Beginner’s Guide to Internet of Things (IoT) By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read There is plenty of jargon related to the internet, but one that has broken into the mainstream as potentially one of the most important terms for the way we live and communicate in the future is: the internet of things…
White Paper: The Digital Imperative By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 2 mins read Adopting and implementing a digital transformation strategy is now an imperative. Enterprises and organisations of all sizes and types are seizing the initiative, as the brisk winds of digital change blow through international markets. This white paper sets out the latest thinking…
What does Digital by Default mean? By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read It’s a phrase that’s being thrown around by the UK Government: but what exactly does ‘digital by default’ mean? The definition is not immediately clear, but here with our digital by default guide we examine what it’s all about and what…
Beginner’s Guide to BYOD By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read The business world is changing rapidly but few innovations have had such an immediate impact as the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. Also known as Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP), Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) and Bring Your Own PC (BYOPC), this…
Purple Paper: Contextualising Agile Development Methodologies By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 2 mins read During the discovery phase of any software development project here at Arrk Group, the team involved asks itself a standard series of questions, aimed at determining the best Agile methodology to adopt. There are numerous Agile methodologies which can be used…
Prototyping IoT To Link Bookings With Meeting Room Door By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read At Arrk Group we place a great deal of emphasis on team-driven research and development, through our SpArrk Community programme. The Internet of Things, or IoT, is one such area where we engage with our communities to develop…
Our Journey into Scrumban By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 5 mins read Here at Arrk Group we have adopted Scrumban methodologies over Scrum and other alternative development methodologies. Let’s take a look why we did, what we did and importantly what have been the benefits. Scrum and Kanban Since Agile was first conceived, many development…
Establishing a Virtual Offshore Delivery Centre By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 2 mins read There are a number of problems inherent in the traditional ‘direct’ offshore engagement model where a UK Customer contracts directly with an offshore supplier. These are typically driven by the offshore supplier’s lack of UK domain knowledge, limited capability in effective…
Digital transformation best practice thoughts By Ian Southward BlogsSoftware Consultancy 7 mins read Over the last five years or so, there has been rapid evolution in the number of technologies that promise to disrupt established ways of doing business and mean that all organisations driving new initiatives should always take a Digital First approach. Evolution in mobile,…
Retrospecting The Retrospectives With Distributed Teams By Vishal Prasad BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read So you have successfully completed a sprint with a majority of your deliverables accepted by your customers. What do you do next? It’s that point in time when you are ready to begin with your next adventure but only after that…
