Software Circus 2017
bol. com joins the Circus The conference with a kick is back! And they have been busy. .
Software Circus 2017Culture
50Our agile journey so far – Part 4: Servant leaders
This is the fourth post about our growth story. In the previous blog post we explained how bol. com realized an organizational change with YBIYRIYLI (You build it, you run it, you love it).
Our agile journey so far – Part 4: Servant leadersThe Dutch Software Testing Championship
Last year, a Dutch team won the Software Testing World Cup. The newly crowned Software Testing World Cup Champions were so energized by the experience they thought, “why not have a Dutch version as well?” Co-organized and hosted by...
The Dutch Software Testing ChampionshipJapanese cucumbers, boomerangs and utopias
When Google's Robert Kubis walked on to the stage I never expected his keynote would touch on the topic of Japanese cucumber farms. Google's machine learning toolkit powers the cucumber sorter, apparently. That must've been a fun dataset to train.
Japanese cucumbers, boomerangs and utopiasFrom database killer to top performer!
How do you get the IT management board to serve you coffee on a golden platter? You have to do something good of course, exceptional in fact. In order to tell you how we became top performer instead of database killer by creative use of a cache, we will have to take you back to December 2015, when it all started. December.
From database killer to top performer!Bol.com @ Agile Amsterdam 2017
Are you going to Agile Amsterdam? Be sure to check out bol. com on the 21st of September! Me and Mary Gouseti (Software Engineer) will be presenting a hands-on case from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM (track 1). You’re in for a treat, as we are pairing up to give you a complete picture.
Bol.com @ Agile Amsterdam 2017Our agile journey so far – Part 3: You build it, you run it, you love it
This is the third post about our growth story. In the last blog post we elaborated on some necessary steps to take in an organizational change. We have explained that the steps bol.
Our agile journey so far – Part 3: You build it, you run it, you love itOur agile journey so far – Part 2: involving everyone
This is the second post about our growth story. In the first blog post we introduced our Man on the Moon program; how we plan to manage a fast growing company like ours. In this second part we'll explain how we have involved all stakeholders and participants in our journey to the moon.
Our agile journey so far – Part 2: involving everyoneLet our bol.com partners shine
Today we had our third edition of Let partners shine. Around 50 bol. comer’s - among them software engineers, test engineers, information analysts, UX designers and business analysts - got together for the whole day to participate in this competition.
Let our bol.com partners shineOur agile journey so far - Part 1: bol.com to the moon!
From a small online book store to an e-commerce platform with 7 million customers. That’s the short version of the bol. com story so far.
Our agile journey so far - Part 1: bol.com to the moon!