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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower Innovation

Specifically, they should know about, and help with: Asking and answering the 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators Knowing when and how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , They look at the code produced on a regular basis to ensure that it’s high quality and right for you.

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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. The Six Hidden Costs of Software Development Resource waste is a pervasive issue that can significantly hinder productivity, efficiency, and the achievement of business goals.

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4 Fantastic Agile Sprint Retrospective Templates

InnovationTraining.org

These top agile and scrum sprint retrospective templates can be used during remote meetings with your team. Keep reading to learn more on how to do this with your team and find links to our favorite sprint review retrospective templates. Facilitating Agile Retrospectives Workshop. Agile Retrospective Template.

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The Dynamics within Agility.

Paul Hobcraft

After working through a number the one that held my attention and has become central to my thinking to take organizational practices forward was provided by a recent report from McKinsey “ How to create an agile organization ”. Agility for me is vital, it allows us to increasingly be adaptive in an uncertain world.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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The building out of the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework.

Paul Hobcraft

We need to approach innovation differently through connected agility, have speed and automation more central, and provide roles for a great diverse set of participants. The Composable Innovation Enterprise framework aims to overcome the limitations of current traditional approaches to innovation (software) design.

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5 Tips for Adding Value to Agile Design

InnovationTraining.org

Agile Design Tip 1—Clear Goals Supported by Design Research. In Some Thoughts on Design Research, Agile, and Traps Charles Lambdin stresses the importance of clearly defined goals. Design Innovative software” is not a concrete goal; it’s a vague directive. Agile Design Tip 2—Leading with UX Design.

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