Category: Design

  • Product Complexity: App, Software & Website

    Product Complexity: App, Software & Website

    At some stage, most ‘new business’ needs to write software or create a new software product. A common problem is that what seems a simple new product, feature or change is often much more complex due to ‘real world’ issues. The next time someone says something will be simple and easy, ask them to consider…

  • Developer Involvement in Screen Planning

    Developer Involvement in Screen Planning

    Projects rarely give much thought as to who is to design and continue to evolve the screen layouts over time. Sometimes it’s one of the stakeholders, sometimes management other times someone tasked specifically as a UI design expert. This article explains why you should reconsider involving the person who will implement the screens. There’s an…

  • The Problems with Intermediaries

    The Problems with Intermediaries

    In the businesses I have run, that provided custom software of some sort, it has always been best to avoid intermediaries. Intermediaries come in many forms and might call themselves PR agencies, marketing agencies, advertising agencies, web development companies or software development houses. They masquerade as doing the work themselves but pass the custom development to…