Tuning into the Bigger Picture
The great Earl Nightingale once stated that people with goals succeed because they know where they are going. All too often, however, while our short-term goals are more than apparent, tugging and pulling at us…
On Building Successful Agile Teams
Although it may be common knowledge that behind every great product is a well-oiled machine of talented people, what is not immediately understood is how to successfully put together a winning team. Of course, anyone…
The Fallacy of #NoEstimates
Like most controversies these days, it seems, it all began with a simple tweet. An avid programmer by the name of Woody Zuill decided to publish his views on estimation, and just as he had…
Avoiding Sticking-Plaster Solutions
An unnamed engineering professor at Yale once stated that if he had just one hour to solve a problem, he would first spend up to forty minutes trying to define what the actual problem is.…
Staying on Course Through Continuous Feedback
What if on a casual sunny afternoon trip down the M25, the driver in a vehicle in front of you suddenly decided to hold his steering wheel tightly in place and ignore everything his eyes…
A Partnership Tailored to You
While the quest to secure investments is a scene all too familiar to startup founders everywhere, every year, millions of people tune into BBC's Dragons' Den to catch but a glimpse of the oft-uncertain and…
When Game Development Meets External Vendors: Game Over?
The global gaming business is at an all-time high. This year, the industry is expected to generate over $150 billion (£116.5bn) in revenue. To anyone truly paying attention, however, this should come as no surprise.…
Why a Product-Based Mindset Works Best
Imagine that you are in South America celebrating your wedding anniversary. Because pottery is a great local tradition and you want your spouse to receive the best possible gift, you have asked two of the…
The Power of the System Metaphor
"Life is like a box of chocolates. "You never know what you're going to get." Forrest Gump In one short and sweet statement, the character played by Tom Hanks was able to sum up life's…
A Common CMS Is Taking Bespoke Software to New Heights
While the advent of cloud computing has served to greatly raise the bar of convenience and portability, as luck would have it, developers of Software as a Service (SaaS) systems tend to fall into one…