We know that supporting your Ivanti environment isn’t just about ticking boxes. It’s about keeping your business running smoothly – day in and day out. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of our fully managed Ivanti Service Desk. Why a Managed Service Desk? IT teams already juggle enough: incidents, changes, upgrades, licensing, health checks […]
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Looking across the different cultures of software houses, I’d say there are roughly three camps: 1. The Hack-Attack The fast food merchants of code production, these guys look to get it out ASAP. Do the least possible work to get the sign-off from the customer, to get a product installed that does what it’s meant
“Previously on <TV show name>…”, we discussed how a business can slide into the blame game, where the need for accountability can cause staff to avoid ownership, and where every failing can result in additional processes that produce more cost than benefit. We’re preaching the virtues of trust, but as many a broken marriage will
When it comes to inventing new tech ideas, it’s so tempting to target the consumer market. You’re living out your daily life and out of that context you think: what about this new cool app that could do this and that … consumers would love it. Right? The problem with retail apps is that they’re
I’d like to take a closer look at the use of CodeMaps in Visual Studio to debug and to document our solution. The following link to Architecture and Modeling has some very cool videos detailing how to use Code Maps to find the root cause of a bug. Further to debugging Code Maps can be used to
What is Software Licensing? Software licenses typically provide users with the right to one or more copies of the software without violating copyrights. The license also defines the responsibilities of the parties entering into the license agreement and may impose restrictions on how the software can be used. Software licensing terms and conditions usually include the usages of the
The MVP plays a key result in the final outcome. The MVP can turn a loss into a win. Keeping it simple, on target, doing the right stuff at the right time. That of course is the Minimum Viable Product. Or MVP as we shall refer to it henceforth. MVP is the antithesis of “scope
It starts out innocently, a few documents, a few signatures. Before you know it, the product pipeline is enveloped in processes, chains of paperwork, chasing phantom senior figures for signatures to approve features they know nothing about. In government, it’s known as bureaucracy. In IT, it’s a breakdown of trust, leading to the blame game
User Experience, more commonly known as UX, in the world of software is essentially the experience the user has while using the system or service you are offering to them. What a lot of people don’t realise is that UX reaches beyond the direct interaction with the system; to the physical realm from the hardware
Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility and maintainability. All the things needed to keep a project going over a long time without accumulating up a large amount of technical debt. Writing clean code from the start in a project is an investment in keeping the
