Our Ideas
When You Should Outsource Software Development: Lessons from a Construction Industry Veteran
Building contractors that clear the highest margins time after time and maintain the greatest reputations have learned to recruit and entrust qualified partners and subcontractors when it makes sense. The same is true in software development.
15 Tips for Tracking and Correcting Your Company’s Tech Issues and Bugs
Unexpected tech issues and bugs during development can be frustrating and time-consuming to fix. Ascendle CEO Dave Todaro offers his tip so that you know how to resolve them when they arise.
Eight Ways the IIoT is Different from the IoT
Trying to familiarize yourself with the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT? Here are eight differences between the two and how IIoT works.
Options for Modernizing Healthcare Legacy Software White Paper
Download our white paper to learn about the most effective approaches for modernizing healthcare legacy systems and which is right for you.
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Using a ‘Walking Skeleton’ to Reduce Risk in Software Innovation
A walking skeleton is a basic set of code that acts as a “starter pack” for the development team.
15 Tips for Tracking and Correcting Your Company’s Tech Issues and Bugs
Unexpected tech issues and bugs during development can be frustrating and time-consuming to fix. Ascendle CEO Dave Todaro offers his tip so that you know how to resolve them when they arise.
15 Essential Factors Tech Professionals Look for in a Long-Term Job
Tech industry leaders share the factors that they’ve found are most attractive to qualified tech employees who are looking for a long-term tenure with an employer.
15 Expert Tips For Building Security Into Tech Products From The Ground Up
Security is essential in applications nowadays. 15 tech experts were asked to give advice on building security into products from the ground up. Here are their suggested practices.
Webinars
The 2021 State of Custom Software Delivery Report [On-Demand Webinar]
In this webinar, you'll learn how top tech companies use agile to drive innovation & value through an analysis of our "2021 State of Custom Software Delivery" report.
Minimum Viable Tech (MVT) – How One CTO Drives Value Across 30 SaaS Companies [On-Demand Webinar]
Ascendle CEO Dave Todaro interviews Alpine Software Group CTO Jeremy Jackson about his Minimum Viable Technology (MVT) framework and how it helps power the growth of ASG's more than thirty portfolio companies.
How to Ship in 3 Months Instead of 3 Years Using Feature Prioritization Strategies [On-Demand Webinar]
We’ll teach you how to ship your software faster by exploring popular feature prioritization strategies and frameworks.
AWS v. Microsoft Azure. Is There a Winner in Cloud Hosting Supremacy? [On-Demand Webinar]
Two of the most popular cloud hosting options today are Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). To offer perspectives on each, Dave Todaro, CEO of Ascendle, will share his experiences with Microsoft Azure joined by Bill Fistori, CEO & Co-Founder of Pantek, a noted expert on all things AWS.
Software Development
A Beginner’s Guide to Custom Software Development Options
If you have an idea for a software development project, but don't know how to code or how to even begin with the process, here are some steps you can take to make your vision a reality.
15 Tips for Tracking and Correcting Your Company’s Tech Issues and Bugs
Unexpected tech issues and bugs during development can be frustrating and time-consuming to fix. Ascendle CEO Dave Todaro offers his tip so that you know how to resolve them when they arise.
Eight Ways the IIoT is Different from the IoT
Trying to familiarize yourself with the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT? Here are eight differences between the two and how IIoT works.
Options for Modernizing Healthcare Legacy Software White Paper
Download our white paper to learn about the most effective approaches for modernizing healthcare legacy systems and which is right for you.
Product Strategy & Design
Less is More – The Minimum Viable Product
When developing software, the big-picture vision of your completed software usually isn't realistic. Learn how creating a minimum viable product of your software allows it to be more flexible to change and deliver more business value.
The Simplest Method of Feature Prioritization
There are many feature prioritization frameworks. Here is a simple but very effective one.
Build a New Software Product or Extend an Existing One? App Modernization Options Explained.
The first choice regarding app modernization? Whether to do it at all.
WSJF – Feature Prioritization for Agile Organizations
WSJF (Weighted Shortest Job First) is a proven feature prioritization strategy for agile projects. Here’s why.
Agile
Writing User Stories: It’s Not as Difficult as You Think
Years ago I would spend weeks on end writing highly detailed software requirements specifications. They were works of art. The only problem? No one ever read them.
The 2021 State of Custom Software Delivery Report
We asked top agile practitioners for key insights about their ability to outperform the competition. Here's what they had to say.
Using Scrum Outside of Software – A Marketing Perspective
Scrum isn't just for software. Read about how using Scrum for marketing and other business functions leads to more productivity and accountability from your teams.
Splitting User Stories for Increased Momentum: INVEST and Adapt as a Team
Splitting user stories is more of an art than a science. For an alternative method of splitting user stories, try using INVEST. Learn more here.
