Questions tagged [business]
Questions about running a software development business.
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What is the best way to send SMS through my own SIM card? [closed]
TLDR: I'm looking for advice on the most straightforward method to set up an SMS system using my own SIM card, without relying on SMS service providers like Twilio or MessageBird. Currently, I am ...
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How do you record and track your business logic for software projects?
In my work, which is a UK university, we currently have no specific way of recording and tracking business logic and rules as they arise from stakeholders for our in-house software projects. We use ...
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How to make a business case for incremental product development
I don't work for an development company, but we have been working in partnership with one to develop an application for use internally within our business. The application is somewhat "niche&...
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First steps in BPMN 2.0 - Music production diagram
I'm trying to simulate the hiring process of a record label. Formally, I decided that the steps to do it are these: The artist send its new album to the record label, which will review it and decide ...
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How do you get everyone on the same page in terms of coding preferences on a smallish team?
Say you have 10-50 engineers working on a codebase. Everyone has different preferences for these types of things: Folder Structure Naming Conventions (CSS Class names, function names, variable names, ...
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Bounded contexts and departments within company
We are working on several products as the IT department and we try to provide solutions for different departments within the same company. The core of our business is insurance and the main goal is to ...
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Requirements Gathering in a Foreign Country [closed]
So, I wasn't sure if this was the place, but I have faith the mods will move it if necessary. I'm about to leave on a trip to another country with the management team for a new project. It's my first ...
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Are on-premise software solutions safe for the vendor? It seems the client can steal the code [closed]
I'm wary about on-premise solutions. It appears to me that the client has access to the source code and can easily steal it. Is this software business model safe for the vendor? Are there any ...
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Migrating from legacy database schema, rewrite legacy or sync to new
We're currently in the process of designing our new version of an existing application. This new version will not reuse any existing code as the old code is over 10 years old and tightly coupled. ...
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Product Owner and Business Unit manager
Our team is facing an issue adopting Scrum. We are a team with 10 developers a dedicated Scrum Master and a Product Owner. Our Product Owner is having issues with the Business Unit manager. He's a ...
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Valid uses for DEFAULT clause in a table column definition, besides sequence nextvalue()
In a recent question, there's a debate whether or not an arbitrary default value in the definition of a column in a table is considered having business logic in the database. As we know, if an insert ...
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Should an online platform be relied on to store mission critical files?
Context: With my team I created an "online platform" for a client which moved their operation from a paper based system to a content management system (CMS) based submission system on a Virturl ...
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Access Code Structuring For Enterprise Software
I have just finished an iOS application for a company that will be sold commercially to schools and other organizations for a flat rate with an access code. I was wondering if anyone has had any ...
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Can a business application be developed / enhanced with more than one language? [closed]
Please excuse my lack of knowledge in programming, but it is true that a business application, e.g. CRM, can be developed using one language (e.g., C++) and later enhanced using a different language (...
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Where to put common business logic in DDD with MVC
Providing I have the following scenario: I have a Web application where users can deposit money to their accounts (wire transfer). When a user deposits money to their account, they should click the "...
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