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SaaS: 10 Trends for 2010
It is that time of year again – when analysts and writers of all stripes put their bets on coming trends for the new year. There’s some interesting stuff in them – check the links. But, since our...
View ArticleLean into SaaS
At Scio, we’ve been working towards a goal of achieving a “standard” process and platform for developing SaaS products for a long time. Of course, when it comes to services, nothing is ever “done” – it...
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Lean Software Product Development in 4 Phases
When you develop products in a repeatable, production fashion, you have to step back occasionally and take the long view so you can properly discuss the process with clients. We’ve been involved in...
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SaaS: Get a Realistic Roadmap
I’ve seen a lot of different “roadmaps” for SaaS products lately. Some of them are good guides for specific questions. Some are simply misleading or poorly focused. But only a few of us are talking...
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The 5 Variables of Project Estimation
I’ve debated writing this article. Do people expect me to write about Project Management? Well… developing software products does mean you need to plan a project. You need to know and control your...
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E-Commerce in the Clouds
E-Commerce?? Old School? Hardly.Projected sales from just US e-commerce and online retail sales are projected to reach $226 billion this year – an 12% increase over 2011. In an otherwise stagnate...
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Outsourcing Software Product Development – Part 1
This part one of a series written for companies and leaders who have software products to bring to market and maintain. If you have software applications in a Software as a Service (SaaS) model –...
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Outsourcing Software Product Development – Part 2
This is part two of our series considering the challenges of outsourced product development and our fictional character, Don Steward, CEO of Steward Software. If you haven’t read part one yet, go back...
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Outsourcing Software Product Development – Part 3
This is part three of our series considering the challenges of outsourced product development. Our story is fictional, but the issues and situations our characters find themselves in come from...
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Outsourcing Software Product Development – Part 4
This is the final installment of our four part series on the challenges of outsourced software product development. If you have been following along, you know this is a fictional story based on...
View ArticleBeyond the Method: Agile as an Attitude
The adoption of the agile methodology in software development grew in relatively rapid fashion. I remember not so long ago a lot of people in the IT world had heard about agile, but not considered it...
View ArticleOutsourced Product Development – In the Cloud?
Outsourced Product Development (OPD) is the business practice of using outside providers to develop products and services at one or several stages of product development from ideation all the way...
View ArticleThe Right Partner for Outsourced Product Development
If you are thinking we’ve been discussing Outsourced Product Development (OPD) a lot recently, you would be quite correct. Why? The answers are simple: It is an important part of what we do at Scio....
View ArticleBest Practices for Distributed Agile – Part 1 of 5
Basically Agile (and Scrum!) The use of the agile methodology in combination with the scrum framework is a widely accepted industry standard for software development throughout the world. Together the...
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Technical Best Practices Building on the discussion of distributed agile-scrum teams in software development we started in the first post in this series, in this post we will discuss some of the...
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Organizational and Team Best Practices While it might seem that adapting the agile-scrum framework to distributed teams is all about the right tools (especially if you read marketing materials from...
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Organizational & Team Best Practices In the previous article in this series, we started exploring the general organizational and team best practices for agile-scrum projects. In this article, we’re...
View ArticleBest Practices for Distributed Agile – Part 5 of 5
Common Myths & Misconceptions for Distributed Agile Teams in Software Development Throughout this series, we have explored some of the best practices for agile-scrum teams, but in the light of...
View ArticleSuccessful Software Development Outsourcing – Impact on Agile
Successful Outsourcing - and the impact on Agile in software development - and ten ways you can address the issues!
View ArticleTotal Cost of Engagement (TCE) – Successful Outsourcing
What is TCE? Generally, when someone starts looking for resources to fill an outsourcing assignment – the first thing they do is start looking at “comparables.” In the case of a director of engineering...
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