Category: Software Development

HIMSS 2017

March 2, 2017 in /by

Nearly half of all physicians in the United States are experiencing burnout. In the opening remarks of HIMSS 2017, the call was loud and clear to “restore the joy of practice”. To answer that call, Health IT has an opportunity to improve clinical outcomes, increase time with patients and expand access to healthcare. Trends we […]

Costs, challenges, and common-pitfalls of pair-programming

January 18, 2017 in /by

In my prior blog post about pair-programming, I introduced the concept and explained why Jama Software adopted it as a practice in our engineering group. While we have seen many benefits from pair-programming, the practice may not be appropriate for every organization or team, and also does not come without costs and challenges. In the […]

Trendspotting: Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

January 10, 2017 in /by

There is a global trend toward sharing things, collaborative consumption. Home sharing through AirBnB is now a $2.5 billion business. There are pleasure boat sharing businesses, co-working office spaces, and of course vehicle sharing services.   Consumers are driving the variety and velocity of these changes and putting added pressure on companies to improve their speed-to-market.  Enterprise teams need […]

The Third Wave of the Internet

January 9, 2017 in /by

The third wave of the internet is coming and to an extent it is already here. While not everyone – or everything – is on board yet, we are getting there faster than you may think. The third wave of the Internet will radically change how businesses compete and cooperate. The first wave was the […]