How to Make Meetings Work in a Post-Pandemic World
The workplace is changing, and what better way to prepare for the future than to face reality head on today? As a European development company, we work primarily as a near-shore provider and require plenty…
Our QA Reports: What to Expect
From the very start of your project, our QA team is heavily involved in every stage of the SDLC (software development life cycle). In this way, throughout development, we prepare a number of important deliverables,…
Recovering from Business Failure: Fail Fast, Learn Faster
By now, most readers will already be familiar with the Agile concept of failing fast. For those who aren’t, however, this is a highly influential development approach that encourages companies to take bold, decisive action, because…
How Scrum Works and Why You Should Choose It
In one of our previous articles, we explored the XP development process and how it moulded us into the company that we have become today.But because every yin needs its yang, today, we’re taking a…
Software Planet’s Dictionary of Do’s and Don’ts
Just as with many other areas in life, in the software development world, there’s a lot that hangs on communication. After all, a single misplaced word can result in monumental misunderstandings, sparking people to become…
The Values, Principles and Practices of Extreme Programming
Already on his first day of classes at the University of Oregon, at the very young age of 18, Agile demigod Kent Beck somehow knew he was destined for greatness. As the head of his…
Last October, Prime Minister Theresa May caused quite a stir in Parliament when she bravely announced to the world that her Brexit deal was “95 percent complete.” The widespread confusion, however, was wholly understandable. After…
Why We Work with Full-Stack Developers
The “one expert per technology” mindset is as culturally pervasive as it is clearly detrimental, yet its origin is actually understandable. After all, if you have a heart condition, you go see a cardiologist, if…
Our Fail Fast Approach: Turning Failure Into Success
From an early age, we are taught that failure is a bad thing. You should never fail exams, you aim to pass them; you don’t become something in life through a series of floundering events,…
What to Expect from Our Product Teams
As explained in a previous article, working on a product instead of a project demands a totally different mindset, which often makes it difficult to discern and form a winning team.At Software Planet, however, we…