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Outsourcing Software: Scaling Bank Services Case Study
Client The Client is a banking institution that currently provides a collection of banking functionality servicing a specific market segment and related industries such as lenders, title companies, and real estate agents. They provide tools to manage the monies of...
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What is a Kanban Agile Strategy?
What is a Kanban Agile Strategy? Kanban is a popular framework used to implement agile software development. It requires real-time communication of capacity and full transparency of work. Kanban is Japanese for “visual signal” or “card.” Toyota line-workers used a...
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Case Study: Outsourcing Your Challenges
Client The Client is a professional services organization serving a multi-state business in the Midwest since 2009. The Client was formed as a separate business organization from its parent company by merging the IT services departments of multiple office locations....
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Design Sprints: Building and Testing Prototypes in 5 Days
What are Design Sprints? Design sprints were born out of Google Ventures about 5 years ago, and the developers of the process considered the build and measure component of design the foundation for creating successful products. By building on the familiar principles...
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Three Ways to be a Leader
This blog is about being a leader, which is much different than a manager. Is your team meeting your revenue, gross margins, or project goals? Are they staying within budget, or writing/testing/releasing high quality code? Well, this article is not about all that…If...
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CRi Solutions Podcast: Insourcing vs Outsourcing
CRi Solutions Episode 2. In this episode we discuss outsourcing to help solve your technology challenges. We have with us today, Jackie Austin, Senior Vice President of the CRi solutions team. If you would like to discuss your outsourcing needs with Jackie email us at...
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An Introduction to Developing Actions for the Google Assistant
Actions on Google is the developer platform for creating conversational apps for the Google Assistant and publishing them to Google Home, Android, the Google Assistant app on iPhone, and beyond. The Google Assistant is Google’s vision for how computers can help people...
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Why Good UX is Good for Business
Every day we conduct more of our day to day business interactions in a digital environment, it's never been more critical to offer our users a seamless digital experience that aligns with how they prefer to conduct their business and live their lives. It has become an...
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CRi Team Participates in Aqua-Run
This past weekend a few CRi employees laced up their running shoes for the Aqua-Run, raising money for Aqua Africa. The race is a 10K relay race, with teams from 3 to 5 members, who each carry a 1/2 gallon hydration pack for the duration of the...
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UX Success Factors: Three Easy-To-Miss UX Interview Essentials
Beyond Principles When it comes to UX interviews, general principles are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to gathering essential data for a successful UX research project. In the last couple years I’ve identified three major areas that are easy to gloss over when...
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Rendering Graphics with MetalKit + Swift 4 (Part 2)
CRi Solutions Podcast: Digital Transformation & Strategy Starts with UX Research
CRi Solutions Episode 2. In this episode we discuss mobile’s place in digital transformation, meeting users expectations, UX challenges that loom large, and how to successfully approach your next UX project. If you would like to discuss your digital strategy and/or UX...
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