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How Do I Find An IT Solution?
This post starts a series to walk one through the questions we must answer in finding solutions for business problems. We will focus on IT solutions because so many challenges are best solved through automation. That is where software applications shine. However, there will be situations where your best solution…
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Using Milestones For Project Communication and Success
One of the important parts of tracking project progress is defining milestones. These are points during the project where the required tasks and the goals for time meet. It only makes sense that the definition of milestones and how they are treated are an important part of project success. Defining…
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The Importance of Communicating Status and Plans
One of the best ways to control project success is to meet or exceed expectations. One of the best ways to understand and impact expectations is through regular status and review. Therefore, status reporting habits are an excellent way to improve the chances of success for your project. A Failure…
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Contractors or Employees? Options for Growing Your Team
In building a team one of the first questions that need to be answered is whether you will use contractors or employees. Although this decision may be dictated by circumstances, it is important to recognize the pros and cons of each. In the spirit of full disclosure, I have been…
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Finding A Balance in Choosing Your Technology Tools
One of the challenges we face when building a new product is the selection of the technology. Finding a balance between a homogeneous or mixed solution can be difficult. On the one hand, a single vendor is easier to work with. However, on the contrary, you want to avoid lock-in, and…
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Cost Of Business – Components of Commercial Software
One of the first items of discussion with a client that wants to build an application is cost. When they are new to the process, the cost is a complete mystery. The wide range of resources available does not help this. There are low-cost offshore providers all the way up…
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Key Attributes of A Good Team Lead
A good team lead is hard to find. Unfortunately, it is a struggle required when building a team of almost any size. The good news is that the traits that make a good lead are easy to spot. Once you find someone that possesses these make sure you keep them…
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Using a Clickable Demo
One of the challenges with any project is getting everyone on the same page. Over the years I have found that the best tool to help solve this problem is a clickable demo. The demo is so useful it is one of the first steps in a new project. Creating…
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Gathering and Defining Requirements
One of the first steps in any projects is gathering and defining requirements. These are needed to measure whether the features being built are useful. Requirements also give us a way to map progress and eventual success. Sometimes there are projects where we will have all the information we need…
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Native Mobile vs. Mobile-Friendly
Mobile devices are becoming more popular every day. Thus, it is more important to have a mobile strategy. If you are delivering a service or product via the Internet, then you need to decide whether to go the native approach deliver a mobile-friendly solution. What’s The Difference? The first thing…