Both Proof of Concept (PoC) and Minimum Viable Product (MVP) are excellent approaches when you’re innovating around a new product or process. Controlled testing helps you learn, iterate and demonstrate that your idea is feasible.
Technical debt can build up in various ways and is perhaps inevitable in any development project. Headforwards can help you identify and tackle this technical debt and thus reduce any risks it may pose to the project’s success.
With a number of Single View projects under our belts in both the public and private sectors, we hosted a webinar to share some of our learnings that will help you shape the right Single View project.
Private healthcare provider, Bluecrest, appointed an experienced CTO who reviewed the capabilities and technical fit of the existing delivery function and IT platforms. As a result, they sought the experience and capabilities of a trusted and proven technology partner.
If the Empire developed software, their stack would hold little or no technical debt. The Empire is never tripping over misplaced boxes, making do with old tools, or spending an excessive amount of time repairing old ships. In his latest insight, Backend Developer Peter Conway discusses what software developers can learn from Star Wars.
Headforwards have been working with Cornwall Council on their transformation for over 5 years. As part of building a Single View of the Citizen, feedback from residents and from councillors and MPs now have their own portals that feed into a seamless new back-office Feedback Management system that employs enhanced automation and improves efficiency.
In partnership with Cornwall Council we worked on the Single View of the Citizen which aims to replace processes that are potentially vulnerable to error or loss and may lead to duplication, inefficient handling, and inconsistency.
Headforwards is a long-term technology partner to NTT. The team have worked on the NTT’s shared data centre service management system, Colocation to evolve it from one part of a vast, monolithic architecture to its own series of more than 80 microservices.
In this episode of the HeadTalks Podcast, Owen Hodge meets Digital Solutions Engineer and creator of The Women in STEM Podcast, Kelly Shungu, to discuss her career path, online community and podcast, the growing importance of tech and the need to keep up, the barriers to women in tech and the benefits of a diverse workforce.
Headforwards has worked with Cornwall Council for 5 years as the technology partner through their digital transformation. In this online session we’re sharing joint learnings from both sides when undertaking large-scale digital transformation.
An insurance client required a system to gather insurance policy information for a limited cohort of private school students. With multiple deadlines to meet and increasing complexity, Headforwards proposed a requirements workshop to help ascertain what the minimum looked like to meet each deadline and when to most efficiently develop features in addition to old behaviour.
IT infrastructure and service provider, Softcat have been working on expanding and maturing their Cloud service portfolio. As their technology partner, Headforwards helped Softcat reimagine the interaction they have with their clients by delivering a Cloud Management Portal.
On Thursday 21 March we’re bringing together a panel of engineering experts to discuss their experiences of navigating the development sprawl and the almost inevitable complexity of distributed architectures.
Headforwards has been a trusted technology partner of John Lewis Partnership for more than ten years. The latest project for the Wellbeing side of the business has been a mobile app.
The route to streamlining an organisation and boosting productivity often lies in the integration of software to digitise manual processes or enhance systems. But how do you make sure you select the right solution for your organisation? Headforwards’ Product Manager Owen Hodge shares five things you should consider when deciding between fully custom or customised off-the-shelf software solution.
Considering IT as a support function is an antiquated concept. And having a separate IT strategy neglects to consider how significant the advancement of technology has been in recent years. How should business leaders think about IT strategy? Our Lead Advisory Partner shares his thoughts in this article.
In this podcast episode, Owen Hodge talks with Peter Reed, Headforwards Lead Advisory Partner and former AXA Health CIO. They discuss the relationship between business and technology strategies, the importance of communicating the strategy, and the necessity to involve subject matter experts and process owners from the outset in digital transformation projects.
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