Client - Technical Vendor Relationships
Relationships can be hard work and when money, deadlines and complex technical requirements are involved they can be even more of a challenge.
Managing a development vendor? Be involved!
Detailed and meticulous scoping and research for your custom web or mobile project will ensure you are well prepared for development, but it does not stop there.
Technical Contract Evaluation & Vendor Negotiation
In the age of social, big data, cloud, mobile and web applications, properly negotiating vendor contracts removes a significant amount of risk related to information access and usage. It facilitates successful and on-time project completion.
There are no winners in Fixed Price
Where does this fixation for fixed price come from, why is it so prevalent in the tech industry and why is the concept of fixed price completely counter-intuitive and flat out wrong?
Vendor briefing and evaluation
To get the best possible estimates you must ask the right questions and manage both your own and the vendors’ expectations. But which questions should you ask and how to ensure that you get consistent estimates from multiple vendors?
What is a Bug?
A loaded question with different answers from different people. This article is about bugs in custom applications, my opinion on the matter and how to reduce the frustration they can cause.