It is not unusual for a new technology to originate from a successfully developed project. For example, we can find the pattern in the story of a web framework for Python – Django, which was originally developed to manage a number of news-oriented sites for the LJworld company.
The year 2011 has ended and I think one might justifiably claim that it was a ‘year of mobile’ indeed. We are going through tough economic times and yet we can observe how smartphones, tablet devices and mobile technologies are driving the growth of world’s largest markets like the US, Europe and Asia.
One of the key findings of the research project is that founders that have supportive mentors, track metrics, and learn from startup thought leaders raise 7x more capital and have 3.5x better user growth. In short, startups that learn are more successful.
Assuming you want to make profits rather than products, scope is the main driver of your economic results. It ultimately determines the value you will deliver to your customers and, consequently, the revenue you will be able to generate from your product or software-enabled business venture.
Formative evaluation is a type of usability evaluation that is carried out early in the design process to detect and eliminate usability problems during design, when changes are much cheaper and easier to implement than in later stages of software product development.
