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Making the case for IVP: Initial viable product

TechCrunch

Explaining that it’s just your minimum viable product (MVP) and it’s not ready yet is sometimes fine, but I’ve seen many times where that’s the dealbreaker in itself. My concept of the initial viable product (IVP) isn’t just a hyperiterated MVP. It’s the first truly viable product you choose to launch.

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Massdriver wants to abstract away infrastructure to let devs focus on coding

TechCrunch

Modern DevOps turned back the clock on agile software development. “[It’s] not agile, it’s ‘waterfall.’ ’ Modern DevOps is waterfall in agile clothing.” “[It’s] not agile, it’s ‘waterfall.’ ’ Modern DevOps is waterfall in agile clothing.”

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Agile + Human-Centered Design: Better by Design

Mentormate

In the two decades since its introduction, the Agile methodology and its core idea of minimum viable product have risen to prominence in software development. These are compatible approaches that can yield products with better traction, higher value, and greater long-term results than Agile alone.

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9 Tips to Reduce Your Software Development Costs

KitelyTech

Developing new software for your company is essential when you want to expand your company toward its full potential. However, every company has one overriding concern about software development: software project costs. Here are nine tips to reduce your software development costs. Use an Agile Development Strategy.

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Software Outsourcing: Why CEOs Love It

Gorilla Logic

Should you build software in-house or outsource it? Not surprisingly, the skill sets companies need to drive significant enterprise software builds, such as big data and analytics, cybersecurity, and AI/ML, are among the most competitive. Software outsourcing: the CEO’s best (not so) new business strategy. Let’s talk.

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Agile Outsourcing Success Part 2: 5 Steps for Evaluating Agile Software Partners

Gorilla Logic

In Part One of Gorilla Logic’s blog series on Agile software development, we provided recommendations for how you can realize stellar results when leveraging an Agile outsourcing model. In Part 2 of this series, we share five steps for evaluating Agile software partners that set you up for success. .

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Roadblocks when implementing Agile processes in a traditional organization

Praxent

Roadblocks when implementing Agile processes in a traditional organization. Many companies struggle to successfully implement Agile into their more traditional company culture and structure. Today I’m going to be talking about how you can introduce Agile processes into your traditional culture. Team Structure.

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