Great Teams Don’t Grow On Trees
Why am I writing this? Can you deliver that in half the time? How do we…
The Acklen Avenue Blog
A collection of things that make us tick and other stuff we find interesting.
Powerful Ways To Motivate A Development Team
What drives motivation? One of the core Agile principles is to build teams around motivated individuals,…
In-house or Outsource: The Right Software Development Strategy For You
“Software is eating the world” the adage goes. As more and more companies transform to bring…
A Scrum Master’s Guide to Keeping Your Project on Track
Sometimes I ask myself, “how could I have prevented this from happening?” As a Scrum Master,…
Adopting a Product Backlog Maturity Model
A healthy Product Backlog is critical to the success of any Agile team. When a team…
UX That Actually Works
Imagine that you’re looking for buried treasure. All you have is a map, which shows the…
Outsourcing Software Development in a Budget Crunch
The current economy is putting the strain on businesses far and wide, pushing leaders to find…
5 Steps To Take Your Start-Up App To The Next Level
The climb to success for any software company starts with one mission: prove your idea. The…
How To Build Your Own Agile Software Development Team
We know how frustrating it can be when your company has a big project they want…
5 Key Factors to Delivering Valuable Software Quickly
Let’s say you want to go to market quickly with your next great software idea but…
Acklen Avenue Brings on Stephanie Johnson as Chief Operating Officer and Manuel Calderon as Chief Business Officer
Nashville, TN: Acklen Avenue Software announced today that Stephanie Johnson, former COO of Zycron and most…
Technical Decisions & Business Acumen: How speaking both languages can drive business value
In technology-related projects or companies, many business decisions affect how technology is implemented. Conversely, many technical…
10 Questions Every Central American Candidate Should Consider
Recently we posted a job announcement in one of our favorite Facebook pages and received some…
4 Questions to ask your Software Development Partner
Because application development projects are often expensive and high risk, finding a partner that you’re aligned…
What Defines Us – Acklen Avenue, a Software Development Company.
A few years ago, we went through a tough process of defining who we are and…
How a Love Story Led to One of Nashville’s Top Software Development Companies
It was never in the business plan for Acklen Avenue, a software development company, cofounders Colin…
3 questions to ask when starting a software development project
Does this story sound familiar? You’ve got an earth-shattering idea–one that will disrupt an entire industry.…
Why Agile Adoption Fails So Often
Agile is not what you do. Agility is how you do it – Dave Thomas Agile devotees tend to insist…
6 Questions That Tell You Are an AITO (Agile in Title Only) Company.
This is the second post in our Agile Development blog series. Agile get its users from…
Agile Development a 10,000 Foot View
This is a first in a blog series devoted to Agile Development. We’ll cover everything from…
What We Learned About Hiring a Few Honduran Developers
This blog is about one of our first Honduran hires, Camilo Aguilar. He has since moved…
5 Secrets to Quality Software Delivery
Quality Software works as expected today and can be easily modified 6 months later. How can…
3 Ways to Win at Quality When Creating Custom Software
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” — Henry Ford I bought some…
Save Money With “Acceptance Test-Driven Development”
Custom software is pretty expensive! Unnoticed system bugs, misunderstood requirements, and lack of developer focus can…
5 Ways To Kill Your ROI
Your company is getting ready to make a major investment in custom software that might take…
3 Lessons Learned from Delivering Quality Software
This article is about some lessons that my team has learned about developing custom software and…
4 Ways to Stop Bugs from Eating Your Software Budget
People who complain about paying $149 for a shrink-wrapped copy of Quickbooks Pro have obviously never…
How Not To Scare Customers With an Agile Software Estimation
A friend you haven’t seen in a while says that he will be in Chattanooga for…
The Golden Rule of Software Development
I’ve gone to church all my life and “The Golden Rule” has been pound into my…
4 Components of Durable Software
“Downtown Parking”, an imaginary start-up, plans to build parking garages in large cities around the world.…
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