Written by Ford | Jan 23, 2014 | Agile
Responsive design has been around since 2012. Last year, it was a hot topic and most entrepreneurs and technology leaders have heard about responsive design. However, there are still many new businesses that are building new products and applications customized to...
Written by Ford | Jan 8, 2014 | Agile
Sprint length is a topic of debate for companies employing Scrum. In my opinion, there is no one “right” length for sprints because of the myriad of factors that influence how effective a specific sprint length can be for a company. Availability of...
Written by Ford | Nov 21, 2013 | Agile, Nearshore Agile, Outsource
Last week I was working with an entrepreneur friend, who is building his product with a distributed team. His group includes people on both coasts of the United States as well as a two person team in western Europe. Throughout the course of our discussion it became...
Written by Ford | Oct 30, 2013 | Agile, Events, Lean Startup
We’re excited to announce that our resident rockstar, Arin will be make a repeat appearance at the Lean Startup Conference. He’s been asked to return to the conference, this time as mentor following his electrifying “Just Deploy It!” speech at...
Written by Ford | Oct 25, 2013 | Agile, Events, Lean Startup
Last night I had the pleasure of attending Boston’s Lean Startup Circle, titled “Sprinting Towards Innovation”. Lead by C. Todd Lombardo the Principal Innovation Catalyst at Constant Contact, the evening was a very hands-on event that focused on a...
Written by Ford | Oct 21, 2013 | Agile, Lean Startup, Startups
Agile methodologies in software development have been around for a long time. The Agile Manifesto was written almost 13 years ago in fact. Initially a hit with developers who were struggling to find a better way to build software, Agile thinking has been adopted...
