OpenAI has been creating a lot of buzz as of late with it's impressive models and public access to these models. Lots of businesses are trying to leverage the power of generative AI to improve their solutions. OpenAI and Microsoft have teamed up to create Azure...
Securing and maximizing the ROI of your business critical data
Why are we discussing security and ROI of data in the same blog? They are more intimately related than you might think! Why is your business critical data vulnerable? Most businesses have several and sometimes hundreds of software applications that support some aspect...
Building a requirements virtualization platform
Why do we want to build a requirements virtualization platform? Our ultimate objective is for a business analyst to be able to conduct a requirements meeting with business users/stakeholders and walk out of that meeting with a working implementation of the...
Improving the productivity of IT teams
Business Analysts Many business analysts spend most of their time in meetings documenting business requirements, explaining what they mean to developers, waiting for weeks and then figuring out why the implementation didn't match the documentation, rinse and repeat...
How to gather and validate software requirements
One of the first things we do when we initiate a new software application project is attempt to gather a set of software requirements. These are often broken down into Functional and Non-Functional Requirements. The Functional Requirements are then generally further...
How to Improve the Productivity of Business Analysts?
Many business analysts spend most of their time in meetings documenting business process requirements, explaining what they mean to developers, waiting for weeks and then figuring out why the implementation didn't match the documentation, rinse and repeat endlessly!...
Is your business data safe?
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was recently in "stormy weather" because of a major computer system failure. As per BBC News: "US air safety officials say that the glitch that led to travel chaos at airports last week was actually caused by a contractor...
Adding AI To Business Functionality
There is a lot of hype in the news about the step change in AI technology with major companies talking about how AI will be a game changer for their business. The challenges facing many organizations today are: how will we incorporate AI into our products to drive...
Future Proof Your Business Functionality
Application Shelf Life and Technology Expiry Dates Most organizations use forms-based custom software applications that have hard-coded the business functionality. These applications are implemented on a set of specific technologies: source code in one (or more)...
Limitations of No Code / Low Code technology
There are many good use cases for No Code / Low Code technology when building simple applications that collect and maintain records for a few simple forms. Most of these technologies include some form of a canvas designer where Citizen Developers can drop and style...