This is the fifth and final article in a series of articles about Lean Inception. Be sure to check them all out. So, you’ve read up on Lean Inception, applied our Lessons Learned, and successfully created your first two iteration canvases. What’s next? Are you done with Lean Inception until the next project? We took […]
Read MoreDefine Your Jargon Industry-specific terminology can be easily misunderstood. When certain terms become jargon (i.e., special words or expressions that are used by a particular group) these terms may hold different meanings for different people. Without defining these terms up front, this can make communication difficult both internally and with clients. To further complicate things, […]
Read MoreThis article is the fourth in a series of articles about our experience with Lean Inception. Be sure to check out our other posts. You Will Revisit Earlier Work When you first look at Lean Inception with its breakdown of exercises and its week-long timeline, it looks straightforward—a simple process of stepping through one target […]
Read MoreThis article is the third in a series of articles about our experience with Lean Inception. Be sure to check out our other posts. Don’t Let MVP Get In the Way The conversation around scope is crucial to not only defining what the scope is, but also what the scope isn’t. Is it the final […]
Read MoreThis article is the second in a series of articles about our experience with Lean Inception. Be sure to check out our other posts. At Foci, when we completed our own Lean Inception process, we ended up with some solid artifacts and a good understanding of our Minimum Viable Product (MVP). We also learned a […]
Read MoreIn the fast-paced world of API-driven development, securing communication between services using authentication and authorization mechanisms such as JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) is crucial. Developers often employ mocking tools to emulate API responses and behaviours, streamlining the development and testing process. Many API testing and mocking tools excel at generating fake tokens for testing against […]
Read MoreThis article is the first in a series of articles about our experience with Lean Inception. Be sure to check out our other posts. Lean Inception is the combination of Design Thinking and Lean StartUp to decide the Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It is “a workshop divided into several steps and activities that will guide […]
Read MoreCuriosity is at the core of Foci’s culture. Our superpower is that our team is constantly learning and becoming stronger software engineers, product leaders, designers, platform architects, and executives. Training is the thing that we do and high quality software is the thing that we produce. The first thing we did when we created Foci […]
Read MoreHuman capital is undeniably the most important driver of success in the software industry. Great ideas cannot be implemented without great talent. It’s no wonder you see companies competing for the top talent and do their best to keep them from walking out the door; it is one of the top things keeping a tech […]
Read MoreIt is undeniable that there is a massive talent shortage within the software industry right now. This is a problem that long predates the more recent, universal worker shortages and is a problem that will continue to get worse as more of the world moves towards living and interacting digitally. Talented, inquisitive people are the […]
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