IT companies worldwide compete to be the most creative in offering people benefits to win the battle for top talent. The pandemic has played its role in forcing businesses to rethink existing value proposition and adapt them to the new reality – and this affects more than just office-based enterprises. …
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Railsware’s Journey to Building Remote Collaboration WorkflowsThe tech world is making peace with the fact that most teams will continue working remotely throughout the entire 2021. This may be a challenge for companies who have a long tenure of running offices. These days, teams are struggling to figure out how to stay productive and united through …
The tech world is making peace with the fact that most teams will continue working remotely throughout the entire 2021. This may be a challenge for companies who have a long tenure of running offices. These days, teams are struggling to figure out how to stay productive and united through …
New Product Development Process by RailswareThe new product development process is a 6-stage blueprint designed to help you take a new product or service from idea to market.
The new product development process is a 6-stage blueprint designed to help you take a new product or service from idea to market.
Product Development Life CycleTo define what, when, and why happens to a product, marketers and executives came up with a concept of a product development life cycle (PDLC). In brief, the product development life cycle is a series of consecutive stages that a product passes through. Usually, the entire path is broken into …
To define what, when, and why happens to a product, marketers and executives came up with a concept of a product development life cycle (PDLC). In brief, the product development life cycle is a series of consecutive stages that a product passes through. Usually, the entire path is broken into …
What Makes Product Development LeanConstantly decreasing costs, no waste, minimum throughput time, maximum capacity, unlimited flexibility, and high customer satisfaction. Sounds too good to be true? But that’s what lean is all about. What is “lean”? Being able to progressively create “insanely great” products, as Steve Jobs would put it, and especially at the …
Constantly decreasing costs, no waste, minimum throughput time, maximum capacity, unlimited flexibility, and high customer satisfaction. Sounds too good to be true? But that’s what lean is all about. What is “lean”? Being able to progressively create “insanely great” products, as Steve Jobs would put it, and especially at the …
[Case Study] How to Turn a Free Tool Into a Fast-Growing SaaSMailtrap is our product and the very popular email testing tool. Check out how we took it from a free prototype to a product with thousands of paying users.
Mailtrap is our product and the very popular email testing tool. Check out how we took it from a free prototype to a product with thousands of paying users.
Product Discovery ToolsWe look at four excellent methods for running a successful product discovery process. We explain each of them and suggest which to use (and when).
We look at four excellent methods for running a successful product discovery process. We explain each of them and suggest which to use (and when).
What Makes for a Great Development CultureIt’s far from easy to build a company that breathes growth and development. But we managed to build one, and we’re exploring the key aspects you should be always looking for.
It’s far from easy to build a company that breathes growth and development. But we managed to build one, and we’re exploring the key aspects you should be always looking for.
The Top Scrum AlternativesScrum and Kanban are two of the many successful approaches to building products. We analyze six of their alternatives and list the pros and cons of each.
Scrum and Kanban are two of the many successful approaches to building products. We analyze six of their alternatives and list the pros and cons of each.
Remote Work Success: Railsware InsightsWhat does it actually mean to work remotely or in a mixed office mode? How do we manage effective communication and cope with productivity concerns? In this article, we describe our approaches that really work, and Railswarians share their remote experience.
What does it actually mean to work remotely or in a mixed office mode? How do we manage effective communication and cope with productivity concerns? In this article, we describe our approaches that really work, and Railswarians share their remote experience.