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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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From India to Vietnam: The Changing Landscape of Offshore Software Development

Tullio Siragusa

From India to Vietnam: The Changing Landscape of Offshore Software Development Outsourcing software development services to offshore vendors has become an increasingly popular way for businesses to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

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The building out of the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework.

Paul Hobcraft

The Composable Innovation Enterprise framework aims to overcome the limitations of current traditional approaches to innovation (software) design. This encourages a significant shift in mindset, culture, and potential within software solutions. ” explores the potential direction of innovation management software.

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5 Tech Issues That Can Slow Down Innovation

IdeaScale

The seeming slowdown in innovation is also partly due to expansion in outcome-based industries like finance and healthcare that are more difficult to measure than how many widgets one produces. Innovations like virtualization and utilizing proxy servers has been a boon for software research, development, and production.

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Mentoring Is the Secret to Innovation Say Silicon Valley’s Top VCs and Entrepreneurs

Leapfrogging

While the new approach recently arose from Silicon Valley, the model knows no geographic, cultural or technical boundaries. James Gallagher (age 16, Scotland): The 16-year-old created Open Commit, a servicewhere software developers receive on-demand, actionable reviews of code from other expert software developers.

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From Waste to Value: Value Stream Management and AI in Action

Planview

In today’s fast-paced world of business and technology, efficiency in software delivery is not just important; it’s crucial. The idea of cutting waste, a principle from manufacturing, is relevant more than ever in software development and knowledge work as a means to increase efficiency.

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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

This includes systems architecture, as well as specific hardware and software systems. Step 3 – Implement : Develop and build prototypes (called “units”) that respond to these requirements and meet specifications of the project. Integrating Agile Approaches into Waterfall Cultures. Step 4 – System Testing : TEST!

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