Strategy & Advisory Understanding the Problem is the Hardest Part of Any Software Project It doesn’t matter what piece of software you’re building, the key to success lies in having a deep understanding of the problem you are aiming…
Strategy & Advisory Why Agile Transformations Can Fail: Sense of Urgency - 3Cloud At 3Cloud, we work with a number of customers who are looking to become more agile in their software development practices. We often help them…
DevOps & Automation Getting Real ROI (return on investment) on ALM As you come into work on a Monday, you find your team is about to start down a path whereby they are going to commit…
Application Modernization Why ALM Matters I recently heard a podcast where David Chappell said something that piqued my interest. Paraphrasing, his thinking went something like this. (more…)
Strategy & Advisory Creating team safety in 1 easy step One thing that we learned from Google’s Project Aristotle is that the highest performing teams have a single thing in common. What is that thing,…
Strategy & Advisory Software Development Teams vs. Staff Augmentation [Comparison Guide] The demands on software development are higher than ever, as evidenced by Agile, Lean, DevOps, and the many philosophies and practices employed to optimize it.…
Uncategorized An Introduction to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) At 3Cloud (formerly Polaris), our enthusiastic adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) dates back before 2014. SAFe enables us to consistently deliver modern software…
Strategy & Advisory 1,2,3…NOT IT! “If only the team would take ownership, we wouldn’t be in this mess. I need someone to be accountable for this project!” (more…)
Application Modernization How To Put People First in Application Modernization The application modernization services market is set to grow to $25 billion by 2025. At 3Cloud, we start the app mod process by looking at…
Strategy & Advisory Debugging Agile Adoption We are frequently asked about our approach to agile adoption in both the small and at large. The answer of course, in true cheeky consulting…
