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Calculating the Six Hidden Costs of Waste in Software Development 

Planview

Nothing frustrates software developers more than working hard on something that never ends up providing value. Whether because of changing priorities, miscommunication among teams, or other blockers, the hidden cost of waste can significantly impact productivity and bottom lines.

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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower Innovation

The Tactical Technical Advisor stays on top of the development team to ensure that they’re team is building the right thing in a high-quality, efficient manner. This is especially important with outsourced development teams. Are developers following best practices in their code and life cycle?

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Using End-to-End Visibility to Scale and Streamline Automotive Production

Planview

By identifying key challenges and proposing actionable solutions, we aim to shed light on the strategies necessary for success in the industry’s dynamic landscape. This divergence between software and hardware cycles poses significant challenges, particularly for OEMs typically focused on manufacturing.

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Goodhart’s Law: When a target becomes its own enemy

Idea to Value

Often, this focus on just meeting the specific targets can take focus and effort away from meeting the more important overall targets aligned with achieving the company’s strategy. It was poor data and oversight by the people developing, testing and implementing the system that was at fault. What is the strategy?

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Effective Tools for Employee Wellbeing

Business and Tech

Traditional health benefits administrators have bad networks. Many software development companies have what’s called distributed teams, which means people working around the globe on products. What types of benefits and rewards are employees seeking today? How do you achieve effective collaboration across time zones?

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Why is developing digital products one of the solutions to overcome the crisis?

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Therefore, this at-home life’s effects were not felt as a need to realign strategies and even rethink business models. What makes us believe that developing digital products is not only a solution to overcome the crisis, but also to generate business value after it too. Bonus 2: Agile Software Development.

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Win at Digital Transformation By Connecting Portfolio Management and Value Stream Management 

Planview

By combining these approaches, organizations can improve the performance of every stage of the software development lifecycle, from planning to delivery to outcomes. It’s critical to be asking the right questions: How does strategy become a plan? Are the right objectives being focused on?