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3 Developer Productivity Blockers Solved by Toolchain Integration

Planview

As software development initiatives increase in scope and complexity, teams are facing persistent bottlenecks that can seriously hinder productivity and slow down delivery cycles. The consequences of poor productivity reverberate across the entire software development lifecycle.

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Why is developing digital products one of the solutions to overcome the crisis?

mjvinnovation

What makes us believe that developing digital products is not only a solution to overcome the crisis, but also to generate business value after it too. Who would have thought it would be possible to get a credit card without any contact with human service, not even sending the documentation? Bonus 2: Agile Software Development.

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Agile vs Waterfall: what are the differences?

mjvinnovation

Traditionally, the Waterfall model is a linear approach that has a sequence of events somewhat like this: To Gather and document requirements; To draw; Code and unit test; To Perform the system test; To Perform the user acceptance test; To Correct any problem; To Deliver the finished product. There are good and bad things about this approach.

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

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The role of design thinking in fixed price contracts

Dawid

We often rely on these people to translate how the business works into a format that can be understood by a development team. Even if there is existing documentation and process maps, they are often outdated and there is informal processes that are locked up in years of experience and routine. This is often done poorly.

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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. Have you ever heard anyone on your team say, “what if the customer wanted [some feature]?” What are personas?

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The role of design thinking in fixed price contracts

Dawid

We often rely on these people to translate how the business works into a format that can be understood by a development team. Even if there is existing documentation and process maps, they are often outdated and there is informal processes that are locked up in years of experience and routine. This is often done poorly.