Executive Update

Modernizing "Modern" Applications: Agile and a Strategy of Continual, Iterative Improvement

Posted April 26, 2011 | Technology |
improvements

Does this sound familiar? The product manager for a software application is getting hounded by sales reps to add functionality that would let them call on their installed base with a new story to tell. At the same time, customer service has a list of usability problems that need to be fixed. Meanwhile, the product developers are realizing that they have pushed the current architecture to its limits, and they need to move to an approach based on services.

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Michael Hughes
Michael Hughes works for IBM Internet Security Systems as a User Assistance Architect. Before joining IBM, Dr. Hughes was the User Experience Design Lead at CheckFree Corporation, where he established its User Experience Research and Design Center. He has a PhD in instructional technology from the University of Georgia and a master's degree in technical and professional communication from Southern Polytechnic State University. His professional… Read More
Brian Anderson
Brian Anderson is a User Experience Architect for IBM Security Services, where he works to define the best user experience for a suite of applications that helps customers manage their data security. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in experimental psychology and has been granted several US patents for mobile applications. He can be reached at brian.m.anderson@us.ibm.com.
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