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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

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Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. But everyone’s situation is unique.

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Calculating the Six Hidden Costs of Waste in Software Development 

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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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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

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When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. The PMs are seeing late deliveries and bugs that suggest the devs just aren’t capable enough. This can be true even if those failures had nothing to do with the current team.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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Content Management How often will the application’s content need to change? Who will be doing the changes? Should content changes be scheduled? Accounting Beyond reviewing transactions, what accounting support do you need? Team and Process Are you using, or planning to use any software development methodologies?

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Maximizing Efficiency & Productivity: 3 Ways GenAI Optimizes Value Stream Management for Tech Leaders 

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These constitute “value streams,” representing a team’s flow of connected work from customer request to product delivery. Any group suffering from the growing pains of scaling software delivery can attest to this value. For example, imagine a team of engineers needs to do a manual review of their performance at the end of every sprint.

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DevOps: why the methodology is so important for IT?

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Smaller batches of work are easier to understand, commit, test, and review, as well as know when they are completed. Traditionally, DevOps is understood as a way to break down the barriers between development and operations teams. DevOps shortens the development cycle. Benefits of DevOps for your business.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking

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We then reviewed them to see that the answer summaries made sense. This involves reviewing the feedback from the user testing, and making adjustments to the solution based on the insights gathered. This involves presenting the solution to stakeholders, and developing a plan for implementing and refining the solution moving forward.