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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Product Management

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. These are classic inflection points for a development team.

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A Tale of Two Roadmaps?—?And Why You Can’t Succeed With Only One

The Product Coalition

The first was a precise set of tasks, milestones, and deliverables for the diligent civil servants tasked with building — the engineers, designers, and product managers. In the product team’s, err, I mean civil servants’ headquarters, the roadmap was a living document, evolving like a dynamic organism. Enter the product team roadmap.

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Hiring a UX designer won’t magically solve your product problems & other UX misconceptions debunked

Modus Create

Common misconceptions with UX and product development UX is a powerful and valuable tool, but misconceptions abound about what UX can do and how long it can take to reap the benefits. Engineering teams likely have a history of delivering features and delivering them very fast. Many designers started as developers.

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Modus Security: What’s Your Threat Surface?

Modus Create

The news is filled with tales of hackers breaking into financial institutions, DDoS attacks on credit card companies, and data breaches due to poor software configuration. Phase 1: Due Diligence and Discovery. Due diligence comes first but has its origins in other engagements Modus has conducted over the years.

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Setting a UX Budget? Answer These 6 Questions First.

UX Planet

So, how do you ensure that UX gets its due in terms of investment? It encompasses the quality and consistency of research and design processes, resources, tools, and operations, as well as the organization’s propensity to support and strengthen UX now and in the future, through its leadership, workforce, and culture.

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Top 5 Observational Research Best Practices

BrainMates

When building a metadata platform, designed to power a new media business, a series of customer interviews with the content producers were conducted to understand the workflow and develop a solution more effective than the existing patchwork of tools. Observational research is a great tool within mixed methods. But it does.

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Building an Efficient Release Management Process

Split

By optimizing release management flows, teams can facilitate on-demand deployments that enhance business agility without compromising stability. Understanding precisely how to improve release management is key for more efficient software development. Effective release management is pivotal for agile software development.