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Product Management

How To Get Amazing Software Out The Door Fast

by: Didier Thizy, Scott Plewes

If we’re all using the same tools, have all jumped on the Agile bandwagon, and are all hiring the best designers, why are all products not created equal?

This paper details 5 steps to unbeatable product creation teams, which involve design, product management, and development seamlessly integrated and working together as one team.

The Software Manager’s Guide to Practical Innovation

by: Scott Plewes, Melanie Rodney, Didier Thizy

Product innovation and differentiation are consistently at the top of the list of challenges faced by software product executives and product managers. Yet there is a severe lack of practical tips on real innovation process - until now.

User Experience Design - Helping Product Managers Sleep Easier at Night

by: Lorraine Chapman and Scott Plewes

3 powerful ways to differentiate your product from the competition, boost success in the marketplace, and reduce your own workload.

Mobility

Your First Android Release – It Could Go Really Well (or Really, Really Badly)

by: Martin Larochelle

Between the rush to “get something out on Android” and the expectation that mobile projects should be quick and easy, teams often do not invest in the upfront product planning required to make their first foray into Android a success.

Choosing a Cross-Platform Mobile Framework: Analysis and Advice

by: Quintin Armour

Engineering your mobile application for only one mobile platform can be a risky endeavour, given the tight race between iOS, Android, BlackBerry and even Windows Phone 7. Should you adopt one of the emerging cross-platform mobile frameworks? We help you sort out the options.

Mobile Test Strategies

by: Tanya Dumaresq and Matt Villeneuve

Users want mobile applications to be simple and fast. With so much competition, if users don’t have an excellent experience with your application, they’ll switch to a rival. This paper presents strategies intended to highlight some of the areas where the testing of mobile apps differs from testing desktop or regular web applications.

Healthcare

11 Disruptive Technologies That Will Change the Face of Healthcare IT

by: Didier Thizy and Quintin Armour

In this paper, we look at the opportunities for innovation that new technologies like mobile devices, modern UI design frameworks, and voice and handwriting recognition provide to health software companies.

Creating Successful Healthcare Software: 10 Critical Lessons

by: Quintin Armour and Didier Thizy

Creating successful healthcare software, from EMR systems to medical device software, differs substantially from traditional software. It requires specific domain expertise, software patterns, and project methodology. Learn ten critical lessons gleaned from years of practical experience developing healthcare software.

HIPAA Test Strategies

by: Macadamian Quality Assurance Team

When we test healthcare applications that store medical records, we also test for HIPAA compliance. This is a practical guide to testing software applications for HIPAA compliance.

User Centered Design of Medical Devices: Managing Use Related Hazards

by: Ron Gagnier

In no other industry does the user experience play as important a role as in the health care. Products in a medical environment need to be durable, easy to sanitize, but most of all easy to read, understand, set, maintain, and calibrate within the environment they are used.

Design and Usability

Overhaul a UI Design Without Upsetting Users

by: Scott Plewes, Didier Thizy

Our new whitepaper shows you how to redesign software with confidence.

Nine Usability Mistakes Your Team Is Probably Making (And How to Fix Them)

by: Lorraine Chapman, Melanie Rodney, Didier Thizy

Tackling 9 of the most common usability process gaps healthcare teams have and how they can fix them.

Creating the Intelligent Interface: Why Wouldn’t You Do This?

by: Sue Hardman

Imagine a concept where you could create a seductive user interface not only at the front of your technology products, but through all aspects of your technology. If there was a better way, would you use it?

Software Process

Scorecard: Amazing Software Capabilities

by: Macadamian

Rate your organization's software creation capabilities across 6 key dimensions - innovation, design, usability, agility, speed and quality. See how your team compares to others, and determine what areas might need attention.

Code Review Checklist

by: Macadamian

At Macadamian, before we commit any code to source control, we check it for compliance with this checklist and we’ve made it public for the use of software development teams implementing code review as part of their process.

Optimize Your Outsourcing Strategy

by: Macadamian

A simple, repeatable model for defining the outsourcing profile of any software project. It will help you devise an optimal outsourcing strategy and make the best use of all available development resources, whether they are internal, local, or overseas.

The Best Case Scenario - Strategies for Consistently Meeting Software Release Dates

by: Macadamian

Discover the ideas, rules, and strategies we’ve accumulated while working with some of the best development teams in the industry that help us release quality software on time.

Six Lessons for Outsourcing Software Development

by: Macadamian

Are you considering an outsourcing strategy, or have you tried some form of outsourcing but have been disappointed in the results? Here are six simple lessons you can use as a starting point to investigating the world of outsourcing.

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