While on the surface creating specific roles, goals, and expectations for a new project sounds simple enough, it can be challenging to implement effectively without a proper plan.

The other day I was uploading a lot of content, including images, to a 3rd party service. I put together all my objects and mapped through them to fire off requests. Nearly immediately, I blew past the API rate limiter, and my requests started failing. Oops.

A retrospective refers to the last stage in a development cycle—reflection. Retrospectives present an opportunity to assess the process based on the experience and inform future practices.

Clearly defining the roles, goals, and expectations for a project is an important step in becoming a trusted workplace leader. A clear vision of the project and the steps you and your team will take to get there are invaluable. But it’s only one side of the proverbial coin.

Your team has defined roles, attainable and measurable goals, and clear expectations. So why is there still conflict?

Clashing visions, unclear expectations, and team members who don’t pull their weight—issues arise in every industry and on projects of all scales. But they tend to be especially common in large-scale, highly complex software projects. With so many moving pieces, nuanced tasks, and tight deadlines, it’s tempting to dive into a new project and build the plane as you fly it. However, conflict thrives when teams operate without a strong foundation.

A skill our Node.js Consulting team practices often is the process of breaking down new product requirements into actionable technical requirements. This is one of the most critical capabilities for a developer to learn in order to help their organization swiftly deliver new features to their users. In this post, we’ll talk through the process we use on our projects.

Can two Angular components communicate without the @Output event emitter using only the @Input parameter? Yes, they can, and we will go through the perfect use case of this uncommon approach.

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