Giving appreciations and recognition are important for building positive relationships, and for motivating and inspiring others. However, it’s not always easy to know how to give an appreciation or recognition in a way that is genuine, heartfelt, and meaningful. In this article, I’ll explore ways to make your appreciation and recognition heartfelt, lasting, and impactful with guidelines and examples. By following these guidelines, you can give an appreciation and recognition that will truly resonate with your receivers and leave a lasting impression.

Making small but intentional tweaks on how you do things normally can lead to significant impact. Let’s apply this to traditional agile user stories, and watch how they transform and become more impactful. Traditional User Story Format In agile, we traditionally write user stories this way: As a … (user or persona) I want…

Have you ever reported a critical bug only to see it get tossed around, and not get attended for a long period of time? Well, the bug report you created may not have made an impression. — Surprise! Even in the world of bug reporting, you need to make a good first impression. So how do you make your bug report turn heads? Here is a simple guideline you should always remember. State the user experience!

What can the Boston 4th of July fireworks teach us about the importance of the Test Pyramid? First of all, what is a Test Pyramid? The Test Pyramid is an industry best practice which suggests that, when building up your test automation suite, most of your tests should be unit tests*, the least should be UI-based functional tests*, and in between, you should have API-based functional tests*. …

So you looked at your code and architecture, and you decide it’s time to refactor it or replace it with a more reliable algorithm or architecture. It’s going to be a big refactoring project, it will definitely involve big changes. You know these updates must be done — it will…