Lean Management: how the approach can improve IT project efficiency

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What is Lean? Several definitions of the concept coexist. The first thing to keep in mind is that the ultimate goal of Lean is to build over the long term. Lean was born in the industrial sector, at Japanese car giant Toyota. The concept was then formalized in the United States in the 1990s, and today has effectively been applied to all industries.

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How to develop a good generic component?

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There may be times when people mistakenly think that reusing a component from one project in another will reduce development costs. However, in many cases, this is not the case. And as we will see, you need to be particularly careful when reusing a single component in other IT tools.

Reusing a piece of code in other environments tends to be a popular option among developers, as it allows them to make faster progress by duplicating a component and reducing development costs. But doing so is in fact not so simple.

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How to prevent IT projects from failing

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IT project management is far from an exact science. According to a 2018 study by the Standish Group Report “Chaos”, 31% of IT projects are halted before they are ever finalized, and never go live. Additioanlly, 53% of IT projects see their budget forecasts balloon by 189%.

With those stats in mind, let’s discover two little-known but very effective ways to avoid having your IT project fall victim to failure.

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What is the Internet of Behaviors (And Why is it Important for Digital Marketing)?

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As the Internet of Things and the data it provides has expanded, companies need to find new ways to understand and use it.

The idea that companies use data collected from consumers is far from new.

What was once an activity restricted to physical surveys and in-person focus groups is now a vast, largely automated ecosystem of analytical processes that track, gather and attempt to interpret the huge amounts of data we generate through our activity on and with the internet.

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The Benefits of a Strategic Partnership for IT Outsourcing

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Choosing the right partner to take care of your IT projects can bring your company significant advantages.

As the global economy continues to reel from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the pressure on companies to embrace digital transformation is more intense than ever.

In parallel – and as a consequence – the demand for software developers in most countries is high, and in developed economies, the costs of hiring developers both as employees or as freelancers is significant, to the point of being restrictive for many.

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Tech trends: what to expect in 2021

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Stay ahead of the game by keeping up to date with the 2021’s emerging tech trends. Business resilience, a flexibility to be operational anywhere, and ultimately being people-centric are expected to be the keys to business growth in the coming year.

Research firm Gartner has released its annual report projecting what tech trends to expect in 2021.

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Total Experience: A New Approach to Retail Business Strategy

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As the COVID-19 crisis continues to disrupt traditional markets, imaginative ways of engaging customers are essential.

The Internet has dramatically changed the way human society interacts and operates, and this is perhaps no truer than in the realm of commerce, trade and retail.

The idea that businesses need to offer more than just products to customers has been around for a long time. Indeed, it could be argued that the birth of advertising in the 1920s was based on an idea of selling ideas rather than products.

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