Since working with Bixly, the BeGreat app has pivoted to a new concept, however version one of the app is still a wonderful example of how a simple idea done well can maximize efficacy. Both the philosophy behind this self-help app and the philosophy of the project execution itself aligned …
In our blog about determining if you should make an internal hire or work with a team like Bixly’s, we talked about how it can be challenging to figure out if the person you’re hiring is an expert, when you yourself aren’t also expert in that domain. The comparison we …
A process that we’ve referenced obliquely as part of our project road mapping process and in our blog about planning your kiosk software is creating wireframes for your web or mobile app. Wireframes are simple and basic visual representations of the layout of each web page or screen. Here’s an …
Bixly has recently been working on an app in the agricultural space that helps workers duplicate a process that was formerly done with good ol’ pen and paper. We have built apps for agricultural related companies before and were excited to leverage our experience in this industry to build an …
Previously we’ve talked about what it takes to have a successful project. Today we want to dive deep on some of the communication skills that will help your project be a success. Whether you’re going with fixed-bid or time and materials, both our team and yours will need to be …
In a previous post, we discussed the two different ways Bixly structures projects: fixed-bid and time and materials. In that post, we noted that one of the disadvantages of fixed-bid was the lack of flexibility. While fixed-bid will never be as flexible or adaptive as time and materials, there is …
It actually took us many years to understand how vital this role was for the success of the project. For a long time, we thought we could handle it all from a project management perspective, but continually ran into miscommunications about how and why decisions were made and who was …
We recently put the final touches on the latest version of a mobile app for famous Fortnite streamer, Squatingdog. His companion app for Battle Royale players everywhere has been a lot of fun to work on! For this app, as with many of the mobile apps we work on, we …
Bixly is just about to wrap up a software development project for a payment processing kiosk, and with that we wanted to take some time to reflect on what made this project a success. Andrew Savala, Bixly COO, has over a decade of experience in kiosks which brought these insights …
While headlines have been filled with how Jeff Bezos is even MORE successful during shelter-in-place orders as a result of Covid-19, at Bixly we are finding that many of our software projects are helping too. It’s not just all about Amazon! So this week, we wanted to shine some light …