by ScioITAdmin | Sep 3, 2019 | Customer Experience, Mobile, Nearshore, Product Development, Project Management, Successful Outsourcing
There was a day, not so long ago, when one or two IT professionals could take care of most needs for many, if not most, small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Today, businesses outside the technology industry find themselves spending from 1 to 10% or more of their...
by ScioITAdmin | Aug 20, 2019 | Agile Methodology, Customer Experience, Nearshore, Outsourced Engineering Team, Product Development, Project Management, Successful Outsourcing
Many organizations today are “software-driven” and more are going that way every day. What does that mean? Applications provide access to core operational functions Customer services, communication, and interaction are primarily application-based....
by ScioITAdmin | Aug 13, 2019 | Agile Methodology, Customer Experience, Nearshore, Product Development, Project Management, Successful Outsourcing, Technologies
As we look at the subject of “personnel development” in outsourcing – we first have to attack a basic question: What is the value of personnel development in technical companies? Afterall, if we’re not on board with the idea in the first place...
by ScioITAdmin | Aug 6, 2019 | Agile Methodology, Customer Experience, Nearshore, Product Development, Project Management, Successful Outsourcing
Lean Product Development (or Design), LPD, is gradually becoming a standard methodology in software development in much the same way that agile, scrum and lean have become industry standards. But, as is the case with other “standards” – many people...
by ScioITAdmin | Jul 30, 2019 | Agile Methodology, Customer Experience, DevOps, Nearshore, Product Development, Project Management, Successful Outsourcing
Rotating team members on agile software development teams is a controversial subject. Some leaders in the agile community are strongly opposed to the idea and won’t consider it at any level. Others are open to the subject, but frankly too concerned about the...
by ScioITAdmin | Jul 23, 2019 | Agile Methodology, Customer Experience, Nearshore, Product Development, Project Management, Successful Outsourcing
Work is always measured in some way. If you are doing repetitive work, the tendency is to measure the number of repetitions, like the pounds of fruit picked by a field worker in an hour or a day. If you are doing knowledge work, the tendency is to simply measure hours...
