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Ready to start working on a new development project? Great! But not everything is about coding. In fact, the most difficult part comes when several people have to work together towards the same goal, and without a way to visualize all the to-do's, things can often fall apart before they begin. That's where Scrum comes into play. Scrum is a Project Management set of good practices that can be applied in any software project . In fact, it can be applied in any project that has a defined output. Scrum is based on iterations, or Sprints as they're called in the Scrum world. Each Sprint contains all the phases of a long-term project such as: Analysis Design Implementation QA At the end of each Sprint, the product increment that could be achieved during the Sprint's time will be reviewed and validated and the cycle will begin again to build a final product in an iterative way that prevents team members from getting overwhelmed. Those functional increments of the final prod...

This article is the first in a series based on new research into the place of lower-income and disadvantaged households in a compact city. There’s been a lot of talk about apartment living of late. Whether it’s millennials who can’t afford to buy a house, downsizers making a lifestyle change, owner-occupiers struggling to get defective buildings fixed , or foreign investors buying into new development, there’s no shortage of opinions and interest. Except for one group: lower-income and vulnerable residents . In Greater Sydney, the latest census data show that almost one in five households (17%) living in apartments and townhouses have weekly household incomes of less than A$649. Among this group the largest sub-group (36%) live in private rental housing . That’s more than 72,000 households living on $649 or less per week in a housing market where average weekly rents for apartments are $550. Our research for Shelter NSW identifies multiple challenges such households face. Further...

Japanese company Snow Peak , includes white Take bamboo chairs and the Campfield Futon couch , which can also be transformed into a bed, two chairs and a side table, or even a storage shelf. -- AP photo" /> Folding furniture, made by the Japanese company Snow Peak , includes white Take bamboo chairs and the Campfield Futon couch , which can also be transformed into a bed, two chairs and a side table, or even a storage shelf. -- AP photo It’s not always enough for a couch to be a couch. Sometimes, especially when space is tight, it helps if the couch can double as two armchairs and a coffee table, and even storage shelves, as is the case with one Japanese camping couch popular among city dwellers. The multifunctional Camp Couch is made by the upscale Japanese brand Snow Peak , which recently opened boutiques in Portland and in the trendy SoHo section of New York. Although its $749.99 price tag may be steep considering other camping goods, some clients see it as inexpensive c...

August 25, 2008 | By Jerry W. Jackson, Sentinel Staff Writer Despite the real-estate slowdown, apartment developer Lane Florida LLC is moving forward with its Orlando-area projects. The company, launched in Orlando by Atlanta-based Lane Co. in 2006, is wrapping up work on portions of its first complex in Florida, a 384- unit development in Osceola County called Verano Apartments . Work began on Verano, located just off Exit 244 of Florida's Turnpike near Walt Disney World , in November 2007. While leasing has begun and some of the one- to three-bedroom units are occupied, work is continuing and the complex should be completed by February, according to Mike Mulhall, the company's Florida regional development partner . Mulhall said work has also begun on the company's even more ambitious downtown Orlando apartment tower , called The Montage. The 19-story high-rise is being built on Lake Avenue a block from Lake Eola. "The apartment market remains strong , and we have t...

  August 23, 2017 -- !-- AddToAny BEGIN --> Apartment Community to Add Refrigerated Lockers " class="justimagebox" width="400" height="338" style="float: left;" /> BALTIMORE, Md (PRWEB) August 23, 2017 LIVEbe, a premier apartment developer and operator dedicated to delivering distinct apartment homes within connected communities, has announced the addition of refrigerated lockers to its 2Hopkins apartment community in Downtown Baltimore. The luxury high-rise, featuring 183 apartment homes , is the first apartment community in the U.S. to implement the Smiota PoD refrigerated lockers . Produced by Smiota, Inc., the lockers serve as a premier service amenity , allowing residents to utilize food delivery services and have round-the-clock access to their shipments via smartphone. ?There has been an uptick in demand for food- delivery services , and we' ve closely observed the trends of companies such as Blue Apron, HelloFres...

86 percent vacant , according to Planning Staff member Mary Ann Tsai . " /> Tall Oaks Shopping Center is 86 percent vacant , according to Planning Staff member Mary Ann Tsai . Photo by Ken Moore. The closing of Giant in 2007 started a slow decline of Tall Oaks Village Center , “once a vibrant and successful center that was supported by the community,” said Hunter Mill Supervisor Catherine Hudgins . “It has been over eight years and while other anchors have come and gone, the vibrancy never returned to the Center,” according to Hudgins. “Of the five Village Centers in Reston, Tall Oaks Village Center is the smallest with approximately 18 acres of land. It has been in decline without a stable grocery store anchor tenant since 2007,” according to Mary Ann Tsai, with the county’s Planning Staff . “It is approximately 86 percent vacant .” The Board on Tuesday, July 26 approved Jefferson Apartment Group ’s proposal to build a total of 156 residential units consisting of 44 t...

In about 10 years, the docks at the Port of Anchorage will start closing, crippled by corrosion, unless major repairs are made. But with the clock ticking, it's still unclear who will pay for it, and how. Without a big injection of state or federal funding, officials say the port, which opened in 1961, is more likely to resort to a tariff that leads to higher prices on the vast majority of consumer products that come into the state. That means everyone would pay a little more for a gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, a car or a sheet of plywood. A scary incident at the port earlier this summer accentuated warnings about its condition. At 7 a.m. June 26, the Holland America cruise ship MS Amsterdam docked at the port. Waves kicked up by the ship while it was docking broke the severely corroded underwater base of two columns holding up the port — causing a 57,000- pound dock fender to break off and sink into the adjacent berth. Corroded metal pipes , part of a fender ...

UConn’s place in the Hartford skyline . Hartford — For nearly a half-century, the University of Connecticut has had no place to call its own in the state’s capital city. Today that changes as Connecticut’s flagship university opens the doors of its new $140- million downtown branch campus on Prospect Street . The arrival of the campus, which comes after five years of false starts and setbacks, is a milestone for the university and the city of Hartford. Hundreds attended the grand opening ceremony downtown Wednesday morning . For UConn, it marks the institution’s return from the suburbs into the heart of the city – where the school first opened its Greater Hartford branch in 1939. It moved to West Hartford in 1970. The university, in the years since, had been able to continue to claim a “presence” downtown. Some of UConn’s graduate business programs are housed in a space it leases in 100 Constitution Plaza, and the university’s basketball and ice hockey teams play games in the XL ...