AnvilEight Blog

Sep 21
The UX in Marketing
Can we say that marketing and user experience design are two sides of the same coin? I asked myself this question until I started to learn about UX and use it in practice. My name is Kate Golovatyuk. I’m a marketing manager, and I aim to learn everything that can help me to promote the company in the best possible way, to define what else we can improve to satisfy our clients as well as to be attractive to our potential clients.
Mar 3
Review of "Succeeding With Agile" by Mike Cohn
This book is exactly what company like ours requires at this point of transition. So far, it is the most sophisticated book on integrating agile practices I've read. I would totally recommend it for reading to those, who has learned the basicsand wants to master them now.
Feb 26
There Is Nothing Wrong With "As a user" Approach
As a customer, I want to access the application to make an order. How does that sound? Is it to dry? Do you need to know more about person trying to make an order? Is it fun enough to get cracking the code? Recently, I came across a great article saying that As a user approach is not the way to go about stories and suggested a more empathic approach.
Feb 26
Top Tips For Project Management - Checklist + PDF
Alright, so you are starting a new web, mobile or other software project. Now, make sure that everything is ready for the development activities. Check, if you are up to a good start by using this checklist.
Feb 18
How To Create a Perfect User Story Step by Step Guide
Creating good user stories is vital to any scrum project. Here is a simple approach to creating a backlog items for those who have little experience with that.
Feb 17
Scrum Product Owner — Checklist
Asses and improve your product owner’s skills. This checklist contains key points that you need as a product owner to maximize the effectiveness of your scrum team. Consider this list as a reminder of the best practices.
Feb 17
Sending Emails With Django Templates Stored in a Database
I want to have an email templates stored in my Django database so that admins can manage them without me changing the code. The requirement is to have HTML-emails support as well as an ability to send files attached. Neither standard Django send_mail nor other builtin features don’t support that feature so below you can find my solution to that problem.
Feb 14
10 Things You Need To Consider To Ensure A Successful App Launch
Launching a new app is not just a matter of uploading your creation to the app store, crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. Even if you think your app is the next big thing and about to change the world, if nobody has heard of it then you aren’t going to get too many downloads. Successfully launching an app takes a lot of ground work, and not just the day before launch. I’m talking about from the very first moment the app idea was thought off.
Jan 25
My Reading List
Recently, I have revisited my approach to learning. I’ve decided to start a reading list and outline reviews of the books I’ve read. To ensure the benefits of the reading, I take paper notes first; then once I finish the book, I flush notes out to the blog while re-reading and re-thinking the content.
Jun 22
Software Requirements Specifications Good and Bad Examples
What is Software Requirements Specification for? Creation of any business, products or software is a complicated process that starts with the end goal defining. Setting a clear target is one of the most crucial things you should do before acting. Planning is already 50% of future success. Software requirements specification document often is a developer’s bible in terms of guidance. Eventually, a requirements document is something that you compare reality with, the document where your expectations face the current state of your business and determine how many of those has already been done.