Tag: best practices

  • Do You Have Resources To Support The Solution

    Do You Have Resources To Support The Solution

    Our question checklist focuses on getting our problem solved and crafting that solution. However, we also need to support the solution. We want to avoid many pitfalls; the most difficult one to recover from is a lack of foresight. This challenge comes from keeping our focus on the initial solution…

  • Know Your Customers – Who Will Use The Solution

    Know Your Customers – Who Will Use The Solution

    One of the most common oversights in a failed product is a failure to know your customers. That may seem an obvious requirement. However, they tend to be misunderstood. We often build a solution without spending time understanding how the users will see it and their needs. It is not…

  • How Soon Do You Need It? – Quick Solutions

    How Soon Do You Need It? – Quick Solutions

    Monetary cost is a crucial ingredient to any project plan. However, time is also essential. Quick solutions almost always cost more and have lower quality due to constraints on building them. The three-legged stool is time-money-resources, and that last one pulls less weight. There is often a limit to the…