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Software Project Estimates are Not Budgets, and That Matters

Estimates and budgets are not the same. Treating an estimate as a budget for a software project can result in a whole host of problems.

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Use Legacy Lines of Code to Estimate Software Rewrites

You can use legacy lines of code as a proxy to estimate the complexity and scale of software rewrite projects.

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Consider This Before Replacing Your Visual FoxPro App

Here's what makes a Visual FoxPro app project challenging and what to look for in a technology partner when taking on a modernization project.

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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.

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Great Software Requires Both Managing Risk and Exploiting Opportunities

Great software development projects require building a skill at identifying and exploiting opportunities while also managing risks.

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4 Resources for Learning About Product Thinking

If you're consdering a switch to product-focused development from of a project-focused approach, here are several helpful online resources.

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Do You See Your Custom Software as a Product or Just a Project?

You can take a product-based or a project-based attitude toward custom software. They're both a good fit for different kinds of situations.

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A Introduction to Mobile App Testing for New Products

Android vs. iOS considerations, four groups who should test your new mobile app before launch, plus a list of situations to put it through during testing.

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Sunsetting a Product? First Use HCD to Understand Who Uses It

Stakeholder mapping helps you identify and analyze all the people who interact with a product. It will lead to better decision making and communication.

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A Strategy for Release Planning

Dumping new software on your employees breeds resentment, poor adoption rates, and even an increase in the effort it takes to get the same work done.

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Don’t Pay Consultants to be ‘Yes-People’

A consultant's job is to get your idea to the next level. They can't do that without a little pessimism and a lot of hard questions.

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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.

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