, 01 Sep 2014 11:44:15 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-26-perceptions-of-scrum/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/09/the-board-episode-26-perceptions-of-scrum/On episode 26 of The Board we talked about perceptions of Scrum, and in particular tackling negativity. Further reading What … ContinuedMon, 01 Sep 2014 10:41:41 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/07/success-sliders/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/07/success-sliders/One of the first activities we undertake at the beginning of a development project is having our clients take the … ContinuedTue, 22 Jul 2014 10:42:01 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/03/scaled-agile-framework-release-planning/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/03/scaled-agile-framework-release-planning/At the end of my last blog post on SAFe – Scaled Agile Framework – The Team Level – I said that … ContinuedMon, 24 Mar 2014 09:47:45 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/02/the-smiley-face-game/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/02/the-smiley-face-game/In most cases your first idea will not be your best idea. In order to illustrate this concept, we recently … ContinuedFri, 14 Feb 2014 15:18:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/01/the-board-episode-25/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/01/the-board-episode-25/Today’s episode was based on Jeff Sutherland’s blog post “Can You Define Agility?“. Jeff Sutherland has a competition running at … ContinuedThu, 23 Jan 2014 15:55:22 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/01/new-free-workshop-an-introduction-to-running-agile-projects-at-scale/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/01/new-free-workshop-an-introduction-to-running-agile-projects-at-scale/Last Friday we ran our latest free workshop “An introduction to running Agile projects at scale“. What does it mean … ContinuedFri, 17 Jan 2014 14:04:42 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/01/the-board-episode-24/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2014/01/the-board-episode-24/Happy New Year to you all. The Board is back for 2014 with episode 24 . Today our Agile Coaches … ContinuedFri, 10 Jan 2014 09:47:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/use-mobilefirst-css-reduce-time-effort-for-legacy-browser-support/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/use-mobilefirst-css-reduce-time-effort-for-legacy-browser-support/What is a mobile first approach? Instead of creating a website for the desktop first, then scaling it down for … ContinuedThu, 19 Dec 2013 15:26:12 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/agile-manifesto-number-four-how-responding-to-change-is-testing-a-hypothesis/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/agile-manifesto-number-four-how-responding-to-change-is-testing-a-hypothesis/It’s been ten months since my  first blog post on the Four Agile values. At the time, I was transitioning … ContinuedFri, 13 Dec 2013 11:18:55 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/3227/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/3227/Having a blog is a very effective way to get exposure and build your brand. Your blog gives you a … ContinuedThu, 12 Dec 2013 14:28:13 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/guest-post-playing-the-kanban-game/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/guest-post-playing-the-kanban-game/Garreth Morgan and 2 of his colleagues from ikeGPS here in Wellington recently joined us to play The Kanban Game. Playing … ContinuedWed, 04 Dec 2013 11:58:09 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/boost-leading-the-way-in-ibeacon-technology/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/12/boost-leading-the-way-in-ibeacon-technology/Apple recently announced the introduction of iBeacon technology. Wikipedia describes iBeacon technology as ‘a technology that enables an iOS device or … ContinuedWed, 04 Dec 2013 10:24:42 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/what-does-lego-and-building-high-quality-software-have-in-common/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/what-does-lego-and-building-high-quality-software-have-in-common/All the way from Poland, and after a stint with NZ Customs, the Lego blocks we ordered a while ago … ContinuedFri, 29 Nov 2013 13:10:42 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/board-episode-23-scaled-agile-team-silos/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/board-episode-23-scaled-agile-team-silos/It’s Gavin and Paul talking Agile on the couches today. Kirstin was on boat somewhere, apparently. We shouted out our … ContinuedWed, 27 Nov 2013 23:28:19 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-board-episode-22/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-board-episode-22/Today our Agile coaches talked about Kanban and Scaled Agile. The main topics we discussed were: Playing the Kanban board … ContinuedWed, 27 Nov 2013 15:53:12 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-board-episode-21/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-board-episode-21/It’s just Kirstin and Paul on the couches for this episode, Gavin is away on honeymoon. A number of topics … ContinuedThu, 14 Nov 2013 16:48:41 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/scaled-agile-framework-the-team-level/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/scaled-agile-framework-the-team-level/At the team level, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) differs little to other Scrum setups. Differences include team backlogs, coordination and HIP sprints.Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:49:27 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-board-episode-20/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-board-episode-20/Episode 20 of The Board was presented by Kirstin Donaldson and Gavin Coughlan, both Agile coaches at Boost. Paul, usually the … ContinuedWed, 13 Nov 2013 15:15:56 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-board-episode-19/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-board-episode-19/On episode 19 of The Board we talked about risk in Agile. The perceived risk that people new to Agile see, … ContinuedTue, 12 Nov 2013 14:37:43 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-kanban-game/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/the-kanban-game/Last Friday five of us took a couple of hours to sit down and play The Kanban game, which had … ContinuedWed, 06 Nov 2013 16:29:15 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/safe-program-consultant-spc-certification/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/11/safe-program-consultant-spc-certification/I’ve just returned from a week of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) training with Dean Leffingwell and Al Shalloway in Seattle, … ContinuedFri, 01 Nov 2013 16:56:04 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/increased-transparency-reduces-risk-in-software-development-projects/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/increased-transparency-reduces-risk-in-software-development-projects/Why is lack of transparency a problem? Lack of transparency leads to poor quality, which has a strong negative impact … ContinuedThu, 17 Oct 2013 13:10:16 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/the-board-episode-18/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/the-board-episode-18/During episode 18 of The Board we talked about how we are putting our learnings from Lynne Cazaly’s ‘Thinking Visually’ … ContinuedThu, 10 Oct 2013 16:55:20 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/the-board-episode-17/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/the-board-episode-17/On episode 17 of  The Board Paul and Kirstin asked Gavin about his experiences and what he learned at Agile … ContinuedThu, 10 Oct 2013 16:52:53 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/the-board-episode-16/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/the-board-episode-16/On episode 16 of The Board we discussed: backlog grooming switching up retros to keeping them interesting how disciplined Scrum … ContinuedThu, 10 Oct 2013 16:46:59 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/reducing-risk-with-agile-prioritisation/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/reducing-risk-with-agile-prioritisation/In my white-paper, Managing Project Risk with Agile, we provided an overview of the ways Agile software development reduces the … ContinuedMon, 07 Oct 2013 14:30:07 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/managing-risk-with-agile/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/10/managing-risk-with-agile/When I talk to CIOs, CTOs and CEOs in Government in New Zealand, I hear the same things repeated over … ContinuedWed, 02 Oct 2013 18:35:54 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/09/online-public-services-and-design-thinking-for-governments/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/09/online-public-services-and-design-thinking-for-governments/The digital era has changed the expectations citizens have regarding the communication of public services and their engagement with government … ContinuedMon, 16 Sep 2013 18:12:18 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/09/boost-at-agile-2013-part-5-day-four/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/09/boost-at-agile-2013-part-5-day-four/The final part of our series of posts about Agile 2013 has just gone up over on boostagile.com. In today’s post we … ContinuedThu, 12 Sep 2013 11:40:34 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/09/research-the-majority-of-mobile-apps-are-being-developed-outside-the-u-s/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/09/research-the-majority-of-mobile-apps-are-being-developed-outside-the-u-s/When it comes to technology, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the U.S. has a clear superiority to the … ContinuedWed, 04 Sep 2013 15:16:12 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/09/boost-at-agile-2013-part-4-day-three/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/09/boost-at-agile-2013-part-4-day-three/Part four of our series of posts about Agile 2013 has just gone up over on boostagile.com. In today’s post we talk … ContinuedMon, 02 Sep 2013 18:45:08 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/08/boost-at-agile-2013-part-3-day-two/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/08/boost-at-agile-2013-part-3-day-two/Part three of our series of posts about Agile 2013 has just gone up over on boostagile.com. In today’s post we talk … ContinuedTue, 27 Aug 2013 18:21:46 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/08/boost-at-agile-2013-part-2-the-conference-begins/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/08/boost-at-agile-2013-part-2-the-conference-begins/Part two of our series of posts about Agile 2013 has just gone up over on boostagile.com. In today’s post … ContinuedMon, 26 Aug 2013 15:22:03 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/08/boost-at-agile-2013-part-1-constellations-in-the-bio-dome/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/08/boost-at-agile-2013-part-1-constellations-in-the-bio-dome/We have just added the first in a series of posts about our experiences at the Agile 2013 conference in Nashville, Tennessee over at boostagile.com. … ContinuedFri, 23 Aug 2013 13:04:17 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/08/think-visual-workshop/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/08/think-visual-workshop/Our upcoming Think Visual workshop has sold out sorry.Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:54:28 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/jelly-at-boost/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/jelly-at-boost/We’ve had a reshuffle of our workspace. The normal sitting desks are gone and we’ve now fully moved to stand … ContinuedMon, 29 Jul 2013 11:16:35 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/the-board-episode-15/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/the-board-episode-15/This week on The Board we talked about the Visual thinking workshop we’re running at Boost. We also discussed some … ContinuedFri, 19 Jul 2013 14:34:00 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/lost-in-translation-the-board/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/lost-in-translation-the-board/The husband of a member of our team mentioned recently that he’s been watching The Board and thinks it’s hilarious. … ContinuedFri, 19 Jul 2013 11:14:10 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/testing-the-boost-website-semantic-differential/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/testing-the-boost-website-semantic-differential/We are constantly evolving the Boost website, the enhancements we make are largely based on customer feedback and the results … ContinuedTue, 16 Jul 2013 17:10:49 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/the-board-episode-14/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/the-board-episode-14/During Episode 14 of The Board we explored ‘Does Agile mean no documentation and preparation?’