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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 issues and mitigate risks [...]

Best Practices of Tech Team Augmentation Team augmentation is an efficient strategy to quickly ramp up a tech team or fill in a skill gap. If done right, it provides business with multiple benefits such as faster time-to-market, reduced cost and access to diverse talent and expertise from around the globe. It can also become [...]

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, be it IT consulting, [...]

How to compare software solutions, frameworks, libraries and other components Strategies to search for and compare different alternatives in software development 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 [...]

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 [...]

Technology analysis process The role of a tech lead or technical expert and solution architect in the software development process. We always talk 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 translate stakeholders’ requirements, align expectations, and as a [...]

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 [...]

IT Contract Negotiation 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 the parties is not quite comfortable with some terms but signs [...]

How to present a solution effectively Often, successful collaboration in software development depends on how you present a solution to a client. If you manage to effectively communicate your concept, you kill two birds with one stone. First of all, if you translate your solution to a client and he or she gets a good [...]

Business Analysis Techniques The role of business analyst in software development and the key business analysis techniques in the agile environment that allow to streamline an IT project start. The role of business analyst in software development is hard to overestimate. IT business analyst performs a wide range of functions. IT business analyst functions analyzes [...]