Gaining a customer base is certainly not easy – especially in the very beginning. Even more so, a company can't achieve lasting success or building successful partnerships, if customer needs are not pivotal. If that's not the case, it may turn out that the once happy customers are now dissatisfied - and one by one they would start looking for the services of competitors.
Tag: agile
In the same way that the chicken comes before the egg (come on, you know I’m right), an estimation comes before every software development project. In fact, much depends on the estimation and in many cases, it’s a deciding factor whether there’s going to be a project at all. I hope you understand where I’m ...
Yes, we have been following Scrum for some time now. And yes, it’s a viral term that many have come to dislike due to the tremendous hype. Although it has been proven to be successful for many organisations, it’s only a means to an end and definitely not a universal truth for everyone. In fact, ...
Among the many other perks of the agile methodology comes the idea of pair programming. I’m using “perks” in this case in the most positive way possible — after all, our team at Code Runners has been following the agile way for some time now. The Definition The idea behind pair programming is, simply put, that two developers ...
The process known as “market validation” is among the most challenging ones to execute – from a time-resource-impact perspective, but also psychologically. While time and resources vs impact are often discussed, the psychological strain is often neglected. For inexperienced product leads failure is difficult to swallow mainly because of the trust they put in their own ...
Selecting a development methodology is not as simple a task as stating “Agile it is!”, no matter how hard consultants try to preach the opposite. For years, software development was considered a “no go” zone for the likes of business managers, owners, even general public. This hesitation was mainly caused by the communication gaps while ...