Planning is the most important step of a project, and we believe it’s where you should spend most of your time. At Empathy, we routinely spend more than 50% of a project’s time in the planning stage. We didn’t always do it this way, but after years of building sotware we’ve found the following benefits: […]
MVPs
A Minimum Viable Product is the simplest, most cut-back version of your idea – what you get when you strip everything out until you have the smallest and simplest product that will have some value. In many cases, it’s also how your idea should be introduced to the world. A car MVP It’s pretty common for an MVP […]
Why we like to build prototypes on other services
A few years ago we were very limited by the number of non-programming tools that were available to us. But the world changes fast, and we now have a number of tools that let us build suprisingly complex applications with minimal effort. Airtable and other applications are changing what you can build without touching code. Squarespace and Wix make it […]
How we keep costs low
Software development has a habit of being expensive, but with the right planning it doesn’t have to be. There are several techniques that can be used to keep costs low and development speed high. When these techinques are used, the result can be a win for both the client and the consultant. Desgning software is […]