. You can see The Board Episode 15 via The Board’s Livestream page at 10am NZST this Thursday and 6.30pm EDT.Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:07:18 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/think-visual-workshop-29th-august-wellington/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/think-visual-workshop-29th-august-wellington/Our Managing Director, Nathan, recently attended a workshop called Think Visual at the Agile Australia conference in Sydney. Think Visual … ContinuedFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:00:54 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/why-stand-up/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/why-stand-up/Opinions on standing desks differ, ranging from extolling the health virtues to gentle mocking, but the team at Boost have taken to … ContinuedFri, 12 Jul 2013 12:02:09 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/an-unexpected-scrum-graphic/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/an-unexpected-scrum-graphic/Nathan recently returned from Shanghai with a Scrum handout that was quite different to any we’d seen before: Edit: Many … ContinuedFri, 12 Jul 2013 11:48:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/the-board-episode-13/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/07/the-board-episode-13/During Episode 13 of The Board we looked at some of the challenges faced by new Agile/Scrum teams as well … ContinuedThu, 04 Jul 2013 16:34:38 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-new-boost-website-is-live/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-new-boost-website-is-live/You may have noticed a bit of extra colour has crept in to the Boost website recently. After just over … ContinuedWed, 26 Jun 2013 18:48:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-treasure-island-retrospective/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-treasure-island-retrospective/This short video demonstrates how to run the Treasure Island retrospective, which we devised and ran for one of our … ContinuedFri, 21 Jun 2013 18:28:47 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-boost-website-evolution/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-boost-website-evolution/It has been a while since we last posted an update on the progress of the Boost website. There have … ContinuedThu, 20 Jun 2013 18:01:47 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/a-death-note-for-social-media-practices/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/a-death-note-for-social-media-practices/If you’re a manga lover you’ll know Death Note. If you haven’t watched it yet, I encourage you to do … ContinuedThu, 20 Jun 2013 11:20:01 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/do-you-need-a-scrum-master/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/do-you-need-a-scrum-master/Recently Alistair Cockburn, one of the 17 original Agile Manifesto authors, posted a question he was asked by a person called Gaboo, … ContinuedTue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:21 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-board-episode-12/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-board-episode-12/On episode 12 of The Board we talked about maintaining flow in sprints. why flow is important the effect on the … ContinuedFri, 07 Jun 2013 18:33:38 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-board-episode-11/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/06/the-board-episode-11/In episode 11 of The Board, we decided to to change the format a bit by introducing some sofas to the set … ContinuedFri, 07 Jun 2013 12:42:46 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-10/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-10/Episode 10 of The Board saw the debut of our cameraman Gavin Coughlan as he took a place in front … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 16:45:57 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-9-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-9-2/Episode 9’s topic was quality on Agile projects. Paul and Kirstin talked about the following items: how is quality defined? … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 16:38:42 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-8-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-8-2/On Episode 8 of The Board Nathan and Kirstin talked about Agile in China and the Scaled Agile Framework. We … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 16:10:58 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-7/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-7/During Episode 7 Paul and Kirstin talked about User Stories: the why, the what and the how. They discussed all things … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 15:50:25 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-6/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-6/Paul Flewelling and Kirstin Donaldson hosted Episode 6 of The Board. They covered: Scrum teams, what they are, how they … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 15:42:49 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-5/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-5/On episode 5 of The Board we had a new presenter, Paul Flewelling, an Agile Coach at Boost. He joined … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 15:25:24 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-4/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-4/Episode 4 of The Board covered a range of topics: the role of Scrum Master – what makes a good Scrum … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 15:10:32 