Michael Ball-Marian - Project Manager — Michael Ball-Marian is a Senior Project Manager at Foraker Design. He has been working in the Web/Software industry since 1995, including a background in web development, web content writing, systems operations and web strategy. Michael is a proponent of Agile software development, and is a certified ScrumMaster.
The Million-Dollar Idea
Why execution matters for web applications
Lots of great ideas are very simple concepts. Still, the old adage, “execution is more important than ideas,” applies as surely to web applications as any other business endeavor. Understanding how this principle applies to web development is the key to understanding development costs, and the value being delivered for those costs.
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How to place your next order for custom software.
When you order that value meal, 95% of the details are already known in advance: the burger composition and size, the slice of half-melted-quasi-cheese-food-product, the amount of salt on the fries, and the packaging that it will be delivered in.
Buying a custom web application or complex website is not like ordering a burger.
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