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Why We Don’t Write User Stories Anymore

There was a time when we were writing user stories to describe requirements. I’d say they worked fairly well for us. But we don’t do this anymore. We were using user stories as a technique which allowed us to describe …

The first OPEN COFFEE KOCHI…

“Imagine it more as a big open lounge where people come and go, talk to others in their industry, showcase demo’s of what they are working on, save the world, and ultimately maybe get some work done and run a …

Press release: With first network meeting, already 100 participants

Open Coffee Hoorn is a popular club Zwaag – ‘the visitors came from all corners and holes’ laughs Maikel Kok. The initiator of the Hoorn department of the Open Coffee Club was surprised by the overwhelming amount of interest for …

New terminology in offshore outsourcing – Part 2

A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the terminology we use in the offshore outsourcing landscape. (https://www.bridge-global.com/blog//outsourcing/terminology-offshore-outsourcing)I have posted the question in some groups and the Q&A in linkedin and on our blog; this generated a lot of …

Bruce Lee on Software Development

Before his untimely death in 1973, Bruce Lee managed to shake up the martial arts world with his theories of combat and training. Why? Because he felt – much to the chagrin of his peers – that the traditional martial …

Bridge Holland Press release – dedicated teams

With Bridge Dedicated Teams, IT departments and development companies can use all the advantages of outsourcing…   Zwaag, 9 March 2010 – Bridge, specialist in the field of software development and offshore outsourcing, introduces the new service ‘Bridge Dedicated Teams’. …

Bridge Club! What if…

24 February 2010 Bridge news

  …You join the Bridge Club!? That’s the question we want you to wonder about. Even we, the marketing team of Bridge, just started with a question: How can we attract customers and how can we keep them with us? …

Google Wave: E-mail is soo 2009

Last year September Google released their newest innovation on the web: Google Wave. After a lot of media exposure they sent out the First 100.000 invites for their newest product. The two brothers Rasmussen, who also invented Google Maps, describes …

Recruiting in India

It is 7:00 AM and I am waiting for a candidate for a job interview. I have his resume lying in front of me with some areas underlined which I want to know more about. Also I have written down …

Inside perspective: Hello world…

17 February 2010 Bridge news

My name is Ksenia Shepelevich and I would like to introduce myself and tell you about my collaboration with the Dutch company Techno Design IP in the capacity of designer. I am from Chisinau City, the capital of a small country …

Do we need a new terminology in offshore outsourcing?

15 February 2010 Offshoring

The past years I have been thinking regularly about the terminology in the offshoring world. The market has come up with a huge list of terms like:  –          Offshoring –          Offshore outsourcing –          Nearshoring –          Nearshore outsourcing –          Captive center …

The New Way of Working

12 February 2010 Outsourcing

In a professional environment the expression “The New Way of Working” (TNW) appears everywhere and very frequently nowadays. Many already heard about it, some didn’t. Many organizations want to introduce it, others don’t. TNW can offer a lot of advantages …