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-3/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-3/During our third episode of The Board we talked about: Agile values and Scrum responding to change over following a … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 14:45:24 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-2/In our second episode of The Board Kirstin and Nathan talk Agile values and review ‘Lean from the Trenches’ by … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 13:01:36 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-1/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/the-board-episode-1/The Board is streamed live every two weeks, it’s all about Agile. We filmed our first episode, live, 6 months … ContinuedFri, 17 May 2013 12:38:14 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/5-steps-to-better-value-for-money-in-web-application-development/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/05/5-steps-to-better-value-for-money-in-web-application-development/No one wants to be the next Novopay! How do you ensure good value for money in web application development? … ContinuedMon, 13 May 2013 16:22:36 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/03/expanding-the-format-of-the-board/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/03/expanding-the-format-of-the-board/The Board, Boost’s live, Agile show, is expanding it’s format to include more of what we like best… you. We’re … ContinuedWed, 20 Mar 2013 16:37:50 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/03/the-rope-game-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/03/the-rope-game-2/Learn how to play The Rope Game We’ve put together a short video segment on The Rope Game, one of … ContinuedFri, 08 Mar 2013 10:36:13 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/03/agile-manifesto-number-three/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/03/agile-manifesto-number-three/Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation This is the line that made me think Agile was crazy talk. Forever and as … ContinuedMon, 04 Mar 2013 11:30:37 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/02/agile-manifesto-number-two/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/02/agile-manifesto-number-two/Here’s the second in a series of posts on the four values of the Agile Manifesto. Working Software over Comprehensive … ContinuedMon, 25 Feb 2013 11:11:58 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/02/agile-manifesto-numero-uno/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/02/agile-manifesto-numero-uno/Individuals and interactions over processes and tools This is a fantastic statement, mainly because it is counter intuitive to how … ContinuedFri, 15 Feb 2013 09:13:07 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/01/certified-scrum-master-course-at-boost-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/01/certified-scrum-master-course-at-boost-2/We’ve run several Certified Scrum Master (CSM) courses at our Wellington offices in the past year and we’re thinking of running … ContinuedTue, 29 Jan 2013 10:33:28 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/01/the-tiny-scrum/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/01/the-tiny-scrum/This case study looks at how well Scrum works when you have a Development Team of two. The background A … ContinuedMon, 28 Jan 2013 08:55:37 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/01/from-boats-to-agile/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/01/from-boats-to-agile/I came back and decided to live in Wellington and Agile was why. That doesn’t mean anything to you, but … ContinuedWed, 23 Jan 2013 16:22:51 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/01/explaining-an-agile-coach-to-mother/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2013/01/explaining-an-agile-coach-to-mother/I’ve had a handful of strange jobs in my life and they have always been fun to try and explain … ContinuedFri, 18 Jan 2013 15:21:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/how-we-integrate-ux-and-design-in-to-scrum-an-agile-welly-presentation/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/how-we-integrate-ux-and-design-in-to-scrum-an-agile-welly-presentation/Last night I gave a presentation for Agile Welly on how Boost integrates UX and Design in to Scrum. Thanks to everyone … ContinuedWed, 28 Nov 2012 10:48:53 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/boost-website-progress-2/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/boost-website-progress-2/We are still working behind the scenes on the Boost website and another sprint has come to an end, bringing … ContinuedThu, 15 Nov 2012 17:09:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/boost-talks-agile/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/boost-talks-agile/We like talking Agile and we like talking Agile with other practitioners so we’ve started our own TV channel on … ContinuedTue, 06 Nov 2012 10:11:15 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/boost-website-progress/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/boost-website-progress/We’ve been continuing our work on the Boost website. Over the last few sprints we’ve shipped the following features: Request … ContinuedMon, 05 Nov 2012 13:39:27 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/two-new-agile-workshops-at-boost/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/11/two-new-agile-workshops-at-boost/After receiving feedback during our Intro to Scrum and Writing good user stories workshops we felt there was demand for … ContinuedFri, 02 Nov 2012 16:50:25 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/boost-celebrates-halloween/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/boost-celebrates-halloween/Halloween at the Boost office was celebrated with an office wide costume day. Among some of the more familiar figures … ContinuedWed, 31 Oct 2012 14:52:04 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/agile-training-with-boost-and-nztes-voucher-scheme/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/agile-training-with-boost-and-nztes-voucher-scheme/We are a service provider in the NZTE Capability voucher scheme. The voucher scheme helps businesses to build their management capabilities with … ContinuedFri, 19 Oct 2012 15:12:24 