General steps and some considerations to take note — What are the reasons that organisations may want to migrate on-premise applications into the cloud? Obtained from the AWS Value Proposition: Agility — one-click provisioning of services and infrastructure for experimentation and innovation Elasticity — on-demand adjustments of infrastructure capacity to cater to elastic demand and save costs Flexibility — able to switch across products with low barriers of entry and minimal cost impact

Promote synergy across your delivery, design, and quality assurance teams — Why the need for this guide? Synergetic cross-functional teams (XFT) contribute greatly to the success of a program. Benefits of a cross-functional team include increased innovation and efficiency through different skill sets and expertise. However, managing teams from various departments and specialisation require close coordination and orchestration of resources to ensure that the outputs from one…

Setting the foundation for interactive prototyping in MS PowerPoint — MS PowerPoint is my personal tool of choice for various design work i.e. creating pitch decks, e-product launch posters, short animations, and interactive prototypes because of the three key reasons: Availability — comes pre-installed in most corporate computers, even in strict environments i.e. …

Five simple steps towards improving product quality and increasing adoption — Why conduct user tests? Below are three key reasons that I chose to conduct user tests with my users before launching the digital product to the masses: Validate: ensures that the product fits the needs and provide value for my target users/groups Educate: allows users to gain some familiarity with the product before launch…

Important activities and tasks to take note of in preparation for your project transition — What happens after a project ends? The transition to the post-production/maintenance phase begins. The transition primarily involves tasks and activities that span the following three broad categories: People — planning for support teams (L1/L2/L3), educating end-users Process — support/escalation workflow structure, service-level agreements, handover/training plans, documentation

Tweak your product design quickly so that developers can ship useful product features fast — A lean design sprint is a scaled-down design approach that involves delivering artefacts quickly in an iterative fashion to obtain user feedback with limited resources. I have recently completed a design sprint and have found this approach especially useful for product designers/teams that want to build a quick and usable…

Ensure that vulnerabilities are properly addressed through a security assessment before your application goes live — What is the security assessment about? Anything can happen when your app gets released to the public. As we don’t know what we don’t know, it’s important to ensure that proper measures are in place to mitigate the risks and application vulnerabilities — through a security assessment and audit.

Five useful components of a user story specification that facilitates the delivery of your solution — Writing a useful user story can make a significant difference in your delivery timeline in the long run. What is a user story? In an agile delivery framework, a user story is the smallest unit of work to be delivered. The end deliverable should be able to demonstrate value to the user in the form…

Practical examples to estimate, quantify, and present your digital transformation project benefits to investors — Numbers form the backbone of project proposals to obtain funding from sponsors. The benefits have to be packaged in a way that’s easily understood by the stakeholders for them to capture the value of your project and make an investment. However, you must also be able to justify the numbers…