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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. The Six Hidden Costs of Software Development Resource waste is a pervasive issue that can significantly hinder productivity, efficiency, and the achievement of business goals.

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What is design thinking and how can it help you innovate?

hackerearth

According to Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of Software AG, “Digital Darwinism is unkind to those who wait.”. Today, the business world recognizes that continuous innovation and design thinking are the keys to long-term sustainability and success. Design Thinking is NOT a New Concept. What is Design Thinking? Source: Forbes.

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Software that Writes Itself? Low Code / No Code Applications have Arrived

Daniel Burrus

Low code and no code application development refers to the use of visual tools to create software applications without the need for traditional programming languages to write code long-hand. In the past, the only way for businesses to obtain new applications was to hire professional coders internally or externally.

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Do You Know Your Users?

Boxes and Arrows

False consensus bias contributes to making bad decisions when we design software. Alan Cooper noted this type of bias while wondering why otherwise smart, talented people often created such crappy software. The development, design, and product management team need to feel like the personas are real people.

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Getting a Form's Structure Right: Designing Usable Online Email Applications

Boxes and Arrows

Yes, this is for all of you out there—my fellow usability practitioners, information architects, designers, managers, project leads, editors, and people who are looking to develop their UX practice. But do we, as designers and usability practitioners, always help them do it? I say, “No.”

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UI Pattern Documentation Review

Boxes and Arrows

Introduction User interface (UI) patterns have the potential to make software development more efficient. I refer to collection of patterns as a library. In many cases, less proprietary patterns are more useful in solving a design problem as they can be implemented more uniformly across platforms.

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Using Wikis to Document UI Specifications

Boxes and Arrows

Introduction The role of the interaction designer is to specify the interface’s behaviors and elements, so that engineers know what to build and how the product should operate. However, designers should be aware of a wiki’s benefits and drawbacks for documentation, since UI specs uniquely reflect a project and its context.