Whether you have an idea for a great new product, outdated software you’re itching to replace, several types of inherited software you want to streamline, or software you love that would be even better with a few enhancements, a custom software consulting company can...
Custom Software is Right for You – Now What? After months of evaluating your options, you’ve decided that a custom software build is right for you. Way to go! Now the real question is – what comes next? Once you’ve committed to a product built specifically for your...
For average consumers, most financial service companies appear to be the same. Whether it’s insurance, banks, or financial advisors, in the consumer’s eyes their differences are negligible. As a financial service company, the problem isn’t understanding your...
Management consultants have a unique set of skills most professionals envy. Often working closely with C-Suite level executives, consulting firms carry the heavy responsibility of helping entire corporations improve their overall performance across a variety of...
Innovations in technology have completely transformed the way consumers make purchases, and for retailers, all roads lead to digital. The current desire for convenience and speed consistently directs consumers to digital channels, making it crucial for retailers to...
Management consulting firms work across a wide variety of industries and are always looking for ways to offer new services and increase business. In order to serve today’s technology savvy customers and employees, it is more important than ever for companies to adapt...
The retail industry has undergone dramatic changes that have tested many businesses’ resilience and flexibility. Retailers who refuse to stay on top of the latest technology trends will inevitably notice major declines in both revenue and customer experience....
You’ve finally made it! What started out as an idea grew into something real because of all your hard work. Now you’ve got your new business up and running and are looking forward to a future of new challenges and exciting wins. Custom software for your startup and...
“Agile” and “Waterfall” both refer to software development methodologies used when creating new and updating existing software. The Waterfall methodology refers largely to what it sounds like, a waterfall: The software development life cycle cascades linearly from one...
We know how important it is to start a custom software project with confidence, so we offer upfront consulting at no cost to you. Whether you have an idea for a new product, need to update outdated software, or just require help to push your internal team over a...
If you feel that dragging a passenger off a plane is an acceptable solution to getting airline personnel onto an overbooked flight, stop reading now. If HOW your product strategy objectives are met is important to you, carry on. The US airline incident this past...
If software product adoption is the house, users are the key. After a product launch, organizations are often surprised when a new product doesn’t deliver the expected results. While in some cases, adoption may remain high when software product success is lower than...
In the product strategy phase, objectives of participants in the conference room and at a remote location may be the same, but the experience is different. Effectively managing product strategy facilitation means adapting your strategy for a remote audience. First,...
The terms User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) are commonly used in not only dialogue surrounding technology, but business in general. We’ve found that while UX and UI are familiar terms to the business community at large, a fair amount of confusion about them...
Last week, we explored how “fuzzy words” can either help or hurt the path to inventing, building and launching a product. The first post of the two-part series argues that fuzzy words – or ambiguous terms – helps the development process, particularly...
In the software development cycle, words matter. When we invent new products, we give them names, define their features and describe who the product is for and its purpose in life – that’s the foundation, or “the why” of the product. When developing, we write stories...
Take a minute to think about the words you use to communicate with others. Have you ever struggled to come up with the ‘right’ word to convey your exact meaning? In business, we use shared language to communicate with our team to achieve common goals. The words we...
15 year old scotch can be fabulous. 15 year old software can be risky. What will you do when the software product that runs your business, helps close sales, and brings in revenue becomes obsolete? What is Obsolete Software? Obsolete software means the product...
In software, the catalog is the center of the universe. Yet, during my nearly 40 years of experience, I’ve often wondered: Why do we approach building software differently than we approach building anything else? In software development, clients can articulate the end...
Joel Basgall, CEO and CoFounder of Geneca, recently posted this article to the Entrepreneur website. Do you see software as an essential way to provide more value with your products and services to keep your customers happy and loyal? You probably don’t. And that’s a...
