What stages does a mobile app idea go through before it is published on the App Store and Google Play? What happens at each stage, what is expected of you and where is time most often lost?
Off-the-shelf software gets you started quickly; custom software fits your business. Five concrete criteria to help you determine which one is right for you.
Comparing proposals on price alone is misleading. Ten questions you need to clarify before signing a contract with a software company, and what to look out for in each.
An MVP is not a half-finished product; it is a way of testing an assumption with the least effort. How do you decide what goes into the first version and what does not?
Off-the-shelf CRM packages get you started quickly; a custom CRM fits your processes. An honest comparison of the two approaches in terms of cost structure, integration, data ownership and maintenance.
The same need can be met by a web application that runs in the browser or by a mobile app downloaded from the store. The strengths and weaknesses of the three approaches, and the criteria for choosing.
How do systems talk to one another? The real-time request, webhook, batch transfer and message queue approaches, and the matters that need to be thought through from the start for a reliable integration.
In a SaaS product, how is each customer's data separated from the others'? A comparison of the shared schema, separate schema and separate database approaches in terms of isolation, cost and operations.
In ERP projects, the real difficulty most often lies not in the software but in scope, data and habits. The phased rollout approach that reduces risk, and a step-by-step roadmap.