Nowadays, many companies pride themselves on having an excellent workplace and company culture that lets their employees thrive. For some people, it has become a significant factor in choosing their next job, as they look for an organisation that respects and shares their values.
As a software development company, Evojam provides services to external businesses. We believe that shared team values are the core of employee satisfaction and successful collaboration with our colleagues and clients. The success of any software development project relies heavily on the cohesion and alignment of our values. Possessing technical expertise is not enough.
Our views on core company values and culture differed due to our diverse backgrounds. However, working in a team requires sharing values and principles. In addition to fostering a positive work environment, team values facilitate collaboration and cooperation between members, allowing mutual understanding and guiding decision-making.
Some of us needed help understanding how Evojam approaches values in our daily work towards our clients and team members. This drove our urge for transparency in company culture and values. We didn’t want them to be just a buzzword; instead, we aimed for something we all believed in.
So, what did we do?
How can we build a valuable piece of software without understanding who will use it and for what purpose?
The majority of project failures in the software industry stem from the lack of such understanding. All assumptions made during the project planning, no matter how complex and insightful they are, mean nothing as long as you don’t confront them with the actual end-user needs.
How to prevent it from happening? How can you know what direction you should be going?
Find the answer to these questions in the article!
Each idea is worth little until it becomes a reality.
Converting an idea into a reality requires proper planning, experimentation, and discipline. You might skip some of the steps, but only a consistent, iterative process will produce positive results over time.
This framework is about data — your most potent weapon when introducing new ideas. Get inspired by a scientific process and obtain data that can guide your decisions and help you influence stakeholders.
One of the concepts popular in product management is the build-measure-learn loop presented in the Lean Startup by Eric Ries. It embodies the iterative process and talks about the best ways to experiment and learn. The framework I present in this article was inspired by that approach, among other frameworks, i.e. Design Thinking.
“Why do we use Agile?”
“What is the purpose behind it?”
You must have asked yourself these questions at least once.
Perhaps you’re among the people who think the answer is obvious — “To deliver more and quicker!”
If you are, I suggest you reconsider as this is the most common misconception about the purpose of Agile. In fact, if your answer is the above, you most likely don’t use the Agile approach at all.
If you’ve always dreamed of being the next Jobs, or perhaps if you just want to try your hand at project management, you need to work on yourself and hone those leadership skills.
Getting started as a project manager or scrum master isn’t easy, I won’t lie to you.
It takes tons of hard work and personal drive. If you don’t know where to start, do not fear — there are clear guidelines that can put you on the right track.
No matter where you are on your journey — going through job ads, preparing for the CAPM® exam, or taking the first steps as a professional project manager — these 8 practical tips will help you advance your career.
When you look for a software outsourcing partner, what do you look at first? Their portfolio? Technologies they use? Years of experience? Developer seniority level? Let me break it to you then – technical skills alone won’t make the project a success. You need a cohesive and empowered team to take your product to new heights. Now you know what the number one priority is. But how can you know the company of your choice promotes team unity and helps team members develop to their full potential?
The software is eating up the world and we all have to face it. This fact drives more and more companies to outsource the IT work. However, finding a right tech-partner or a software house may turn out to be a path dotted with potholes and traps. Why is it so hard to track down a reliable IT partner to build an application? What do we need to consider? Let’s find out!
You carefully selected the best software vendor and defined the project. Then magic happens and you see your project brought to life. Well, it’s not exactly what happens…
