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Latest Articles and Videos
Does scaling personalization mean losing the personal touch? Explore how to balance human-AI interaction, scaling personalization with empathy to create impactful customer experiences.
Discover how software professionals can set and achieve meaningful goals with insights on SMART goals, flexibility, and the journey of self-improvement from our industry experts.
Process standardization is a foundation for consistency and efficiency, but its success lies in balance. Learn how to strike that balance here.
Learn how to streamline software development timelines with strategies for defining project scope, aligning teams, and improving communication for faster, predictable delivery.
Merging together a lean business planning approach with agile delivery practices ends the push-pull and leads to a single software solution that works for everyone.
A human element in AI development is key. Leaders need to ensure AI-driven products have ethical considerations made every step of the way.
The agile framework offers a strategy to solve issues that can arise during all stages of mergers and acquisitions. Learn more here.
Explore how AI is revolutionizing app modernization, from speeding up code generation to enhancing performance and efficiency. Learn how it benefits and transforms development.
Explore the benefits of app modernization and how AI, cloud-native strategies, and emerging trends can boost performance and security. Learn how to future-proof your apps.
Is agile dead? Explore the future of agile transformation, its challenges, and how organizations can adapt to keep agile principles alive and impactful.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage right now, but does your organization really need it? This episode of Ascendle Unscripted tackles AI in business.
Learn how agile methods aid in fighting against cybersecurity threats in fintech, healthtech, and private equity transactions.
eBooks and Templates
Gain control over your software development strategy and processes with these valuable resources.
Product Strategy
Go to market on a predictable schedule with strategic insight
Embrace the future with AI development services. With the AI software market projected to reach $826 billion by 2030, it's time to leverage AI solutions for enhanced productivity and reduced operational time.
19 members of the Forbes Technology Council reveal some of Big Tech’s key "secrets," explaining why they’re so effective and how any company can leverage them.
Integrating AI into existing software solutions doesn't just require technical know-how... Consider this your guide to AI integration.
Outcome-Driven Innovation is a strategy and innovation process designed to tie the creation of business value to customer-defined metrics. Here’s how it works.
Effective software product strategy requires a comprehensive approach; secure product success through these development strategies.
Striking the right balance between innovation and risk when developing software products can signal the difference between success and failure.
Agile Process
Gain insight into our approach to agile and Scrum
20 members of the Forbes Technology Council highlight key factors that tech leaders should consider when hiring and managing outsourced developers to ensure successful partnerships.
By applying agile framework principles of iterative releases, and stakeholder feedback, healthcare organizations can seamlessly implement healthtech solutions for improved patient care.
User stories are a fundamental component of any agile development. They are lightweight requirements that represent new functionality that delivers value to business stakeholders.
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.
Deliver software projects on time and within budget by using effective software development budget strategies that deliver maximum ROI.
Failure is an essential ingredient in the learning process, so let's reframe failure as the learning experience it is.
As Seen on 
20 members of Forbes Technology Council talk about the tech leadership advice they've become a bit skeptical about and share their own advice.
19 members of the Forbes Technology Council share critical pre-release quality assurance procedures for development teams here.
20 members of Forbes Technology Council offer their expert advice on establishing effective user acceptance testing processes.
Stay on track to meet your New Year’s goals with these tips from 10 members of the Forbes Technology Council.
If you're looking for advice to help tech leaders and developers ensure their teams are producing better-quality, cleaner code, this article features insight from 16 members of Forbes Technology Council.
As seen on Forbes.com The tech profession is notorious for developing workplace systems to boost team efficiency and productivity. Tech leaders in particular are experts at discovering tools and methods [...]