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Empowering Businesses to Thrive with Azure
The pressure to innovate faster, increase efficiency, and reduce costs is ever present in the tech industry. What’s even more difficult is trying to achieve all of these goals while also maintaining world-class security and sustainability. Using best-in-class tools...
Loom as a Tool for Reducing Unnecessary Meetings and Fostering Collaboration
In modern workplaces, meetings are often overused and underproductive. In fact, managers in this Harvard Business Review survey reported that 83% of the meetings on their calendars were unproductive. Furthermore, U.S. professionals ranked meetings as the “number one...
AI-Driven Agile: How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Project Management
The Agile methodology has long been the go-to framework for teams seeking to effectively collaborate and consistently deliver value for customers. However, as organizations grow and projects become more complex, Agile must evolve. Integrating artificial intelligence...
Navigating the High Costs of Product Launch Delays
Delaying a product launch can have significant financial repercussions that extend far beyond the immediate costs. It is important to understand how these delays can impact an organization. Having this knowledge can transform an organization’s strategic plans and...
You Don’t Need a Gantt Chart for Agile, You need Clear Path
Introduction Hi everyone, welcome to SPK Associates' video here today. This video is entitled, "You Don't Need a Gantt Chart for Agile, You Need a Clear Path." My name is Michael Roberts, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SPK Associates, and I'm here today with...
Evaluating the Costs and Benefits: Switching from DOORS and RTC to Codebeamer
In the realm of product development, the tools you choose can significantly impact your team's productivity. In this blog post, I will share how one company’s evaluation and business case process allowed them to move from legacy solutions IBM DOORS and Rational Team...
What Engineering Metrics Does Your CEO Care About?
In any company, the creation/delivery of the product or service and the sale of it are top of mind for the CEO. This is the lifeblood of the business. As such, it is critical to have metrics that clearly communicate the health of product creation and release. A CEO...
How SPK’s Application Management Services Solved Klocwork License Tracking Challenges
Effectively managing software licenses can be challenging, but it is critical in ensuring your organization works cost-efficiently. These challenges only increase when vendors make unexpected changes. This was precisely the case when Klocwork, a leading static code...
Component-Based Engineering: Building Better Products Faster with Modular Design
As product complexity and pressures to achieve a faster time-to-market both increase, developers are seeking new ways to achieve efficient operations. Streamlining product development while maintaining high quality can be challenging. However, approaches like...
Your 10 Point Checklist for Cloud Migration and Modernization
Cloud migration and modernization are essential for businesses looking to remain competitive and achieve cost efficiency. Microsoft Azure has emerged as a leading cloud platform, offering robust infrastructure, scalability, and security to its users. It is an...
Latest White Papers
4 Strategies for Securing Container Deployments
Utilizing containers can have many benefits for organizations in the IT realm. However, some teams experience pushback to adopting this technology due to security concerns. Let’s explore ways to ensure secure container deployments for your teams. What You Will Learn...