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-project-kickoff/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-project-kickoff/On Thursday and Friday October 4 and 5, Boost closed its doors for an all-hands two-day product development workshop, to … ContinuedThu, 18 Oct 2012 14:52:49 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-technical-discussion/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-technical-discussion/On Thursday and Friday October 4 and 5, Boost closed its doors for an all-hands two-day product development workshop, to … ContinuedWed, 17 Oct 2012 18:09:25 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-experience-mapping/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-experience-mapping/On Thursday and Friday October 4 and 5, Boost closed its doors for an all-hands two-day product development workshop, to … ContinuedMon, 15 Oct 2012 14:46:07 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-customer-validation/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-customer-validation/On Thursday and Friday October 4 and 5, Boost closed its doors for an all-hands two-day product development workshop, to … ContinuedTue, 09 Oct 2012 08:18:23 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-intro/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/10/scrummaker-intro/Boost closed its doors for an all-hands two-day product development workshop, to build a new tool for teams running Agile retrospectives that we’ve named Scrummaker.Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:59:21 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/08/join-us-for-a-scrum-game-run-by-kane-mar/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/08/join-us-for-a-scrum-game-run-by-kane-mar/We’ve once again set up a Certified Scrum Master course with Kane Mar as the trainer. Although the course is … ContinuedFri, 31 Aug 2012 16:38:07 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/08/scrum-and-the-boost-website-the-evolution-continues/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/08/scrum-and-the-boost-website-the-evolution-continues/We’ve just completed Sprint 4 of our boost.co.nz Scrum and our site has evolved in some obvious and not so obvious ways. Testimonial We’ve … ContinuedFri, 10 Aug 2012 14:49:22 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/07/scrum-lunch-at-boost/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/07/scrum-lunch-at-boost/On Wednesday we held our second Scrunch meet-up at our Wellington office. 8 Scrum Masters attended and spent a productive hour covering a … ContinuedFri, 27 Jul 2012 17:02:23 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/07/our-website-the-scrum-way/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/07/our-website-the-scrum-way/As a company that makes websites we found, pretty typically, that the most difficult one to produce was our own. … ContinuedFri, 20 Jul 2012 11:49:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/boosts-first-scrum-lunch-meetup/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/boosts-first-scrum-lunch-meetup/Yesterday we held our first Scrunch – Scrum lunch. A bunch of us got together for an hour over coffee … ContinuedFri, 29 Jun 2012 15:13:51 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/scrum-meet-up-at-boost/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/scrum-meet-up-at-boost/A few months back we started getting together with our Shanghai office for a fortnightly Scrum forum. For an hour … ContinuedWed, 20 Jun 2012 16:22:13 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/taking-scrum-to-shanghai-china/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/taking-scrum-to-shanghai-china/In an ever more competitive world, Agile and Scrum are fast becoming necessities. We’re started a new company in Shanghai, … ContinuedTue, 19 Jun 2012 15:30:03 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/certified-scrum-master-course-at-boost/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/certified-scrum-master-course-at-boost/We know a few people missed a spot on the last Certified Scrum Master course we ran in March this … ContinuedThu, 14 Jun 2012 12:54:43 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/boosts-free-friday-agile-workshops/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/06/boosts-free-friday-agile-workshops/Every Friday we run free workshops about Agile development here at the Boost offices in Wellington. To find out more, … ContinuedWed, 13 Jun 2012 11:05:10 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/05/test-driven-development-and-agile/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/05/test-driven-development-and-agile/Test Driven Development (TDD) starts with writing a test as opposed to writing code. Learn what benefits it brings, what it’s like … ContinuedFri, 25 May 2012 14:49:09 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/04/worldblu-officially-recognizes-boost-new-media-as-a-democratic-workplace/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/04/worldblu-officially-recognizes-boost-new-media-as-a-democratic-workplace/We’re very pleased to announce that Boost New Media has been named as one of only 48 companies who are … ContinuedFri, 13 Apr 2012 15:33:56 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/03/from-traditional-project-manager-to-scrum-master-a-free-talk-at-boost/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/03/from-traditional-project-manager-to-scrum-master-a-free-talk-at-boost/Introducing Scrum to an organisation is notoriously difficult but also fabulously rewarding. Making the shift from traditional project manager to … ContinuedThu, 15 Mar 2012 15:53:59 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/02/webstock-2012-joy-creativity-reading-lists/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/02/webstock-2012-joy-creativity-reading-lists/Yesterday I posted on two themes I found emerging at Webstock this year: working with designers and crafting experiences. Today … ContinuedThu, 23 Feb 2012 10:02:00 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/02/webstock-2012-design-craft/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/02/webstock-2012-design-craft/My single favourite quote of Webstock 2012 came courtesy of Scott Hanselman: So many people who had great blogs now … ContinuedWed, 22 Feb 2012 12:55:10 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/02/behavior-driven-development-and-cucumber-embracing-agile-development/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/02/behavior-driven-development-and-cucumber-embracing-agile-development/Behavior Driven Development has become a key tool in our toolkit as developers strive to become leaner and more agile. … ContinuedMon, 13 Feb 2012 13:35:08 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/01/business-analysts-and-scrum-projects-a-short-case-study/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/01/business-analysts-and-scrum-projects-a-short-case-study/View a case study on the ways a business analyst can contribute to Scrum projects and get additional resources on BA’s role in Scrum.Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:15:12 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/01/use-cases-or-user-stories/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/01/use-cases-or-user-stories/User stories aren’t use cases. User stories alone don’t give the team enough detail to do their work. Learn what this means for Agile teams.Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:01:40 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/01/rules-of-improv-applied-to-scrum/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2012/01/rules-of-improv-applied-to-scrum/Driving home for Christmas, I listened to the audiobook version of Tina Fey’s Bossypants.* Listening to her read the chapter … ContinuedWed, 11 Jan 2012 18:08:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/11/scrum-a-beginners-experience/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/11/scrum-a-beginners-experience/I recently joined Boost after spending over a decade in the UK.  Having worked with a traditional project management process … ContinuedThu, 24 Nov 2011 15:15:57 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/11/agile-coaching-course/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/11/agile-coaching-course/I’ve been coaching members of the Boost team in Agile off and on over the last few years, and by … ContinuedMon, 21 Nov 2011 14:27:58 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/11/my-first-sprint-with-scrum/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/11/my-first-sprint-with-scrum/This post shares what I’ve learned in my first Sprint using the Scrum methodology. As an intern here at Boost … ContinuedThu, 17 Nov 2011 09:32:31 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/11/pair-programming-when-and-why/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/11/pair-programming-when-and-why/Here at Boost we’ve been pair programming for a while, and seeing benefits in the form of cohesion and knowledge … ContinuedWed, 02 Nov 2011 17:17:25 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/2011-scrum-guide/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/2011-scrum-guide/Here at Boost we’ve been reviewing the updated Scrum Guide by Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber, released in July (you … ContinuedMon, 29 Aug 2011 11:29:07 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/definition-of-ready/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/definition-of-ready/The definition of ready describes what a user story must cover before the team can start working on it. Learn how and why to use them.Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:52:44 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/intuitionhq-booster-seat-2011/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/intuitionhq-booster-seat-2011/The Boost office was buzzing yesterday when we got a call from Rich Chetwynd and Nicole Fougere from Litmos.com to … ContinuedTue, 23 Aug 2011 14:42:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/jeff-sutherland-on-the-history-and-structure-of-scrum/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/jeff-sutherland-on-the-history-and-structure-of-scrum/Get the history of Scrum from founder Jeff Sutherland. In this video he discusses how the structure of Scrum was … ContinuedMon, 15 Aug 2011 15:59:35 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/agile-workshops/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/08/agile-workshops/[Here’s the tl;dr version of this blog post. Every Friday we run free workshops about Agile development here at the … ContinuedThu, 04 Aug 2011 17:29:30 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/07/scrum-introduction/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/07/scrum-introduction/Get a short introduction to Scrum, featuring a Scrum in 10 minutes video, explanations of key Scrum terms, tips from our … ContinuedTue, 05 Jul 2011 10:30:15 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/06/jean-tabaka-pm-stackexhange/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/06/jean-tabaka-pm-stackexhange/Last week a group of us went along to see Jean Tabaka (from Rally Software Development) presentation at a special … ContinuedTue, 28 Jun 2011 16:35:04 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/06/surveys-social-networking-web-industry/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/06/surveys-social-networking-web-industry/If you like tables and percentages, you’re in luck: two chewy releases in the past couple of weeks are going … ContinuedThu, 23 Jun 2011 12:05:20 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/05/story-mapping-prioritisation/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/05/story-mapping-prioritisation/Read a case study on using story mapping and ‘buy a feature’ prioritisation to create the user stories for a first release.Wed, 25 May 2011 18:05:53 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/05/10-great-scrum-practitioners-on-twitter/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/05/10-great-scrum-practitioners-on-twitter/The internet is full of interesting resources, but sometimes it’s hard to sift through all the junk to find the … ContinuedWed, 18 May 2011 18:50:14 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/05/alpha-gov-uk/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/05/alpha-gov-uk/Last week the UK Coalition Government launched alpha.gov.uk, a prototype of a possible single government website aimed at making government … ContinuedMon, 16 May 2011 12:33:37 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/05/agile-to-do-list/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/05/agile-to-do-list/For the past three weeks I’ve been trialling a new form of to-do list, inspired by the Agile visible workspace. … ContinuedTue, 10 May 2011 14:54:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/04/user-testing-workshop/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/04/user-testing-workshop/Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be running a user-testing workshop at the Engage Your Community conference here in Wellington. This will be … ContinuedThu, 28 Apr 2011 16:37:11 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/03/rethinking-our-civil-defence-preparedness/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/03/rethinking-our-civil-defence-preparedness/As far as civil defence goes, we have always maintained a high level of preparedness, our bright yellow plastic water … ContinuedFri, 04 Mar 2011 15:41:46 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/02/jelly-at-boost-friday-co-working-for-free/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2011/02/jelly-at-boost-friday-co-working-for-free/Jelly at Boost is casual co-working in Wellington. This post explains why Boost opens its doors to independent workers each week for free.Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:06:44 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/11/planning-time-commitments/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/11/planning-time-commitments/On Friday I ran a workshop for one of our clients on the theme ‘Making good decisions about using social … ContinuedTue, 09 Nov 2010 09:56:33 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/10/user-stories-stakeholders/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/10/user-stories-stakeholders/Learn how you can use user stories (and other tactics) to engage stakeholders in an Agile project.Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:53:53 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/09/user-stories-development/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/09/user-stories-development/Learn about the Agile development process from the Product Owner’s point of view and how to write user stories following the INVEST model.Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:21:28 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/09/acceptance-criteria/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/09/acceptance-criteria/Acceptance criteria confirm when a user story is completed. Get an introductory guide to writing acceptance criteria for Agile user stories.Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:59:32 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/09/user-stories/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/09/user-stories/A user story is a short description of something your customer will do on your website or application. Learn more and get further resources.Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:11:52 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/08/web-writing-changes/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/08/web-writing-changes/I’m currently writing new copy for the Boost website, which will be relaunching soonish with an updated look and a … ContinuedWed, 18 Aug 2010 15:45:09 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/08/eyc-unconference/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/08/eyc-unconference/It’s not too late to register for the Engage Your Community unconference, being held in central Wellington this Saturday, 21 … ContinuedTue, 17 Aug 2010 13:52:35 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/08/content-7-steps/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/08/content-7-steps/Content. It’s the red-headed stepchild of any website project. The thing that 9 times out of 10 blows the time-line … ContinuedTue, 10 Aug 2010 12:29:03 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/design-poet-laureate/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/design-poet-laureate/Friday 30 July is New Zealand’s National Poetry Day, a ‘celebration of this country’s unique and vibrant poetic voice’. Just … ContinuedThu, 29 Jul 2010 12:05:39 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/facebook-museums-galleries/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/facebook-museums-galleries/At the end of last week I was in Westport, running a workshop on using social media tools for National … ContinuedTue, 27 Jul 2010 12:17:47 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/friday-links-1/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/friday-links-1/This is the first entry in a semi-regular series sharing things that we’ve been looking at and reading recently … … ContinuedFri, 16 Jul 2010 10:20:46 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/roi-social-media/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/roi-social-media/“Return on investment for social media activities”. It’s not a sexy phrase, but it’s one I’ve been pondering hard as … ContinuedMon, 12 Jul 2010 15:46:55 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/working-with-git/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/working-with-git/During a brief slow period on a Friday afternoon I started pondering how much work I actually do, and if … ContinuedMon, 05 Jul 2010 17:14:51 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/ipad-social-tool/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/07/ipad-social-tool/Last week I was lucky enough to go along to Foo Camp in Sebastopol, California. ‘Foo’ stands for ‘Friends of … ContinuedMon, 05 Jul 2010 12:47:38 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/06/fullcodepress/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/06/fullcodepress/I’d like to make a small prediction. At about 4am this Sunday morning at the Wellington Convention Centre, 18 webbies … ContinuedThu, 17 Jun 2010 16:54:00 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/06/social-media-workshops/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/06/social-media-workshops/Learn about social media workshops Boost is running for libraries and galleries and get interesting resources on promoting GLAM institutions. … ContinuedTue, 15 Jun 2010 10:34:42 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/04/custom-application-and-cms-integration/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/04/custom-application-and-cms-integration/When we release a SaaS web application, such as IntuitionHQ, it’s inevitable that there will be two parts that make … ContinuedThu, 15 Apr 2010 15:25:48 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/03/working-on-intuitionhq-to-improve-the-user-experience/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/03/working-on-intuitionhq-to-improve-the-user-experience/It’s been 5 months since we launched IntuitionHQ, our online usability testing application. We have not quite found the time … ContinuedTue, 16 Mar 2010 18:17:21 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/02/drupalsouth-presentation/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/02/drupalsouth-presentation/DrupalSouth, an annual gathering of Drupal people from around New Zealand, happened over the long weekend here in Wellington. The venue … ContinuedMon, 01 Feb 2010 15:34:28 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/01/scrum-and-kanban-a-developers-perspective/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/01/scrum-and-kanban-a-developers-perspective/We’ve been using Kanban for a few weeks now on some projects, taking over from Scrum where appropriate. We’ve used … ContinuedTue, 26 Jan 2010 15:37:49 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/01/drupal-linked-themes/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2010/01/drupal-linked-themes/We’ve released our first public Drupal module – linkedtheme. This modules gives you the ability to link themes together so … ContinuedTue, 26 Jan 2010 14:52:18 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/12/scrum-and-kanban-less-is-more/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/12/scrum-and-kanban-less-is-more/Here at Boost we are always endeavouring to improve our processes and, ultimately, our outputs. The ‘cycle of continuous improvement’, … ContinuedThu, 03 Dec 2009 13:01:29 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/10/hosting-in-the-cloud/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/10/hosting-in-the-cloud/It’s been a busy time here at Boost, and we have just released our new web usability testing application IntuitionHQ. … ContinuedThu, 29 Oct 2009 10:51:47 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/10/how-the-west-was-clustered/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/10/how-the-west-was-clustered/Our new product, IntuitionHQ, shows clusters of clicks on an image. To generate these clusters we made use of a … ContinuedTue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:06 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/09/what-should-break-the-test/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/09/what-should-break-the-test/I recently came across FakeFS, which sounds like a great idea for helping to test file functions. However, I did … ContinuedTue, 15 Sep 2009 10:31:14 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/09/squirrel-and-the-custom-nut-matcher/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/09/squirrel-and-the-custom-nut-matcher/I recently found squirrel, and I wanted to use it for a project we’re working on to simplify some complex … ContinuedFri, 11 Sep 2009 17:01:05 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/08/which-database-indexes-to-add/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/08/which-database-indexes-to-add/When writing a Rails application, how do you decide on the best indexes to add to your database? It might … ContinuedThu, 20 Aug 2009 18:24:19 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/08/cross-browser-testing/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/08/cross-browser-testing/Cross-browser compatibility issues are the bane of web developers world-wide and in this ever shifting landscape it is important to … ContinuedTue, 11 Aug 2009 13:27:16 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/07/making-your-site-pixel-perfect/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/07/making-your-site-pixel-perfect/Here at Boost we lovingly handcraft our HTML and CSS when implementing our designs. We use text editors rather than … ContinuedFri, 31 Jul 2009 13:39:04 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/07/digitalnz-client-library-for-ruby/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/07/digitalnz-client-library-for-ruby/We’ve just released a new client library for accessing the digitalnz.org’s search API. This library uses nokogiri for speedily parsing … ContinuedFri, 24 Jul 2009 10:56:37 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/06/writing-testsspecs-for-existing-code/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/06/writing-testsspecs-for-existing-code/On several occasions we’ve looked at Rails projects with no tests, or very low test coverage. Trying to write tests … ContinuedMon, 22 Jun 2009 13:22:38 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/05/flex-radar-chart-component/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/05/flex-radar-chart-component/We’ve released a radar (spider, polar) chart component for Flex as an open source (MIT) project on github. This is … ContinuedWed, 06 May 2009 13:37:24 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/04/extracting-active-directory-sids-with-ruby/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/04/extracting-active-directory-sids-with-ruby/Getting user and group information from Active Directory via LDAP is nearly easy, but I came across one hurdle. If … ContinuedWed, 29 Apr 2009 17:46:15 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/04/google-optimizer/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/04/google-optimizer/It seems that week on week Google introduces new tools without fanfare and it’s easy for these to slip by … ContinuedFri, 10 Apr 2009 21:48:10 GMThttps://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/03/jruby-presentation-for-wellrailed/https://www.boost.co.nz/blog/2009/03/jruby-presentation-for-wellrailed/On the 25th of February ’09 I did a brief JRuby presentation on JRuby and how we’re using it at … ContinuedFri, 20 Mar 2009 09:28:43 GMT