Gold plating means intentionally adding extra features or functions to a product or projects you are developing which were not included in the scope statement. Usually, gold plating is performed by either the project team or the project manager with no additional cost to the client, possibly even beyond what is practical or reasonable for…
As of last year, Amazon Web Services controlled roughly 40 percent of the cloud market, running the backend for Netflix, Pinterest, Slack and dozens of other services with no visible connection to the company. – The Verge, 2018 https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/28/17622792/plugin-use-the-internet-without-the-amazon-cloud That’s nearly half of the all servers that make up the internet. A monopoly is when…
The SwiftCase Productivity Podcast team, joined by the new permanent member, Alkis, expand on the concept of “Tethics” – tech ethics – formulated by the HBO show Silicon Valley character Gavin Belson. We discuss it as a real system, which doesn’t even seem too far fetched considering the strides technology is making across all industries….
As the new year rolls along, so will new problems as well as new solutions. Here is a nod to those incoming issues, or essentially a compilation of the team continuously complaining about the worst problems they’ve encountered in the business world, taken from every episode of Room 404 in 2019 . We are looking…
As we bid farewell to 2019, there’s one more very special goodbye we have to say to a very important part of the SwiftCase crew. Craig McCarthy, who has been with us since the start is leaving us to progress to the next level of his life, starting a new job with a video game…
Welcome back to the future! We get back to talking about what to look forward to in the new decade, what we might not be looking forward to and some of our hopes. If you like what you’ve heard and want to catch all the latest weekly episodes, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel.
What a time to be alive. Another year out of the way, and the next decade has a lot in store for us, we just don’t know what it is yet – but we can definitely try to guess. Thank you to everyone who has watched, liked and subscribed since the start of this year…
It’s that time of the year again. In this lightly festive episode of the podcast, our team chat about Christmas shopping and traditions, sharing some of their own tales. Regardless of whether or not you celebrate Christmas, we hope you enjoy the holidays. If you like what you’ve heard and want to catch all the…
Do high street stores need saving? There are certainly plenty of shops closing down as well as new ones popping up and closing after a few weeks. The number of exclusively online businesses are increasing, and eCommerce is growing and improving all the time, making it easier for us to buy online. We discuss ways…
This one’s for the workaholics – when do certain careers stop counting as real work? Some say it loses its value when it’s not laborious and physically/mentally challenging, or even damaging. If you like what you’ve heard and want to catch all the latest weekly episodes, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel.