Why Do You Need a Dedicated Product Owner for Your Software Project?

A Product Owner is of­ten de­scribed as a soft­ware pro­jec­t’s key stake­holder or the most im­por­tant stake­holder for a de­vel­op­ment team. In this ar­ti­cle we dis­cuss why you need a prod­uct owner, their role and the key at­trib­utes of a great prod­uct owner.

The Top Analytics Tools of 2021 for Web and Mobile Applications

There is an ar­ray of track­ing plat­forms in the mar­ket that spe­cialise in track­ing the above el­e­ments and pre­sent­ing data in var­i­ous ways. To il­lus­trate this, I high­light a few favourite an­a­lyt­ics soft­ware ap­pli­ca­tions that are avail­able in the mar­ket cur­rently.

4 Advantages of DevOps and CI/CD Pipelines

DevOps is the stage be­tween de­vel­op­ment and op­er­a­tions. This ar­ti­cle will break down what DevOps is and ex­plore the ad­van­tages that can be felt from in­vest­ing in prac­tices like a CI/CD pipeline.

Product Owner vs Scrum Master: Are They the Same?

In this ar­ti­cle we dive deeper into the role of the Product Owner and the Scrum Master, ex­plore what the key dif­fer­ences are, and whether they can be per­formed by the same per­son.

Version 7 of the Way of Working is Now Available

Over the last 7 years we’ve built over 60 pro­jects. During each pro­ject, we make plenty of learn­ings that we feed back into the Way of Working so that the next pro­ject can ben­e­fit. To put it sim­ply, the Way of Working is an ag­ile play­book that uses real-world ex­pe­ri­ence to shape its evo­lu­tion.

How to Find Grants Available for Software Development

There are over 600 gov­ern­ment grants avail­able in Australia. So, you may be ask­ing, am I el­i­gi­ble for any of these grants to help fund my busi­ness’ soft­ware de­vel­op­ment? In this ar­ti­cle, I’m go­ing to out­line some of the state and na­tional grants that are most likely ap­plic­a­ble to you.

WorkingMouse’s Vision and Mission for 2021-22

Here at WorkingMouse, we’ve been plan­ning in fi­nan­cial years for 3 years. So, con­sider this our round-up and re­lease of our strat­egy for the 21/22 fi­nan­cial year!

Who is Responsible for Technical Documentation During Development

It is ex­ceed­ingly im­por­tant to doc­u­ment soft­ware de­vel­op­ment. But who is re­spon­si­ble for the doc­u­men­ta­tion? Depending on who you ask, the an­swer will dif­fer. It’s im­por­tant to iden­tify the dif­fer­ent types of doc­u­men­ta­tion that form part of a soft­ware pro­ject — the code­base and the sup­port­ing doc­u­men­ta­tion.

Why Software Systems Become Legacy

If you have spent any time in the soft­ware in­dus­try, you would have heard of the term ‘legacy sys­tem’. All soft­ware sys­tems be­come legacy sys­tems at some point. In this ar­ti­cle, we will dis­cuss why this hap­pens but first, we need to de­fine what ex­actly a legacy sys­tem is.

Tax Incentives Available for Software Development

Building soft­ware is an in­vest­ment. The R&D tax in­cen­tive and as­set de­pre­ci­a­tion are gov­ern­ment ini­tia­tives that help busi­nesses jus­tify that in­vest­ment. This ar­ti­cle dives deeper into who is el­i­gi­ble for each tax in­cen­tive.