Business Practices How to Generate Immediate Consulting Demand Turning inward — to our current portfolio, past clients, and active sales pipeline — we often can generate immediate consulting demand.
Project & Team Management From Understanding to Synthesis: A Consulting Blueprint Over 15 years as a software developer and consultant, I've developed an approach I call Dialectical Consulting.
The Software Life A Truly Strategic Partnership: Why Some Startups Work with Atomic Working with a custom software consultancy can benefit startups significantly, even if the cost might be higher.
The Software Life What is a Software Consultant and Developer Anyway? At Atomic the software consultant & developers are product innovators, tool sharpeners, process geeks and, of course, skilled developers.
Growing as Makers Build Your Consulting Skills as a Junior Developer For the past few months, I've gone on a journey to build my consulting skills. Here is what I've discovered along the way.
Growing as Makers Want to Level Up as a Consultant? Learn from Others My favorite part of watching other people doing consulting work is seeing what makes their style special. Observing this showed me a path to level up.
The Software Life 3 Reasons to Work at a Software Consultancy as a Software Engineer A software consultancy is a company that creates software for other companies. Let me give you three reasons to work at a software consultancy.
Project & Team Management Project Consulting Orientations: Navigating Change and Uncertainty Project Consulting Orientation refers to how the team positions itself with respect to navigating the change and uncertainty inherent in the project.
Project & Team Management The Consultant’s Craft: Becoming More Than a Programmer We must contribute more than code. We must become programming consultants, helping our stakeholders make smart decisions that deliver maximum value.
Business Practices Quitting Your Software Consulting Job? Tips for Leaving Call it the Great Resignation or the Big Quit — the U.S. is in the midst of a shift in the workforce. Here are four tips for making a smooth transition.
Effective communication 3 Ways to Build Goodwill With Your Software Client It’s important for your software team to build goodwill when you’re facing tough conversations around scope, budget, or rotating team members.
Growing as Makers 5 Podcasts That Help Make Me a Better Software Consultant I love podcasts. Here are some favorites that help me provide great consulting to our clients in the pre-project consulting phase.