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Goals, Ways, and Results

There is a common complaint I hear a lot from people: “I have tried to do something, but failed and gave up.“ These people usually have a vague definition of what they wanted to achieve, how to do it, and what to do with consequences. I call these three phases Goals, Ways, and Results. Let us check what difficulties a person can face during each of these phases and overcome them.

BusinessYevhen ShyshkinJune 2, 2021goal, way, result, what, how, vision, definition, plan, planning, alternatives, consequence, positive, negative, iteration, processComment

Financial Independence: Truth or Fiction?

Everybody heard of financial independence, and many consider it as one of the main goals. However, these people often understand it wrong. The following article describes several well-known facts about it and checks if they indeed true or not.

On Parallel Software Development

There is a common rule in parallel computing — if you want to compute something two times faster, you have to use three times more powerful hardware. However, this rule works differently when applied to software development. Let us see how several teams can work in parallel and what are the best practices.

Business, TechnicalYevhen ShyshkinMarch 24, 2021software, developer, parallel, team, fast, best practice, process, saving, consequence, planning, mistake, expense, recommendationComment

On Necessity Of Overtime Work

Our modern community, for some reason, willingly accepts the concept of overtime work. People have to work longer and harder to achieve good results and become successful. Let us check the widespread consequences of this statement and see if they make sense.

Business, CommunicationYevhen ShyshkinMarch 10, 2021overtime, work, consequence, necessary, planning, estimates, pressure, stress, organization, success, processComment

Time Investments

Almost everybody agrees that time is the most valuable resource. However, many people make investments in resources (assets, money) instead of doing the same with time. Let us check the most common cases when time investments are worth doing it.

BusinessYevhen ShyshkinDecember 23, 2020time, investment, saving, education, learning, health, fitness, planning, decomposition, evaluationComment

On Project Planning

Some developers spend a lot of time to plan the project and all related activities. On the contrary, other developers do only rough initial planning and start development from there. Who is right? Let us check both scenarios and see what is essential for project planning.

Business, CommunicationYevhen ShyshkinNovember 11, 2020project, planning, details, rough, investigation, decomposition, complexity, workflow, experienceComment

The Iterative Approach: Pros And Cons

Nowadays, more and more software companies use some iterative approach to organize their work. Scrum and Lean are two great examples of iteration based methodologies. Let us check out the iterative approach's pros and cons and then see when it is applicable.

Simplicity In User Interface

There are lots of modern applications that have unpredictable, complicated, or even irritating interfaces. There are many reasons why it may happen — functional, visual, cultural, etc. The following article explains how to prevent common issues and make the interface of application simple and user friendly.

TechnicalYevhen ShyshkinSeptember 2, 2020simplicity, user interface, user experience, planning, goal, restriction, customer, design, scenario, iteration, testing, feedback, best practiceComment

Delivery On Time

Everybody had faced a situation when some package was not delivered on time. Usually, this is not a big deal. However, there are many situations in software projects when delivery of some functionality must be done on a specific day and time. Let us see how to build a process in the way to deliver it on time.

Business, CommunicationYevhen ShyshkinJune 24, 2020delivery, time, feature, func, planning, risk, alternative, rollback, workaroundComment