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In-App Subscriptions Made Easy

There are various types of subscriptions: recurring, non-recurring, free-trial periods, various billing cycles and any possible billing variation one can imagine. But with lack of information online, you might discover that mobile subscriptions behave differently from what you expected. This article will make your life somewhat easier when addressing an in-app subscriptions implementation.

Ofir Sharony
on Aug 01, 2015
Making a Difference: a Case Study of Change in the Public Sector

At Spark the Change 2015, Tracy Jelfs shared a case study of change in Children’s Services at Monmouthshire Council. Spark attracts the UK’s most innovative organisations, and this story impressed leaders from many different industries. It is a showcase of how radical change is possible even in difficult circumstances – from poor performance and low morale to a heavily regulated environment.

Helen Walton
on Jul 30, 2015
Downscaling SAFe

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) with custom modifications to it in accordance with Agile and Lean values helped Seamless Payments to go through a period of organizational growth and prepare for further growth. This article describes the change that was done using a slimmed down version of SAFe that still maintained its core ideas.

Tomek Pająk Mikael Lundgren
on Jul 29, 2015
Scrum Alone is Not Enough – An Interview with Mark Levison

Mark Levison recently wrote a blog on “Scrum Alone is Not Enough”, which is the first blog of a series to uncover various Agile patterns. Till now he has published blogs on Kanban Portfolio View and Portfolio Management in the series.

Savita Pahuja
on Jul 26, 2015
Interview: When Technology and Design Collide, then Collude

Does design shape technology or does technology shape design? How do these two disciplines work together, and move away from the traditional siloed approach? In this virtual panel Sam Gibson and Ben Melbourne discuss the importance of overcoming adversity between technologists and designers by offering tactical approaches to solving these common issues.

Sam Gibson Ben Melbourne
on Jul 25, 2015
The Hierarchy of Needs

What may be valuable to customers whom you do not even know in an unstructured and completely individualized market? This article suggests prioritizing your backlog using an enhanced quality model based on Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs. Search for most valuable features using the Need-Feature-Capability matrix and give those features highest priority in your backlog.

Manfred Rätzmann
on Jul 24, 2015
Culture & Methods

A Case for Diversity in Our Workspaces

Dr. Sallyann Freudenberg makes a case for supporting neurodiveristy in our workplaces.

Sallyann Freudenberg
on Jul 23, 2015
How to Turn Your App into a Business

Developing an app that represents your business may seem easier than what it was five years ago but turning the app into a viable business requires more hardship than just development skills. Increasing competition in mobile app stores is making things even harder for any app to survive and grow like a business. This articles provides a few tips to make your app a success

Juned Ghanchi
on Jul 22, 2015
Increasing your Agility: An interview with Dave Thomas

At the GOTO Amsterdam 2015 conference Dave Thomas gave a keynote presentation titled "agile is dead". While the "Agile" industry is busy debasing the meaning of the word, the underlying values are still strong. Dave Thomas suggests to stop using the word agile and switch to agility: repeatedly taking small steps towards where you want to be and evaluate what happened.

Ben Linders
on Jul 21, 2015
Cloud

Anatomy of a Cloud Migration Program: Q&A with Tim Beerman

Many cloud providers offer services to onboard new customers into the cloud. What advice can they give us on how to prepare for a migration, what pitfalls to avoid, and what types of apps are the best fit for the cloud? To learn more, InfoQ reached out to Tim Beerman, the VP of Product Strategy and Development at CenturyLink.

Richard Seroter
on Jul 17, 2015
Book Review and Q&A on Agile IT Organization Design

Sriram Narayan’s book – Agile IT Organization Design, provides a basis for reviewing and reshaping the IT organization to equip it better for the digital age. The book covers how structural, political, operational, and cultural facets of the organization design influence overall IT agility.

Savita Pahuja
on Jul 17, 2015
Architecture & Design

UX - Are you Doing it Yet?

An estimated 70% of technology projects fail due to a lack of user adoption. Shouldn’t organizations understand their users and product as much as possible in order to prevent this from happening? Ted McCarthy explains how successful organizations emphasize and invest in UX, integrating it into their teams alongside product and engineering, and offers some useful tips along the way.

Ted McCarthy
on Jul 16, 2015

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