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Actionable strategy on how to compare frameworks, solutions, libraries and other components for your software development project. Success of a software project depends on a wide range of factors. Good understanding of the client’s business and needs allows to set the right project goals. Profound business analysis is an essential part at every step of [...]

Work out a win-win strategy for negotiating IT contracts with your tech partners and vendors. In my experience, IT contract negotiation can be considered successful only if both parties – a client and a vendor – are confident with the results and believe they’ve reached a win-win agreement. On the contrary, when at least one of [...]

In this post, you will learn about technical analysis in software engineering and the role of a tech lead/technical expert and solution architect in the software development process. You already know about the importance of Business Analysis (BA) in software development. It’s hard to overestimate the role of a business analyst who helps formulate and [...]

How to Benefit with Discovery Phase in Software Development Roughly one in three software development projects substantially exceeds its budget, misses its deadline or fails completely. The reasons for failure vary from unrealistic expectations and cost estimates to poor planning and requirements management. There is, however, one industry-standard method that helps prevent failure, foresee possible [...]

In this post, we'll talk about the role of business analysts in software development and the key business analysis tools and techniques in the agile environment that allow to speed up an IT project start. The role of BA in software development BA role in software development is hard to overestimate. IT business analyst performs [...]

How to Reduce Mobile App Development Costs If only there was a formula to reduce mobile app development costs without affecting the quality of the final product. The bad news is that there’s no universal solution. Every single application is unique, hence, no golden rule to cut the cost of mobile app development. There are, [...]

Understanding client needs First step to successful technology partnership Why understanding the client’s business is important Customer and client understanding is important for every B2C and B2B company regardless of its domain. For a digital technology company, understanding the client’s needs and business specifics is essential. Every delivered system or service, whether you work on [...]

Managing changing project requirements How to manage changing requirements on different software development projects. Changing project requirements is a norm in software development. Today, businesses are trying to keep up with the high dynamics in the markets, technology and trends and expect the same attitude from technology vendors and partners. To keep the product up-to-date, [...]

Continuous integration and continuous delivery Choosing between continuous integration and continuous delivery Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) are a set of practices to implement and deliver code changes fast and reliably over the course of application development. These techniques are considered to be the best principles for the teams to drive efficiency into [...]

Managing product requirements Product requirements management is an essential part of the software development process. It has a direct impact on the success of the project. Smart requirements management ensures the project reaches its targets and all the necessary requirements end up in the final product release. On the contrary, inefficient or lack of management [...]