Five Ways to Help Your Teams Meet Deadlines
While they may well be a leading cause of stress in the workplace, deadlines are something of a necessary evil, as without them — let the anarchists amongst us disagree — human productivity would all…
When to Build vs Buy Software. Does It Matter?
Apples and oranges, chalk and cheese. Comparing bespoke software to canned solutions is a lot harder than one would initially assume — and yet companies across the world face this challenge every day. The trouble lies in…
The Disadvantages of Offshore Outsourcing
If you've ever considered outsourcing software development to another country, you probably wondered how practical a move this would be. After all, it is not too difficult to conceive of a plethora of cases in…
So Your Application Has Finally Been Delivered. What Comes Next?
For first-time entrepreneurs, the logistics of adequately maintaining applications can often be surprising and even a little confusing. After all, when a train set is first taken out of its box, it simply works. Shouldn't…
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…
Paving the Way for Startup Success: Our Two-Week Method
If you like to keep up with tech news, you will have undoubtedly heard of the freshly pressed Juicero debacle. In a viral video, Bloomberg reporters demonstrated how the company's expensive juice packs could easily…
Programming Technologies: The True Cost of a Wrong Choice
Just as in the fashion industry, the development world is prone to occasionally give in to fleeting trends. New and exciting programming languages often take companies by storm, spawning in the whirlwind a flurry of…