Using Psychology to Drive Change in Software
In this Tech in 2, Principal Consultant John Moore teaches about the concept of The Elephant, The Rider and The Path, and how you can use psychology to effectively drive change within your organization.
Overcoming Versioning Challenges in Microservices
Thinking about switching to microservices? There’s one thing that many people don’t know about before they make the switch: versioning challenges. In this Tech in 2, Principal Consultant Mitch Mattek shares why this happens and how you can write code that avoids these issues from the start.
Adopting Behavior-Driven Development
In this Tech in 2, Consultant Mariah Dunn discusses behavior-driven development (BDD) testing. Learn how BDD’s user-friendly format can help improve the communication between stakeholders and your development team.
Partnering with Sparq – A Better Experience
Sparq is committed to helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey, while helping to create high-quality IT careers in places where they otherwise might not have existed. Organizations turn to Sparq because we understand their motivations, integrate seamlessly with their team and, quite simply, make it an easy experience from start to finish. Learn how our colleagues work together to become a trusted partner to all of our clients.
Micronaut
Micronaut is a JVM-based framework used to build and deploy lightweight applications in microservices. In this Tech in 2, Senior Consultant Toby Kraft describes this cutting-edge technology and how it’s changing the microservices/serverless landscape.
Mind Mapping for Agile Development
Mind mapping is a method of visually organizing information and for Principal Business Analyst John Moore, he uses it to define the scope and relationships surrounding any new project. In this Tech in 2, John shares three reasons why mind mapping is so useful, especially in an Agile environment.
Ninety Client Showcase
Ninety is a SaaS company with an expanding collection of Cloud-based business building and awareness tools. Hear Ninety Founder & CEO Mark Abbott discuss the value he’s gained from partnering with Sparq and how having access to scalable and flexible talent has helped their rapidly-expanding business.
Getting Alignment Through Visualization
Many software development teams have been there: you’re walking through a user story and thought everyone was on the same page, but then you get to the code review and it’s not what you were expecting. Learn how diagramming can help teams understand problems better.
Key Performance Indicators: Tips For Getting it Right
When it comes to measuring a software development team’s success, key performance indicators (KPIs) play a very important role. In this Tech in 2, Regional Colleague Director Natascha Thomas explains how to determine the right KPIs for your audiences along with challenges to avoid when gathering data.
Containerization
By utilizing containerization, you're able to create isolated environments where your code can run without interference from other system elements. Senior Consultant Joseph Abreu discusses how it works, the types of tasks it’s best suited for and how it’ll make your code more secure.
Tech Trends Part 2 – Machine Learning
For the second part in this series, Monty Hamilton tackles machine learning. We’ve seen a significant increase in opportunities to utilize machine learning over the past year and that will only grow. In this week’s #MinuteWithMonty, Monty tackles machine learning—where it is and where it is going.
Akka Reactive Streams
In this Tech in 2, Senior Consultant Josh Mayfield discusses the benefits of Akka Reactive Streams, a customizable set of protocols that can be utilized to increase the performance of your applications.
