An article published in Tivi at the end of the summer about Compile’s approach to sustainable software development attracted a lot of interest, which is why I thought I would share my thoughts on the factors that enable successful IT projects, in our experience. Once you’ve been on the job for long enough, you start […]
Category Archives: Sustainable software development
Human sustainability, Sustainable software development
Six ways to avoid IT project failure, part 6: Supporting members in your organisation
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I have published a series of articles on the prerequisites for the success of an IT project on our blog, and there is only one more topic that is very important in our experience. Previous articles addressed the importance of transparency, a genuine desire to help the customer, hard-core competence, time spent developing skills and […]
Human sustainability, Sustainable software development
Six ways to avoid an IT project failure, part 5: Realistic pace of progress
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helmi
A series of articles on prerequisites for success in IT projects continues. Previous articles discussed the importance of transparency and honesty, a genuine desire to help the customer, skilled team members and continuous development of competence – now the penultimate discusses realistic expectations of the pace of progress. My colleague at Compile recalled a story […]
Human sustainability, Sustainable software development
Six ways to avoid an IT project failure, part 4: Continuous development of competence
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helmi
As a follow-up to my previous article on skilled team members, I would like to highlight the continuous development of expertise as an important prerequisite for the success of IT projects. In this extremely rapidly changing environment, we must constantly be up-to-date and preferably ahead of time; what we know now will not be enough […]
Human sustainability, Sustainable software development
SIX WAYS TO AVOID AN IT PROJECT FAILURE, PART 3: SKILLED TEAM MEMBERS
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helmi
We recently announced that our personnel increased by a vigorous 61% this year, which gained us much deserved visibility related to the topic (Taloussanomat,,Helsingin Uutiset, Insinööri magazine). In particular, the media highlighted the generous salaries we offered to our experienced software developers, and I thought that I would explain our reasoning behind it a little […]
Human sustainability, Sustainable software development
Six ways to avoid an IT project failure, part 2: Genuine desire to help the customer
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helmi
I wrote in my previous article about the importance of transparency within the team and towards the customer in order to ensure a successful IT project. However, the genuine desire to help the customer is equally important. It sounds obvious, but according to our experience, self-interest often seems to take precedence over the customer’s needs. […]
Human sustainability, Professionalism and competence, Sustainable software development
Six ways to avoid IT project failure
17
helmi
helmi
An article published in Tivi at the end of the summer about Compile’s approach to sustainable software development attracted a lot of interest, which is why I thought I would share my thoughts on the factors enable successful IT projects in our experience. Once you’ve been on the job for long enough, you start to […]