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Project & Team Management • Aug 06, 2014

3 Steps to Better Project Scope Management

No project plan goes unchanged, and that's okay. So here are 3 ways to better manage your agile project scope when the inevitable happens.

Planning Your Project • Apr 27, 2011

Fixed-Budget, Fixed-Scope, High-Quality Custom Software

Atomic does not engage in fixed bid, fixed scope custom software projects because we are not in the business of selling insurance.

Business Practices • Apr 03, 2023

The Value of Transparency When Buying Custom Software

One of Atomic's key values is “Act Transparently.” It’s counterintuitive to most working in sales, but it's critical to a successful outcome.

Project & Team Management • Feb 07, 2023

On Your Way Out of a Project? Capture What You Know in a Screencast

A screencast is a great way to capture knowledge that can be consulted at any time. Here are a few tips for making a good one, efficiently.

Business Practices • Oct 22, 2022

What’s the Financial Impact of a 4-Day, 32-Hour Work Week?

There’s been a lot of buzz recently around the idea of a four-day, 32-hour work week. I’m curious to see how this concept plays out in reality.

Project & Team Management • Sep 09, 2022

Rethinking Agile, Part 4: Start Estimating Value

I propose that we stop measuring throughput or velocity. Instead, companies should empower software teams to make value estimates on individual work items.

Choosing Your Team • Jun 17, 2022

Selecting a Software Partner – What to Do When the Estimates Differ

You are down to the final two choices for a software partner, and you have vastly different project cost estimations. What’s your next move?

Planning Your Project • Dec 11, 2021

The Most Successful Software Teams Have Empowered Product Owners

There are plenty of reasons products fail. Don’t let yours be that you didn’t empower your product owner to do everything they could to deliver success.

Growing as Makers • Oct 05, 2021

3 Vital Tips for Students for a Successful Virtual Career Fair

Virtual career fairs are valuable for both students and employers. But these virtual events have distinct differences from traditional career fairs.

Planning Your Project • Nov 15, 2019

Management Levers: An Engaging Engagement Model

There are three simple management levers - scope, cost/time, and quality. You can fix two of the levers, but the third lever can only be managed.

Planning Your Project • May 17, 2019

Why Milestone-Based Payments Are Never a Good Idea for Custom Software

On every custom software project, something will go wrong. That makes milestone-based payments a horrible idea—they cause stress, and somebody always loses.

Choosing Your Team • Mar 05, 2019

Atomic 101: Our Sales Process – Setting Each Project Up for Success

During our sales conversations, we'll help you create an engagement model to compare different plans/schedules — finding the best use of your budget.