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Custom App Development | Ultimate Guide
Custom app development is a huge undertaking - even for very simple solutions. It鈥檚 also one of the biggest investments your company is likely to make. When it comes to creating bespoke solutions for your team, it pays to get things right. The trouble is that there are so many distinct considerations to keep in mind. All sorts of technical, operational, and even creative decisions impact the ultimate success of your custom development project.
Ronan McQuillan
Mar 3, 2023
9 Must-Have Digital Transformation Platforms
Choosing the right digital transformation platforms is a central question in your internal ops. Realistically, there is no digital transformation without the right tools. The trouble is that the market today is so saturated with options. We all know by now that digitalization is a key priority for organizations of all sizes. What鈥檚 more challenging is figuring out the exact tech we need to achieve this in our own unique situation.
Ronan McQuillan
Feb 24, 2023
Data Management Software Solutions | 2024 Buyer鈥檚 Guide
Data is the foundation of every successful organization today. Therefore, it follows that your choice of data management solutions has an outsized impact on the wider business. This is a lot of pressure for IT teams to get things right. The trouble is that data management is a pretty broad field, to say the least. Your decision-making here is going to affect just about every process at every level of your business - but, even worse, the effect won鈥檛 be uniform.
Ronan McQuillan
Feb 24, 2023
When to Build vs Buy Software: 2025 Guide
Deciding whether to build vs buy software solutions is one of the central challenges for IT procurement teams. Each time we encounter a need for a new tool, capability, or other software asset, we鈥檙e faced with this decision. The trouble is, there are a lot of moving parts at play here. You see, on one level, this simply comes down to maximizing return on investment. However, so many different factors influence cost-effectiveness that it can be hard to know where to start.
Ronan McQuillan
Feb 13, 2023
What are Internal Processes? + 7 Improvement Strategies
Internal processes are the basic building blocks of pretty much everything your business does. Every company has thousands of internal processes, whether they know it or not. These could be anything from how employees book time off to how your engineering department develops and ships new product features. No matter what kind of process we鈥檙e talking about, however, it pays to get things right. Ineffective, inconsistent, or undocumented processes are the enemy of efficiency.
Ronan McQuillan
Feb 9, 2023
What is IT Transformation? + 8 Examples
It would be easy to write IT transformation as just another buzz phrase - but it鈥檇 be a big mistake too. You see, the IT department is the core of your operations, right across the rest of your organization. We talk a lot these days about digital transformation, but you won鈥檛 get far without the right tools, people, expertise, capabilities, and capacity. IT transformation helps you to achieve exactly that.
Ronan McQuillan
Feb 9, 2023
3 Types of Workflow | In-Depth Guide
When it comes to building efficient internal operations, understanding the logic that governs common tasks is crucial. However, this is nearly impossible if we don鈥檛 have a firm grasp of the core types of workflow. That鈥檚 just what we鈥檙e covering today. You see, workflow is an incredibly broad term. We could be talking about just about anything - from simple vacation approvals to highly complex automated replenishment tasks. This presents us with a few major challenges.
Ronan McQuillan
Jan 3, 2023
8 Steps to Create & Optimize a Workflow Model
An effective workflow model is the foundation of all sorts of change, transformation, and optimization projects. Therefore, you鈥檇 expect this to be something that鈥檚 widely understood. The reality is that many businesses don鈥檛 have such a clear idea of what workflow modeling is, what it achieves, or how to go about it in the real world. In turn, this undermines their efforts to improve their workflows - since they鈥檙e missing a crucial first step.
Ronan McQuillan
Jan 3, 2023