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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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Agile Sprint: how it brings efficiency to your business

mjvinnovation

Agile practices transform business in multiple directions, providing powerful models of product and service creation, project management, and much more. In software development, the most used agile practices or methodologies are: Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), SCRUM and XP (Extreme Programming).

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Non-Profit Innovation: NCARB Brings New Product to Market

Moves the Needle

At the time, most of the staff’s interactions with customers happened during the design phase, such as usability testing and design sessions. The list of work was developed based on internal assumptions of what customers needed. Download the PDF version of this case study to take with you for reference.

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Management 3.0: Why you should get to know this Model?

mjvinnovation

refers to the third generation of project management models, considered more suited to current business requirements in the context of Digital Transformation – toting more agile, lean, and modern management values. to be combined with Agile and Lean in Design Thinking projects. What is Management 3.0?

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How agile practices can solve remote team management problems

mjvinnovation

Instead of setting goals by quarter or year, you break them down into smaller projects, ranging from 1 to 4 weeks. Also check out: Design Sprint: what it is and what are the advantages. Design Sprint: what can it solve? Think of it as a list of items you can “dethaw” later or refer to at the next sprint planning meeting.

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Persona Grata

Boxes and Arrows

In my experience as an interaction designer, I have come across many strategies and approaches to help increase the quality and consistency of my work, but none is more misunderstood or misused than that of the persona. Personas have been in use since the mid-1990s and since then have gained widespread awareness within the design community.

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Business Model Scalability: Internal vs External

The BMI Lab Blog

The internal scalability concerns the configuration of the business model design, the resources and partners. How can I improve my scalability when I design new business models? Develop and Monitor a Growth Cycle Every business model designed to scale needs a virtuous cycle of growth – sometimes also referred to as flywheel.