Outsourcing your software development to third-party Agile teams can be the perfect way to get access to scarce technology skills and to expand your team’s capacity. Many companies are choosing to take work typically done in-house and offload it to third-party software developers so they can focus on core operations.
When incorporating accessibility guidelines into our user experience (UX) designs, we tend to focus on the 15% of global occupants with disabilities, particularly those with visual impairments. By being inclusive of this user segment, we may improve the user experience for other users too.
Cloud computing can be particularly confusing when it comes to practice and when putting all the pieces together to solve a specific business problem. This is not surprising since there are more than 200 products and services that are available to help solve challenges and create future platforms.
UX writing describes the features of effective UX design process, interface copy and shares useful tips on its improvement for the positive user experience.
My first discovery of mental models was when I did a short course in Cognitive Psychology. Upon completing my studies, I realised how useful it is to familiarise myself with this concept and learn how to make interactions better without removing or changing the user’s expectations.
The way that we understand consumer behaviour has dramatically improved in recent years. We have gone from creating digital products based on numbers and assumptions to genuinely listening to people’s needs through qualitative research methods in the development process.
Communication is an essential part of being human. The way we express ourselves, which words we choose to use and how we say them are all fundamental when it comes to connecting with others. As a UX designer, I have come to understand how important communication is in all forms of Graphic Design. “But,” I hear you cry, “to communicate sounds simple enough. I mean, you just speak…and someone else listens, right?”
The rapid progression of data platforms and their capabilities has seen analytical models increasingly being used to model complex business scenarios for planning, operations, investment and innovation. Businesses continue to shift to data-driven decision making at all levels in the organisation as data streams, processing and subsequent insights become ubiquitous. Given the availability of these technological capabilities, the critical question is how to achieve success with these toolsets.
There are many principles to look at when designing and developing applications on Azure. To ensure software quality and architecture excellence when building solutions on the Microsoft Azure Cloud, these five tips can be used as guidelines to ensure that they are scalable, resilient, and highly available.