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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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Navigating Technical Debt in the Automotive Industry

Planview

According to McKinsey , this “tax” on development comprises about 40 percent of IT balance sheets, stemming from the intense pressure to enter the market and gather feedback swiftly. Financially, it imposes a burdensome surcharge of 10 to 20 percent, as revealed in the McKinsey mentioned earlier, compounding project expenses.

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How to Improve Team Communication

The Human Factor

When you are in control of a team of employees, you need to make sure that you are always working together to the best of your abilities. Communication is one of the most important parts of team co-operation. Think that your team is not communicating adequately at the moment? Here are some of the ways you can work to improve it.

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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. is the guiding question, and we develop solutions based upon our understanding of the answer. becomes the salient question, and discovering the likely answers determines the responses that will be developed. Core Elements of Waterfall.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking

InnovationTraining.org

Then, we used another AI tool to answer the questions. How can design thinking help with product development? This helps to ensure that the team is working on solving the right problem. Prototype: In this step, the team creates a rough model of the solution to test and evaluate. What are the principles of design thinking?

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

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IA Summit 09 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

– Karl Fast Do we have the conceptual tools necessary for designing with next-generation technologies? Karl Fast , professor in the Information Architecture & Knowledge Management program at Kent State University, argues that our conceptual tools for interaction design are more limited, and limiting, than we currently believe.