Alex Ponomarev (Page 20)

7 Nov 2019 · 3 min read

How To Calculate The Real Cost Of MVP For Your Startup

Calculating the real cost of a minimum viable product (MVP) is so important to my development team that we’ve hired a business analyst who dedicates their time to getting

21 Aug 2019 · 4 min read

How to build an app 2x faster and cheaper

My journey into product development started from building websites back in 2004. The web was pretty much a collection of HTML pages with some CGI scripts sprinkled here and there.

15 Aug 2019 · 4 min read

Don’t Let Your Project Fail Because of Poor Communication

According to a survey by Richard Discenza, and James B Forman, the top three reasons for project failure were communication, process, and people. Most software problems are people problems, you know.

10 Aug 2019 · 4 min read

Developers at War with Uncertainty

There’s a secret every seasoned project manager, product owner, and developer knows. It’s not the coding part that is hard. What’s hard is coming up with a realistic estimate and meeting the deadline.

9 Aug 2019 · 4 min read

You don’t need to build an app most of the times

I’ve stumbled upon the short video of Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator. He is answering the biggest question of software founder has — when should you launch your startup?

2 May 2019 · 4 min read

Streamline Your Design Process With Wireframing

At some point, working with paper prototypes becomes impractical. When that’s the case, you might want to create a digital low-fidelity prototype, also called a wireframe.

1 May 2019 · 4 min read

Using Personas to Create User-Centric Design

A persona is a fictional character that represents a typical user of your application. And it’s very detailed. It describes the background, context, tasks, and goals of a user.

29 Apr 2019 · 4 min read

How to Hire a Designer for Your Project

To build an application, you need an interface, and to create an interface, you need a designer.

29 Apr 2019 · 3 min read

Writing Good User Stories

Creating a user story is simple: first, you define a user role, an intended action, and a desired outcome. Then you arrange them in a sentence. And then…that’s it. Your user story is ready.

18 Feb 2019 · 4 min read

How to Estimate an Agile Project With User Stories

Estimating software projects is hard. Early on in the development process, you can’t precisely define the scope of a project. Because inevitably, the scope will change after development kicks off, since the team will have learned more about the project and its context by then.

18 Feb 2019 · 4 min read

Prioritizing User Stories in Agile Projects

Software projects are surrounded by a high level of uncertainty. Even if developers or a consultant gives you a project estimate, until development begins, you won’t know exactly what resources you need to implement the user stories that you’ve planned for your next release.

18 Feb 2019 · 4 min read

How to Market Your Product Before Launch

I know many people who’ve created software products using this process: First they generate an idea, then they validate it, build the product, and then launch it…after launch, they start marketing. It’s straightforward, and it seems workable.

18 Feb 2019 · 4 min read

Building Your Development Process Around GitHub

GitHub is a web-based hosting platform where you can host open-source projects and follow projects that you like and want to adopt. It uses Git, which is a distributed version-control system.

26 Jan 2019 · 4 min read

Setting up analytics for your application

Analytics are all about the visibility. Without proper data, you won’t know how your users interact with your app and if they are happy or not. You need analytics to get answers to basic questions.

24 Jan 2019 · 4 min read

Release management in agile project

Once you have set up multiple environments for your application, it’s important to set up the proper release management process. It means that you should have a well-defined set of steps.

23 Jan 2019 · 5 min read

Setting up multiple environments for your app

Continuous integration and testing of new features are at the heart of an agile software project. To implement them properly you need to set up environments for your app correctly.

3 Jan 2019 · 4 min read

Continous improvement and the feedback loop

You might think that once you kick off the development process, most of the work should be done by developers that you’ve hired. While that's true to some extent you still have to spend plenty of time road mapping, planning, and managing the process.

2 Jan 2019 · 4 min read

Managing the software project day to day

Compared to product management, project management is more tactical. It is as vital as keeping the strategic vision for your product. Even if your development team consists of only one person, you still need to make sure that all requirements are understood and deadlines are met.