Mastering Software Company Management: Strategies for Success

by Tomás Freyer | Jan 30, 2023 | Process & Management

If you are an entrepreneur or a manager, then you know how hard it is to master software company management. You need to find people who have the right skills, work ethic, and personality to make your project succeed. But what if there aren’t enough developers in your area? Are there any other options? Yes! Outsourcing might be one of them.

Let’s review a series of steps that help us at Huenei to succeed in managing our business units.

Step 1: Understand the business goals and make sure that your team is aligned.

The most important thing you can do to plan your software company management is to understand the business goals and ensure that your team is aligned.

A key question is: What do you want your software team to accomplish? For example, if one project has a stated goal of improving sales by 10%, another might aim to increase revenue by 20%. This helps keep things focused on their objectives while still being able to follow up with wider issues concerning overall progress toward achieving those goals

Step 2: Choose the right structure for your company.

You should choose a team structure that is aligned with your business goals. For example, if your company is focused on developing new products and services, it makes sense to have a small team of developers working directly with the product manager.

On the other hand, if you want to scale up quickly and integrate with existing systems in fast-moving industries such as retail or banking where there are many moving parts (like web sites), then having more people involved in development will help ensure success faster than having just one person responsible for everything.

Step 3: Address team communication, feedback, and review processes.

The team structure you choose will be the foundation for your organization’s communication, feedback, and review processes. A good way to think about this is: if three different employees need to communicate with each other at any given time, how do they do it? Do they email? Do they call? Do they meet in person? If one of them is on vacation or not available at that moment, how does that employee know what’s going on in the other two’s work areas anyway?

The answer is clear: communication is key!

Step 4: Ensure regular outreach to stakeholders.

Stakeholders are the people who will use your software. They may include employees, customers, and partners. To ensure that stakeholders are involved throughout the development process, you should have a plan for engaging them.

Define your goals and objectives with stakeholders early on in the project lifecycle. This can help ensure everyone’s expectations are aligned.

Step 5: Formalize your Teams Charter – Checklist!

We offer you this resource that can be very useful to formalize your team’s charter. It is a checklist that we use in Huenei in this type of situation and that guides our decision-making:

1. Define the scope of the project.
2. Define your goals and objectives for this project.
3. Define roles and responsibilities for each member of your team.
4. Define timelines for milestones and deliverables.
5. Identify key stakeholders and their expectations.
6. Define communication protocols and channels for team members and stakeholders.
7. Establish a system for tracking progress and measuring success.
8. Identify potential risks and mitigation strategies.
9. Define a process for addressing and resolving conflicts.
10. Identify resources needed for the project and establish a plan for acquiring them.
11. Establish a process for regularly reviewing and updating the team charter to ensure alignment with project goals and objectives.
12. Identify and assign a designated project leader or manager.

Bonus: Need more help but can’t hire new employees?

If you can’t increase your headcount, outsourcing is the best alternative. Outsourcing can be a great way to save money and time while still providing the same level of service as if you were doing it in-house.

However, before jumping into an outsourcing relationship with a new company, you must do some research and find out what kind of experience they have in this industry. You should look for a company that has experience in the same industry as yours or one that specializes in certain aspects of software development such as data science or DevOps. At Huenei we have extensive experience working on this type of project from our Agile Dedicated Teams, Application Management Outsourcing, Turnkey Projects, and Augmented Teams services.

We hope that this article has given you some insight into how to structure your software company management process. We’ve discussed different approaches and outlined some key points, but ultimately it’s up to you as an organization whether or not these ideas are right for your needs. By following through with these tips and making changes as needed over time, we believe you’ll find a successful way forward in creating a great team that can execute its goals effectively!

Scrum Tips: The Best Advice You Could Ever Get About Scrum

by Tomás Freyer | Jan 30, 2023 | Process & Management

Scrum is one of the most popular agile frameworks for project management. It’s a set of practices that help organizations get things done better and faster by ensuring they focus on what matters most.

But that doesn’t mean scrum is perfect for everyone. Many teams find it difficult to adopt this approach. This is generally the case if they don’t know where to begin or how long it will take them to succeed using the scrum methodology. So here are some tips from Huenei’s experienced scrum masters who have helped countless clients overcome their challenges!

Tip #1: Minimize your WIP. Start with one project.

First, you should minimize your work in progress (WIP). Start with one project and focus on that one thing at a time. Optimize all your processes to help you focus on that one thing.

This is a great tip for any project, but it’s especially important for Scrum projects. When you work with other people on a Scrum project, you can make the most of their ideas and contributions by focusing on one thing at a time.

For example, if someone comes up with an idea for how to improve your process or product, ask them if they want to work on that feature right now or if they want to wait until later in the project when there might be more time available. If it makes sense from both sides then go ahead and prioritize what needs doing first (or even multiple times). If not then don’t worry! Just keep working on whatever else was requested by someone else until either option comes up again later down the line.

Tip #2: Optimize all your processes to help you focus on that one thing.

You can use scrum to optimize your processes by using the P1, P2, and P3 steps, that is, dividing your tasks into priorities: priority 1 (P1), priority 2 (P2), priority 3 (P3), and so on. This will help you focus on that one thing which is your software development process.

For example, if you have a lot of meetings in an organization where most people are working asynchronously, then using scrum can help you achieve better results by making sure they are all aligned with each other and have clear deadlines for when they need to be done.

Tip #3: Adapt the methodology to your needs.

We want to make sure you understand that Scrum is not a theory. It’s not a set of beliefs or ideals to be followed blindly. It’s an approach for managing your team, and there are many different ways to do it.

The official Scrum Guide is the document that defines scrum as it was originally defined by Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland, and Jeff Patton in their book “Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time.”

But if you look at this guide closely, you might find yourself reading through pages upon pages of text explaining how you should run your project! You shouldn’t worry about getting bogged down by all those details—you just need to know what they mean for your organization so that everyone knows when something goes wrong with using this method correctly.

If you try scrum and it doesn’t work well enough, keep trying something else until you succeed!

You might think that if your project is struggling, there must be something wrong with your team or process. But this is not true. There are probably a lot of things that could be causing the problem—you just don’t know what they are yet.

It’s important to remember: no matter how many times failed experiments occur, don’t get stuck on one idea! Try another one if necessary until something works better for everyone involved. You can always try again later once more information has been gathered from previous attempts at implementation.

Tip #4: Keep it simple, start small, and don’t give up if it doesn’t work the first time perfectly.

When you’re working with Scrum, there are a few things to keep in mind. The first is that it’s not necessary to try and do everything at once. You can start small and work your way up as time goes on. There’s also no need to feel bad if something doesn’t work perfectly the first time—you’ll learn from your mistakes as you go along!

You should also be flexible when adapting this process. Sometimes an idea might seem like it will work but then fail when practiced in real-life scenarios like meetings or sprints. Don’t give up hope though: even if something doesn’t go according to plan initially, there are ways around most issues that come up during its use so long as they’re handled correctly by everyone involved.

All in all, Scrum is a great method for teams to improve their productivity and collaboration. It can help you manage your time better, prioritize more effectively, and be more effective at delivering value to your customers.