Chances are your web redesign is not an in-house project. Too many variables go into a redesign for you to be sure it gets done just right. So to get the best possible result, you outsource the redesign to a web development company. But how can you be sure that you picked the right company for the project? By asking them these 7 questions before th...

Taking a peek at the latest mobile app ideas in the tech world can be energizing -- the ideas that make you wish you had thought of that. It can be an effective pep talk. Why? Because we live in exciting times. In 2009, when Stanford University released online a free course on mobile app development, they saw one million downloads in seven weeks, a...

Whether you're developing a website or an app, you always start with a concept. What should the website be about? What is its major goal? What problems does it solve for your audience? But after considering these major theoretical questions, it's time for the actual development - and that's where approaches start to differ. It's a battle of waterfa...

Sustainable success in the current business climate requires the agility to respond rapidly to customers’ needs and concerns with ingenuity and innovation. The old approach—engineers talking only to engineers, the production line talking only to those on the line, the head of QA talking only to the QA team, and the IT people sitting in cubicles—may...

How to write User Stories for use in Agile Development The era of shareholder capitalism is over. Market power has shifted to the customers, and consumers are now in charge. If businesses want to make money and survive, they can no longer shove products and services down the throats of buyers. In fact, they need to do more than simply satisfy their...