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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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How to Drive Results for Top 3 Business Outcomes Using Flow Metrics in SAFe®

Planview

In the context of SAFe, flow refers to the smooth and uninterrupted progress of work through the entire value stream, from ideation to delivery. Increasing Business Agility One area undergoing rapid evolution in software development is generative AI.

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Agile Sprint: how it brings efficiency to your business

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Agile is, first and foremost, a philosophy that emerged from the Agile Manifesto when a small group of people gathered in 2001 to discuss their feelings about the traditional approach to managing software development projects. Download right now the Design Thinking and Agile e-book in the context of Digital Transformation !

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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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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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Getting a Form's Structure Right: Designing Usable Online Email Applications

Boxes and Arrows

Yes, this is for all of you out there—my fellow usability practitioners, information architects, designers, managers, project leads, editors, and people who are looking to develop their UX practice. But do we, as designers and usability practitioners, always help them do it? I say, “No.”

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

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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?