Business Practices

Best industry practices, advice from Sigma Software specialists in selecting IT approaches and models, product & project management stories.

Competitive Analysis
Mythbusters: Competitive Analysis Does Not Eq...

I’ve heard it many times: “We’ve run through our competitors and compiled the list of features they have.” And the next ones usually go as “Now we have a b...

Common Startup Errors
On Motivation, Optimization, and Common Error...

In today’s interview, we are going to focus on typical mistakes that green entrepreneurs make in working on their startups. This interview will be of interest n...

Support Service Team
How to Determine That Your Business Needs Sup...

Helen Khomich, Support and Maintenance Team Lead at Sigma Software, answers the questions about how to know if your business needs a support service, especially...

Microsoft 365 Consulting Services
Digital Workplace, Remote Collaboration, and ...

Though the necessity of digital transformation becomes increasingly evident for officers and top managers with every new day of the pandemic, doing this in real...

Inhouse vs Outsourced IT Support
In-House vs Outsourced IT Support: What Model...

Today when people adapt to the new reality and remote work becomes commonplace for most of us, the format of modernized business operations is the number 1 prio...

Security Practices for IT Project Managers
Security For PM: 5 Ways to Reveal Your Securi...

Cybersecurity consulting is among the most significant trends over the last decade and has become even more important now, especially due to more remote work be...

Continuous Improvement Process for IT Projects
4 Tools for Finding Improvement Ideas for You...

Before answering the question “Where do I get ideas to improve the project processes,” let’s figure out if any improvements are necessary at all. Maybe things w...

Explaining improvement ideas
How to Get Your Ideas Heard by the Business?

We often get deeply involved with the project we are working on, aspiring to make it a success and become part of that success.

A product doesn't have to be unique to succeed
Mythbusters: a Product Does Not Have to be Un...

Every once in a while, I’m witnessing a dismissive attitude towards sales opportunities where we can’t see the uniqueness of a product idea right away.