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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower Innovation

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 

Planview

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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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower Innovation

Think of these as the big upfront questions a developer should ask to get an overall picture. Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? What’s the state of those systems? If so, will you also have your own account system? in place?

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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower Innovation

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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Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking

InnovationTraining.org

We then reviewed them to see that the answer summaries made sense. Developing new products and services: Design thinking can be used to generate ideas for new products and services, and prototype and test them to ensure that they meet the user’s needs and are feasible to implement. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers.

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The UX Professionals’ Guide to Working with Agile Scrum Teams

Boxes and Arrows

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. In 2009, I moved on to Salesforce.com, where Agile methods (including Scrum) were implemented across their entire research and development organization.

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The Quality Chronicles

CorporateIntel

Information compounds on our desktops, the team with analysis paralysis most often loses to the nimble risk takers—but all this means is that in product development , the role of Quality Assurance (QA) has never been more critical. If top management does not buy this, Quality is doomed.