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Today’s software products go well beyond cloud applications running in the browser. There are huge opportunities to reach your users wherever they live—whether on a Windows or Mac desktop or notebook, tablet, smartphone, smartwatch, or even on their TV.
You look, you search, you interview…but each app development company sounds vaguely similar to all the others. So what sets an app development team apart?
When looking to outsource your mobile app development project, these are 9 qualities to consider before partnering with an external team.
Studies show that up to two-thirds of new software projects fail. One of the primary reasons for this high rate of failure is not truly understanding end user needs.
Scrum vs. agile. You hear them used almost interchangeably in the software industry. But are they really the same thing? Learn about the differences between them in this article.
When your team is co-located, communication and coordination come easy. But now employees are working in an entirely new world. How do you keep their productivity from falling off a cliff?
What are the trends in mobile app user adoption rates, and how can you be certain your app can cut through the clutter?
How do the best firms drive software innovation? Check out the ten most critical factors we observe as companies champion themselves into the world of rapid software innovation.
The tech industry is extremely competitive nowadays. Tech experts share their advice on good signs and red flags for potential candidates on their résumés and during interviews.
Tech industry experts discuss bad habits that they’ve encountered in their development teams and advise how they can be addressed.
How does your company define the success of a software development initiative? The definition is unique to you and your customers.
For many people, the home is now the home office. Here's how to work from home and maximize productivity at the same time.
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Find me on:LinkedIn Twitter Some companies think they can’t replace an app with a new version until the new version does everything the old one does.This is a huge [...]
In my experience, Scrum teams are rarely, if ever, “sitting on their hands.” Lack of visible progress can stem from multiple factors, none of them good when you’re [...]
An ideal vision of a Scrum team is one where every skill needed is represented, along with appropriate levels of expertise, within a single cross-functional group. This would [...]
The most important aspect of Scrum team structure, and sometimes the hardest to adjust to, is that there is no hierarchy within the team. It's important that managers give their teams the power to make the most appropriate decisions for their projects.
Find me on: LinkedIn I’ve written a lot about what goes on inside a Scrum team. About teamwork, servant leadership, and empowerment. I’ve also written about leaders on a [...]
You need a lot of technical know-how to build an app. But where does that know-how come from? In traditional software development, we typically leveraged highly skilled specialists for [...]
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