Part Five in the Series: Software Development Guide for Business Leaders Project Timing Factors Business Strategy. Regulatory Requirement. Operational Requirements. Pre-existing System and Hardware Constraints. Business Deadlines. Regulatory Deadlines. Resource…

Part Eight in the Series: Software Development Guide for Business Leaders Methods for Breaking Your Project Into Parts Use the MoSCow Method to develop a Minimum Viable Product. Conduct a…

Part Six in the Series: Software Development Guide for Business Leaders Software Requirements Checklist Insist on a project communications plan. Have weekly “traction meetings”. Identify issues, and solve them with…

Part Nine in the Series: Software Development Guide for Business Leaders Estimating / Budgeting Checklist Develop a top-down estimate for strategic decision making. Factor in planning, development, implementation and future…

Hiring a Development Company Hiring a development company is a lot like hiring an employee. You have multiple “applicants” to fill a role and there are the same risks and…

The year of 2017 is already half over. But, that doesn’t mean we can’t make cliché lists of things related to the ending two digits of the aforementioned half-over year.…

Let's Start with a Story Here is something that comes up occasionally. I semi-recently purchased a new car and I wanted to share a little bit of a story. Because…

Why the Rebuild Route Makes Sense Typically, in the short term, the rebuild will cost more, but over time, will cost less, provide better ROI and create potentially happier and…

Part Seven in the Series: Software Development Guide for Business Leaders Your Testing Plan Develop a testing strategy. Assign a testing engineer. Rotate developers in the role of product demonstrations…

Part Four in the Series: Software Development Guide for Business Leaders Incremental Build Checklist Are the scope and requirements clear and are they documented? Break the project into deliverable chunks.…