Chapter 4 of StG — Part of the Series: “Creating Sam the Guide”. A series of stories to chronicle the experience of going from idea to app. Chapter 3: Step 2: Starting from the beginning. Sam insisted that she was very interested in the project and was a bit frustrated that we could not move…

At First Glance The book offers a different perspective on Agile methodologies than most books, but a perspective that is consistent with the Agile principles. First of all, it focuses on the members of the agile team as humans, not resources. The core argument that the book is that developers/engineers are not interchangeable…

Chapter 3 — Part of the Series: “Creating Sam the Guide”. A series of stories to chronicle the experience of going from idea to app. Chapter 2: Step 1, Deciding what to do “I think it is time to start at the end and validate that we have the right solution.” …

Part of the Series: “Creating Sam the Guide”. A series of stories to chronicle the experience of going from idea to app. Chapter 1: An Intriguing Call — Getting Ready I was thinking about my previous consulting gigs, I usually did not do things. My job was to come and observe how companies worked and develop digital products. Then I would either give them a report identifying areas of improvement, based on state-of-the-art research and then I would observe how…

Part of the Series: “Creating Sam the Guide”. A series of stories to chronicle the experience of going from idea to app. As took a sip I noticed that my coffee was now cold, I don’t know how long it had passed since I started updating these slides for my…

A series of stories to chronicle the experience of going from idea to app. Preamble <<Creating “Sam the Guide” (StG)>> narrates the experience of going from an idea to an app. It showcases how different product management frameworks and methods are used in the curse of app development. StG is not…

The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data by Gene Kim I got an advance copy of this book because of the review I did of the previous book of the author: The Phoenix Project. I will try to review the book…

#tldr The wireframe to showcase the debt of a city is presented. The information within the mockups is displayed in Spanish. This was done in 2012. Challenge In 2012 a new administration took over the city council of a San Luis Potosi, Mexico. …

Or how to get your digital product ready because you don’t have a tech cofunder. You and your friends have an idea ready about a digital product or service that will revolutionise the world. You have been working for a long time on it, you have done your homework…