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Amidst the global COVID-19 outbreak, more companies are asking their employees to work from home to maintain social isolation regulations.
Therefore, a transition that would typically be conducted over weeks or months is now happening in a matter of days. We’ve pulled together three pieces of advice for successful remote work, as well as some work-from-home etiquette.
As Lewis Carroll famously said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” While this quote certainly wasn’t said in reference to digital products, it’s an accurate representation of the importance of product roadmaps.
This article was originally featured on ProductCraft
A reliable way to improve your success as a project manager (PM) lies in overcoming three bad habits: Failure to Identify Risk, Lack of Look-Ahead Planning and Poor Expectation Management. In my opinion, these three habits are not talked about enough. And whenever I encounter a problem in a project, it’s typically because of one of these three items.
This article was originally featured on ProductCraft
Have you ever found yourself in an athletic competition where you couldn’t miss a shot? Or a piano concert where your fingers were flying across the keys on their own accord? What about a writing experience where you couldn’t keep up with the thoughts in your mind?
Experts in various industries have their own individual terms for this unique state of being. Abraham Maslow called them “peak experiences.” Jim Fixx referred to the “runner’s high.” And Phil Jackson spoke of “being in the zone.”
In our product engineering business, we call this rhythmic zone “The Flow.”
Another guest column by Brian Anderson in ProductCraft.
When you invest time and money into a software system, you simply cannot neglect to put a measurement strategy in place. While this sounds like common sense, you’d be surprised how often it’s forgotten or never tracked once live.
Originally published on ProductCraft.com, this column by our own Brian Anderson outlines symptoms that your product development team may be experiencing if they’re operating more as a project team.
When we begin a new client relationship, like most vendors, we ask our clients what their budget is for the software or digital product they have in mind. We rarely get a straight answer as clients have often been burned in the past, assuming that whatever they state their budget to be, that’s what they will be charged regardless of the work.
Building custom software is easy – if you know what the right things to develop are, you have skilled developers and you are willing to invest the time and dollars. The hardest part is knowing what to build first and translating that into tasks that a developer can accomplish. Augusto Digital specializes in coaching clients through the custom software development process; building teams, and managing work to ensure overarching business goals are met on budget.
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