Category Archives: Project Delivery
Balancing Business Continuity and New Functionalities: A Guide for Software Engineers
As a software engineer, you understand the importance of ensuring the smooth operation of the business even as you add new features. The challenge is to strike the right balance between maintaining system reliability and meeting evolving business needs. On the one hand, you have to make sure that the system that is currently in…
Mastering the Art of Product Management: A Colourful Exploration of Success
Product managers (PMs) are the ones who stand at the helm of the ever-changing world of product development and lead their products towards victorious outcomes. An essential quality for project managers is the ability to effectively negotiate difficult circumstances, which are filled with obstacles, possibilities, and possible pitfalls. In today’s edition, we will explore the…
The Fine Art of IT– Striving for Perfection in Technical Excellence and Business Requirements
The burden is on businesses to come up with cutting-edge information technology solutions of the highest possible quality that not only meet the needs of their clients’ requirements, but also help them advance their organisations’ strategic objectives. However, it can be difficult to achieve a balance between technical excellence and the requirements of the business….
Broken Glass Theory – Understanding the consequences of technical debt in software engineering
As software engineers, we often find ourselves racing against tight deadlines and competing priorities. In the face of these challenges, it can be tempting to cut corners or make compromises to get the job done. However, these shortcuts and trade-offs can have serious consequences in the long run, leading to what is known as technical…
Why do IT projects fail?
IT projects can fail for many reasons. One of the most common causes is underestimating how long the project will take to complete and not staying on top of deadlines. This could happen because a deadline was set too soon or due to unexpected delays such as technical issues, changes in scope, team members leaving before work is completed, lack of resources, etc. Other factors that contribute are unrealistic expectations from stakeholders about what can be done within a given timeframe and developers getting stuck on one issue while other tasks pile up behind them.