The Elephant’s Trunk reached out to us for a reason. They needed to validate their business idea with users. The idea itself was one-of-a-kind - they wanted to publish and sell personalized children’s books that embrace human diversity and help kids feel included. The solution was to build the first version of a book ordering platform and check how the market responded to it. Read on to find out about our approach to building an MVP.
Managing, modifying and scaling monolithic applications is not an easy task. To make it less overwhelming, developers started to break frontend monoliths into smaller pieces and work on them independently. That’s how micro frontend architecture came to be. Read on to find out what exactly micro fronted architecture is and how it can help you with developing your product.
When two giant competitors hit the market, our client needed to take immediate and effective action in order to save their business. Despite having over twenty-five years of experience, they struggled with adjusting their business model to post-pandemic market conditions. Read on to find out what steps Boldare consultants took to help them resolve their issues and grow in the new competitive environment.
This article presents a story of Boldare’s engagement in developing one of Europe’s largest gas capacity management platforms. Find out how we supported the client in creating new modules and applying Agile processes for better team performance and higher product quality.
The use of Agile methodologies results in better quality digital products and here at Boldare, our favorite ‘flavor’ of Agile is the Scrum framework. Scrum uses short periods of focused activity – called sprints – to develop software in a series of functional iterations. A key tool in organizing Agile work is the backlog. In Scrum, we refer to both ‘product backlogs’ and ‘sprint backlogs’. What are the differences between the two? Read on to find out.
At Boldare, we cherish personal contact with our partners. We like to build relationships that are not just virtual. Valuable time spent together face to face, discussing our partner’s product and business domain is something that helps us understand each other's needs. That is why we recently sent our product team to visit TUI Musement, Boldare’s partner, at the company’s hub in Palma de Mallorca. Here are the highlights from this fruitful meeting.
The world calls for change. The planet calls for rescue. Clients and services call for sustainability. As Boldare, we respond to those calls. We believe to build a different future people have to start acting in different ways. The newly-established Boldare Foundation will focus on education. Teaching young children self-organization and social responsibility is where we need to start in order to restructure the system we live in.
How do you achieve a high quality digital product? How do you ensure it’s good enough to meet users’ needs while also being free of defects and flaws? Maybe you’ve heard of quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC)? Read on to find out the differences between the two and discover the benefits of applying them.
We have recently partnered with one of the fastest-growing Commercial Real Estate (CRE) operators in the U.S. - Olive Tree Ventures. Now we would like to invite you to an online Boldare Business Talks event where we will ask our partner about the newest trends in the U.S. CRE market. We believe this can help our clients identify risks and opportunities that may soon occur in the U.S. real estate sector. Block a time slot: July 7th, 4.30 pm CET.
What are the WCAG standards and why should digital product creators follow them? In this article, we take a look at the practical side of accessible digital design, including the available standards, and how the benefits of applying those standards go far beyond the users who inspired them.
Boldare is agile. We can say that with confidence after developing hundreds of digital products over the years, using agile methodologies and principles. But which particular flavor of agile working is our favorite? That would be scrum - the agile framework that provides a clear process for complex projects in a changeable world. The core of scrum is simple - the three pillars: transparency, inspection and adaptation. In this article, we explore how they impact product development, and how we put them into practice.
No-code development is full of possibilities. But is it possible to create an esthetic and stunning digital website without writing a single line of code? Read about our latest Awwwards project and find out the answer. Here is the story of Plantarium. Learn how we used the Webflow tool to build this Awwwards-nominated site.
In this article we will talk about user research - one of the most important steps on your product’s development path. Read on to find out how user research can contribute to a successful realization of your digital idea.
Embracing accessibility is slowly becoming the new standard for conscious digital product creators who realize its value. We have started to popularize the topic with our current and potential customers. From this position, we identified an educational need and we decided to add a Product Accessibility Workshop to Boldare’s list of services. What is the workshop about? How can it help you build inclusive digital products and stand out from competitors?
We’ve recently established a new Boldare office in Amsterdam. Now our clients from the Netherlands and Western Europe have another choice of location - somewhere they can meet us for an interview, workshops, negotiations, or just to share their thoughts and ideas. In this short post, we’ll present the site of our new Dutch office.
We have been present on the German market for some time now and our growing number of German clients has led to us opening an office in Hamburg. Now we can meet our current and future German partners, organize workshops for them, and host them in our own space. In this message we’ll show you the site of our latest office, and more.
If you’re aiming to build a useful product that solves people’s real problems, you should never make decisions based on assumptions. When designing and developing digital products, building castles in the air is a risky choice. Instead, you can convert your assumptions into hypotheses and validate them to be sure you’re heading the right direction. How do you formulate a digital product hypothesis? How do you validate it? Can a negative hypothesis validation bring positive results? Find the answers in this article.
Is it worth knowing about and applying the value proposition canvas? We tested the length and breadth of it. Now, we can sincerely recommend it as one of the most powerful tools for precisely fitting a digital product to users’ needs. It helps to analyze and understand high-potential market segments - the ones in need of the solution you’re bringing to market. Read this article to learn more about the value proposition canvas - what it is and examples and benefits of using it.
