Insights Lessons in teamwork from the Army and RNLI
Developer Mark Strudwick shares what he’s learned about teamwork from previous lives as a soldier and lifeboat crew member – and how it applies to coding teams.
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Insights Rising salaries in the tech sector – fact or fiction?
Turbulence in the market sparks everyone’s interest; employees wonder what’s going on, and employers want to know more – given how much a situation of this kind can shift the cost base of doing anything. But is it as bad as we think it is?
Headforwards founding director, Toby Parkins shares his thoughts.
Case study From healthcare to healthtech: Building a roadmap for digital transformation
Our client, a private health check provider, brought us in to provide technical consultancy – a process where we critically assess an organisation’s architecture, codebase, and plans to make sure they’re fit for purpose.
Case study Transforming how Cornwall Council uses data and business intelligence
Our work with several departments within Cornwall Council involved unifying multiple datasets and presenting insights in digestible formats for both internal and external stakeholders.
Our Team Meet the Team: Akhila Rao, Headforwards Software Developer
In our newest Meet the Team blog, we speak to Akhila Rao, a software developer looking to make a real difference to people’s daily lives.
Case study Creating Agile teams at Cornwall Council through behavioural change
Our work with Cornwall Council started by looking at how the department could change its behaviours to better support Agile working processes.
Insights Why data quality is so important – and how you can improve yours
Data Solutions Designer Kanaga Selvi Nachiyar explains how we measure data quality and help organisations improve their data practices.
Case study Digitally transforming manual processes at Cornwall Council
To digitally transform manual processes at Cornwall Council, Headforwards delivered unified data management and self-serve capabilities.
Insights Requirements gathering: How we prepare – and use – a requirements document
Product Owner Tom Goldring explains how we turn client needs into a living requirements document that our teams can use to guide software development.
Case study Giving customers fast, easy insight into their cloud and managed services
The client can now easily push information to the customer-facing portal, presenting its customers with a visual representation of all their managed services in one dashboard, and improving the client’s own visibility.
Insights Predicting the future: How much work is in our backlog?
In the final instalment of our four-part series, Dave Longman discusses how to use averages to estimate the undefined work in your backlog.
Our Team Meet the Team: Kanaga Selvi Nachiyar, Headforwards Data Solutions Designer
Next in our Meet the Team series, we speak to Data Solutions Designer Kanaga Selvi Nachiyar, who’s helping Cornwall’s local authority deliver more effective services.
Events HeadTalk | Risky Business – The Impact of Organisational Debt
What is organisational debt, and will it become a barrier to your business growth? Headforwards’ Andy Roberts looks at the silent rot businesses need to look out for…
Case study Replacing outdated code
The team wanted to use a newer, more flexible framework to simplify coding, create a neater architecture, and make it easier to onboard new developers to the team.
Case study A new suite of apps for a busy regional car dealership
Headforwards delivered a new suite of apps for Helston Garages who operate 40 new and used car dealerships throughout Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset.
Our Team Meet the Team: Craig Girvan, Headforwards Co-Founder
We’re kicking off a new series introducing you to some of the people who make Headforwards such a successful team. And who better to start with than Craig, one of our co-founders?
Insights Karmic Programming: Good practice to reduce technical debt
Unlocking the power of Buddha to write perfect code? Unfortunately not. Software dev Peter Conway coins the term ‘karmic programming’ to describe coding with the future in mind.
Case study Building a unified user experience across disparate systems
Initially, the brief was to combine two cloud management platforms, but the scope quickly expanded to include more systems.
Insights 3 ways to guarantee effective Agile change management
At its most effective, Agile development is part of widespread organisational change – and that requires an Agile approach to change management.
Insights Predicting the future: How big is this project – and when will we complete it?
In the third of a four-part series, Dave Longman takes you through a spreadsheet that uses Monte Carlo simulations to forecast project timelines.
Insights Off-the-shelf products or bespoke software development – which would you choose?
Andy Roberts discusses why you don’t need to pit bespoke development against off-the-shelf tools when you’re choosing software.