Project Management
Business
Agile
Introduction To Agile Retrospectives: Project Manager Dos and Don'ts
I remember hearing about Agile for the first time. The concept behind it seemed pretty straightforward: sprints, planning sessions, and backlog—it all looked like it could really help us accomplish more in the same...
Project Management
Development
Agile
Agile Project Management: Building Your First Application Using Agile
I don’t want to scare you but as an entrepreneur debuting in the world of digital products, you’re going to face lots of challenges. When operating in the tech environment, you need to adapt to highly dynamic market...
Joanna Staromiejska
• December 21, 2022
Project Management
Business
Agile
How We Minimize Risks in Projects With Resource Planning
The Agile mindset is all about responding to changes: minimize risk, deliver fast, repeat. But a business cannot thrive on reacting only - it needs a reliable plan that reminds everyone where North is. How can a...
Project Management
Development
Project Risk Management: A Guide for Non-tech Project Managers
Mastering managing projects can be difficult, and if you’re just starting out as a Junior Project Manager, project risk management is one of the most challenging aspects of it. You need a lot of intuition, experience,...
Błażej Cepil
• April 11, 2022
Project Management
Business
Development
What's The Future of Project Management?
It all started in 2021. I was suffering from burnout and to get back on track, I needed to understand my role properly and what is it that gives value to my work, the team, and the people I work with. This changed the...
Olgierd Gawroński
• March 24, 2022
Project Management
Culture
Agile
How To Deal With Cultural Differences in Project Management?
Imagine that you talk to one of your clients from the USA and instead of a brief small talk, you go straight to the point of your meeting. Or you disagree with the Japanese stakeholder in a straightforward manner.
Julia Szablewska
• February 18, 2022
Project Management
Development
I’ve Been a Developer, a Manager, and a COO. This is What I’ve Learned
Developer, Project Manager, Resource Manager, and now Chief Operating Officer. Having been in the IT industry for more than 10 years and advancing through these positions have taught me a few key things I wish I knew...
Project Management
Development
Mobile Development
Why Our Clients Choose Cloud Hosting for Their Applications
The majority of our clients come to us already with the cloud in mind as their solution. Why have they decided already on this solution instead of hosting their application on-premise, using their own resources? We’ll...
Peter Curac-Dahl
• April 12, 2021
Project Management
The 4 Most Popular Software Development Methodologies
Development frameworks are like a GPS route. While the end-goal is to deliver reliable software, the travel plan must work for professionals of many departments. The methodology sets the game-plan: daily rules; work...
Michael Sols
• December 16, 2020
Project Management
Business
Development
Cost Optimization
10+ Ways to Optimize Your App Development Cost in 2023
Everyone who has ever built an application knows this too well: software development can be pretty costly and time-consuming. Especially in a world affected by the pandemic, finding ways to cut excessive costs is not...
Eliza Neumann
• July 29, 2020
Project Management
Business
Has Software Development Adapted in the Age of Masks and Remote Work?
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained governments, industries, and people alike. We’re still trying to assess the damages, analyze strengths and weaknesses, and grasp the situation in its entirety. If anything is clear,...
Peter Curac-Dahl
• June 16, 2020
Project Management
Business
Culture
What to Expect from Account Managers in a Software Development Company
The roles and responsibilities of a developer and project manager are pretty well established and rather straightforward—one builds software, the other ensures that project work goes as planned.
Maja Nowak
• April 23, 2020
Project Management
Business
A List Of Useful Tools for Remote Work
At Monterail, we believe in human interaction being prior to tools and processes. This and similar beliefs have always made us feel strongly connected to the Agile Manifesto.
Project Management
Business
Development
Agile
How to Prepare a Product Spec When Outsourcing Software Development
It usually goes like this: you spend long hours with your team on creating a perfect brief for your product. You send it out to a few software companies and receive a set of additional questions from every one of them.
Darya Stepanyan
• February 17, 2020
Project Management
Business
Leveraging Squads in Agile Software Development — fromAtoB Case Study
Choosing the right software product development framework is one of the most essential (and difficult) tasks that need tackling in the early stages of every project.
Monterail Team
• February 7, 2020