Having a developer in house is convenient for project management reasons, however it’s not always financially viable for a marketing department or agency. On top of financial viability, not one developer has the capability to handle the breadth of development needs your team may have. Outsourcing web development has become a common activity for smart agencies and can often help a team to uplevel their service capabilities.
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Don't Make Me Think is a book by Steve Krug about human-computer interaction and web usability. The book's premise is that a good software program or web site should let users accomplish their intended tasks as easily and directly as possible.
Project managers are hands-on, directly involved in execution, and responsible for the success of a project. Project management consultants offer advice or support. They are more involved in the change and transformation aspect of a project.
Outsourced product development (OPD) is a practice in which an organization hires a third-party provider for the development of products and services in a variety of fields (such as IT, business, communication and HR), and even idea generation.
The “u” in “u-Japan” represents the “u” in not only “ubiquitous,” but also in “universal,”“ user oriented,” and “unique.”
Automating your office workflows can make a real impact on productivity and morale within your organization and ultimately on your company’s bottom line. This procedure requires in-depth examination of your current business processes and expert evaluation of the areas in which you can increase efficiency by integrating automated workflows into your business.
The tortoise's quest of success and the hare's singular focus on winning are metaphors for the necessity of continuous business improvement for long-term success.
Scrum is a popular Agile methodology that has been widely adopted by software development teams to manage their projects. However, despite its widespread use, it has been observed that Scrum can often fail in large companies.
Noriaki Kano developed the Kano analysis model in the late 1980s to identify and contrast essential customer requirements from incremental requirements. One of his goals was to initiate critical thinking about the nature of requirements. His characterization approach can be used to drive prioritization of software requirements.
When starting a new project, part of the decision making process is deciding which components to design in-house, and which are best left to external vendors. Sometimes the dividing line can be as simple as outsourcing the hardware platform, and doing all software development internally, but the choice is often far more complex.
A Japanese word that roughly translates to best practice sharing across an organization
Takt time and cycle time were very important metrics in Kanban and other, older lean frameworks. In this article, we’ll investigate what these metrics mean in an agile framework, whether they are still relevant, and how they can help you identify and solve critical issues in your development lifecycle.
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