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5 Tips to choosing a logic analyzer

A logic analyzer is useful in digital signals monitoring. It is also effective in debugging various applications. Using a logic analyzer usb gives you the option to connect to various devices. You may connect through the USB port and access digital data, or debug embedded apps using the logic analyzer. It is important to choose […]

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To Hire Or To Buy?

(This is a contributed post) All businesses require equipment in some capacity. And, as you well know, not all equipment lasts forever, nor is it needed throughout your entire business lifecycle. With that being said, one of the key decisions you need to make is whether to hire or buy the equipment. In this blog […]

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Mac Or PC: Which Is Best For Your New Business?

(This is a contributed post) Mac vs PC is a contentious debate in the tech world. People on either side insist that their chosen computer is the best but in reality, there are benefits and drawbacks to both. Choosing the right computers for your business is essential because your employees are going to rely on […]

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3 Ways to Make Your Startup Look More Professional

While we all try to be as professional as possible when making a living, it’s not always that easy to portray the kind of professionalism we’re looking for. Sure, you need to look the part and act as if you know what you’re doing; but when you’re starting your own business, you’re suddenly facing a […]

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Save Your Business Money In 3 Simple Steps

(This is a contributed post) For new entrepreneurs taking their first foray into the world of startups, the need to save money can become overwhelming. It doesn’t take much for overheads and other costs to explode and run away with you. While you may have a budget and have a close eye on the purse […]

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Why Going Digital Is Important For Business

Your business is at the helm of the current economy. Even on a small or micro basis, there’s a lot you can do to change the landscape of the local business economy, and you’ve got quite the community on your hands to do it with. And there’s a lot of old traditions and mindsets that […]

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Disrupt yourself before someone does it to you

It sounds trite to say disruption is happening everywhere. But it is. Much, much faster than many people realise. Want proof? Here is one of my favourite statistics I’ve read lately. The time it took for the telephone to reach 100 million users – 75 years. The time it took the World Wide Web to […]

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How To Improve Project Delivery in Construction Management

(This is a contributed post) In an ideal world for your construction business, all projects would run to time, e under budget, and go along smoothly so that they can finish perfectly. But of course, w know that we don’t live in an ideal world, and often there are things that do get in the […]

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Uncertainty of benefits versus costs

benefits vs costs

I think a lot about estimation. I used to do a lot of estimation with my teams. When the organisation I’m currently working for started doing agile, we did loads of estimation. We were constantly being asked for estimates. High-level estimates, low-level estimates, feature level estimates, story level estimates. We would spend a lot of […]

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Why agile projects need to fund BML properly

One of the key concepts from Eric Ries’ seminal book, the Lean Startup, is “Build Measure Learn”, or BML. This means that rather than deliver projects in a sequence, organisations should build something small, measure behaviour and learn from those measurements, then loop back and build again (i.e. extend or change the product). While many […]

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