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.
How 2020 Changed the Way We Use the Cloud
CloudHealth surveyed over 10,000 organizations and tracked their cloud services use during 2020. Here are their findings.
Angular vs. Vue.js vs. React – Which Framework Makes Sense for Your Business?
Discover the differences between three of the most popular front-end frameworks: Angular, Vue.js, and React.
10 Things You Need to Know About Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open-source platform that orchestrates the management, deployment, and scaling of applications in containers. Here are 10 things you need to know about it.
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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 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.
14 Smart Ways to Keep Your Dev and Sales Teams on The Same Page
The people who develop your product usually aren't the ones selling it. Here are 14 ways to keep your Sales Team and Development Team on the same page.
Webinars
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 Testing Secrets for Faster Delivery and Higher Quality [On-Demand Webinar]
Choosing from among the many different approaches to software testing and quality can be mind numbing. Watch this webinar to learn our secrets!
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.
How 2020 Changed the Way We Use the Cloud
CloudHealth surveyed over 10,000 organizations and tracked their cloud services use during 2020. Here are their findings.
Angular vs. Vue.js vs. React – Which Framework Makes Sense for Your Business?
Discover the differences between three of the most popular front-end frameworks: Angular, Vue.js, and React.
10 Things You Need to Know About Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open-source platform that orchestrates the management, deployment, and scaling of applications in containers. Here are 10 things you need to know about it.
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.
SPIDR: An Alternative Method for Splitting User Stories
By keeping user stories small, it’s much easier for the team to do a little bit of everything all the time, a key principle of Scrum. SPIDR is one method of splitting stories in order to fit them into a sprint.
Dual-Track Agile and Spikes: Secrets of Maximum Agility
Learn how this approach to agile of dividing your work into "discovery" and "delivery" tracks can save you time and money while developing better software products.
The Parking Lot: An Unofficial Scrum Ceremony
When your Daily Scrum is only 15 minutes, how do you best address impediments that the team is facing or is foreseeing? Enter the Parking Lot.
