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From backlog to a usable workflow
Walk through a complete user journey, inspect a failed integration and turn observations into requirements, owners and decisions before estimating development.
Sparkler Soft6 Nov 20263 min read
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Engineering write-ups tagged Business — practical lessons from real projects, not marketing copy.
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Software Project Handover Checklist: Moving to a New Development Team
Plan a software project handover with a checklist covering code, access, builds, integrations, documentation, releases and ownership.
Sparkler Soft29 Oct 20266 min read
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How to Brief a Software Development Partner: A Practical Checklist
Prepare a useful project brief with clear goals, users, first-release priorities, constraints and open questions. Includes a practical checklist and a fictional example.
Sparkler Soft22 Oct 20267 min read
Business
Outsourcing vs. In-House Development: A Framework for CTOs
The useful question isn't "build or buy" — it's which work benefits from deep institutional knowledge, and which is well-scoped and time-bound.
Victoria Lapidus27 Sept 20261 min read
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Innovation During the Pandemic: Ayming’s 2021 Survey
Ayming’s International Innovation Barometer 2022, covered on the old site in October 2021, described an uneven response to the pandemic. Some businesses accelerated new ways of working while others struggled to maintain research and development.
Sparkler Soft archive12 Oct 20211 min read
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Payments Platforms and Digital Assets: A 2021 Industry View
In September 2021, the archive carried an industry viewpoint from Ian Kerr of Episode Six on how banks and fintech companies might modernise payment infrastructure. The discussion reflected growing interest in digital assets at the time.
Sparkler Soft archive21 Sept 20211 min read
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Digital Currency by 2030? A Snapshot of Expectations in 2021
A September 2021 news item discussed Deloitte’s survey of financial-services executives and their expectations for digital currencies. Its headline forecast concerned what respondents thought might happen by 2030.
Sparkler Soft archive9 Sept 20211 min read
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AI in Investment Tools: What the 2021 Discussion Covered
The April 2021 archive looked at the use of algorithms in investment tools, beyond public interest in buying shares in AI companies. It described systems that process financial statements, market data and other signals to support decisions.
Sparkler Soft archive12 Apr 20211 min read
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Seven Automotive Technology Themes from 2021
The March 2021 automotive overview covered a mix of vehicle capabilities and service models. It grouped predictive maintenance, connected homes, automated driving, navigation, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, biometric seats and cars as a service into one industry snapshot.
Sparkler Soft archive29 Mar 20211 min read
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AI Automation Claims: Lessons from the Engineer.ai Coverage
A March 2021 archive item revisited reporting by The Wall Street Journal about Engineer.ai and the extent of automation in its app-building service. The report questioned how much work was performed by software and how much depended on developers.
Sparkler Soft archive19 Mar 20211 min read
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Polish Satellite Propulsion Research: The GRACE Project
A February 2021 news item covered work at the Polish Institute of Aviation on an alternative satellite propulsion system. The project was supported through the European Space Agency’s Polish Industry Incentive programme.
Sparkler Soft archive26 Feb 20211 min read
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Geospatial Intelligence: Data, Infrastructure and the 2021 Debate
The February 2021 archive discussed geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, through a policy viewpoint reported by C4ISRNET. The topic concerned information about locations and activity on Earth, including imagery and other geographically referenced data.
Sparkler Soft archive23 Feb 20211 min read