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Outsourcing opens up your business to a whole host of risks, from possible delays to losing control over your dream project. The capability to avoid and mitigate these risks is what separates your future success from failure. As the CEO of a product development studio, I know this very well. In fact, one of my first clients at MindK suffered multiple disastrous attempts at outsourcing.

Data has zero value if you can’t easily visualize and manipulate it. As a lead UX/UX designer at a custom software development company, I’ve seen firsthand how bad design prevent users from making informed decisions. Here’s the process I typically use to fix this issue with some creative data table design.

One of the most important questions you should answer when developing a new software product is whether people are ready to use it and pay for it. To ensure your solution meets the needs of people, try putting it in their hands first.

Agile teams often treat long-term planning as obsolete. But can you really succeed without an Agile product roadmap?

When you think about a successful e-commerce business, academic publishing is hardly the first thing that comes to mind. Yet even such a niche business can benefit from digital transformation. This is the story of a company that went from traditional publishing to a modern e-commerce business.

The current growth dynamics and investments in SaaS are remarkable – the industry is estimated to reach $307 billion by 2026. It is a promising and competitive business worth the attention, as companies adopt SaaS solutions for a great variety of business functions.

Oftentimes, project teams are made up of a mess of goals, deadlines, and emotions. Only well-structured defined responsibilities and roles in IT projects can turn such teams into a force that drives your software product.

When Elon Musk founded SpaceX with a dream to colonize Mars, few believed that in ten years the company would disrupt the whole industry. SpaceX used an iterative development process to build increasingly complex rockets.

Hundreds of brilliant founders are now working on products that are doomed to fail. Their software ideas are too ambitious for their budget, too complex to execute, or simply have no market to capture. Yet, you don’t have to follow in their footsteps.

Most business ideas sound good and look fresh in our heads, while a good many of them die after falling into customer hands. Since entering the market with a new product is almost walking the edge, market validation under real-life conditions is crucial before launching.

According to Startup Genome, 90% of startups run out of money, end up targeting the wrong market, or fail due to a lack of customer research. A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is a well-known antidote to these issues. However, if everybody goes for Agile MVP development, then why do so many MVPs fail to produce results?

Web app development costs are often confusing. Imagine asking a construction company to build a one-of-a-kind mansion in San Francisco. Most would agree that the final price will depend on many factors, such as the house size, number of rooms, total floor area, exterior and interior finish, architectural plans, permissions, and so on.