Category Archives: Software projects

Professionalism – everyone offers it and everyone buys it, but what is it exactly?

Does professionalism refer to super intelligence, talent, know-how, a way to act or what? What do we talk about in terms of professionalism? What does it mean in software development? Petteri Räisänen has worked in software development for almost 20 years. Since early 2017, he has been a consultant in an e-commerce project for a […]

What is sustainable software development?

Sustainable development is becoming a topic of discussion in the IT industry due to the software industry’s growing carbon footprint and the increasing social responsibility, among other things. Many business and social functions are becoming more dependent on software, which increases the industry’s ethical responsibility overall. Sustainable software development should not only take into account […]

Million euro button – developer and style guides

Separating content from the technical implementation and layout has long been clear in online services and applications, but what is going on with the current component libraries and style guides? And what should a developer, in particular, know about the subject, even if they do not work with a front-end on a daily basis? “In […]

A/B testing tells you what you should do differently

A/B testing is a statistical method and it can bring tangible business benefits. A/B testing measures the impact of a single change on the end result: what is worth doing differently? “In A/B testing, it is important to know what is being done and to decide the objectives in advance, so that we will not […]

Why does a software project become a nightmare?

“First of all, the schedule comes from above. The timetable was not realistic in the first place. We’re trying to do this with undue haste. They don’t even try to find out in advance whether it’s realistic or not.” The answer to the question in the title comes from deep within. Markku Pietilähas been in […]

A successful software project requires humble leadership.

The software project has been going on for six months. It has been established that the requirements are unclear and that some of the features cannot be achieved. The workers already know at this stage that the project will be long. Sound familiar? This is a moment when a strong Finnish leader feels betrayed and […]