Nothing drives development more than the ability to automate specific processes. Every industrial revolution has been about automating parts of the process for faster and more effective production. The time has come for automation in programming. No-code tools are developing quickly and the question arises: will no-code replace developers?
We all intuitively know what team efficiency is about. When it comes to specifics, though, things get complicated. The bigger the team, the more difficult it is to make it efficient. Read on to discover nine proven ways to increase team efficiency. You will find these suggestions especially useful when working on a new digital product.
Any product development process is a balancing act of time, resources, innovation, expertise, research, demanding stakeholders and customers needs, hard work, and more… That’s complicated enough, but what if you buy into one of the myths surrounding product development – what if some of your assumptions about the process are wrong? Here are the most common product development fallacies – the ideas that are easy to believe, even when that belief can seriously (and negatively) affect the digital products you produce.
Here is an example of how we helped a US company - TeamAlert - with the transition of their digital app from the MVP stage to the product-market fit phase. The process resulted in a 300% increase in the number of users and over 40 new features. Read about our approach, steps taken, and client outcomes.
Design debt can be a real issue. When you try to meet customer expectations by equipping your product with many useful features, you need to be careful not to overdo it. The accumulation of unnecessary product components or processes can lower the product’s quality and efficiency. What exactly is design debt? How can you measure and minimize it? What about paying it back? Find the answers in this article.
Is it possible to build a prototype in one week? Is it possible to develop it into an MVP in just one month? Boldare’s development team proved it is. This case study is the story of a U.S. commercial real estate startup that got its wings from our specialists and is now ready to fly high, conquering a demanding market. Read the article and find out how we created the TrueRate platform - a web-based marketplace for real estate owners and operators.
In the first article of this series, we will take a look at agile in software development. What is it exactly and why your business should look into it? Read on further to find out.
The education sector has a long history of using technology to aid and support learning. The rate of adoption of new learning technologies received a huge boost from the COVID-19 pandemic, as schools, universities, and other learning organizations were faced with a wholesale shift to remote learning and therefore digital technologies. This article explores the current digital challenges facing education, the trends shaping the future, and how Boldare is supporting the technological evolution of the sector.
It’s time to say goodbye to some of the traditional aspects of the real estate business such as: real estate offices, cash payments, paper contracts, and time-consuming paperwork. The necessity for digital transformation has eventually reached the property industry, so if you’re a real estate owner, manager, agent, realtor, investor, or developer, you can’t ignore it anymore - you need to use digital tools and think of alternative ways of running the business.
We present the automobile industry’s recent challenges, and Boldare’s involvement in creating great automotive digital solutions. Digital Transformation in the automotive industry is on!
In order to create an outstanding and desirable digital product, you need to choose the right technology. How? Use the expertise of a solution architect. Read about how a solution architect can help you pick the best tech path to build a successful product.
We are pleased and proud to inform you that Boldare’s Co-CEO, Anna Zarudzka, has been listed by the Come Creations Group as one of 2021’s “Strong Women in IT”. Hers is one of 200 profiles of highly influential and inspiring women who are shaping the new technology industry all over the world. Feel free to check out Anna Zarudzka’s page in this unique report. You can find the link and more information here.
Chris Carmichael reveals the secret of TUI’s ongoing success despite the travel industry crisis caused by the pandemic. He shares the company’s innovation path and future tech strategy for serving over 20 million tourists a year. How has TUI’s Innovation Lab transformed the business and helped it keep its position among the greatest global leaders of the travel sector? Find out.
Boldare’s Co-CEO and joint founder, Anna Zarudzka, gave an insightful interview to prestigious publication platform, Authority Magazine. The conversation was a part of an interview series titled: “Preparing for the future of work”. Anna Zarudzka shared her ideas and Boldare’s approach toward ongoing changes on the labor market. Do you want to know what’s coming and how to prepare for the market shift?
In the last few decades, we observe a phenomenon that’s linked with broad access to data and a change in human mindset due to intensification of extreme and unexpected world events (stock market crashes, natural disasters, pandemic). Nothing seems stable, constant, or reliable anymore. This new reality got its name - it’s called a VUCA world. What is VUCA? How to adapt to it?
In this article, we want to take you back to core Agile principles described in the Agile Manifesto.
Four years ago we transitioned to holacracy - a flat-structured management system that enhances human potential and distributes decision-making between self-organized teams. It helped us to create a smoothly-operating company that accelerates innovation and supports learning through experience. In this article we talk to Piotr Majchrzak, Co-Founder at Boldare, who tells the story of implementing holacracy in our organization.
The complex and rapidly-changing digital market requires smart business solutions. The current situation is forcing companies to be more and more flexible, to work in a more agile way, and to create new professional roles that consider many aspects of the software business. A good example of such an innovative role is that of product strategist (PS). How can PS support digital companies?
Boldare provided CTO as a service (CTOaaS) for a leading US e-commerce company. The organization and Boldare partnered together to apply this alternative way of cooperating in the area of the chief technology officer’s competencies. This case study presents the process of identifying our client’s needs, investigating their critical problems, forming a CTOaaS team, and using the systemic loop to find the best solutions.
Agile budgeting is a way of managing the investment in your project that responds to change – changing user requirements, changing business needs, changing circumstances. It’s budget management that can pivot with the project.
