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Hidden costs of building an App
Development

Hidden costs of building an App

There are many misconceptions about what it costs to build an app. Many inexperienced developers will give you only partial idea of total costs to build an app to make it successful. Read this blog to understand what are the hidden costs that you will have to incur to launch a killer app.

Feb 15, 2021 5 min read
3 Examples of Process Automation Making a Big Impact for OEM Suppliers
Blog

3 Examples of Process Automation Making a Big Impact for OEM Suppliers

Here are some examples of projects that OEM suppliers have been doing to automate manual processes—and the corresponding value they are experiencing.

Feb 8, 2021 3 min read
4 Things Manufacturers Need to Modernize to Enable Remote Work
Blog

4 Things Manufacturers Need to Modernize to Enable Remote Work

At SharpQuest, we are a development partner to many manufacturing companies who recognize the need to adapt their systems and find new ways to make employees more productive, regardless of location. We’ve reviewed the manufacturing projects we’ve worked on over the past ten years and recognized four things that are key to making remote work possible for manufacturing.

Feb 1, 2021 3 min read
How to interview (or evaluate) a Software Developer
Development

How to interview (or evaluate) a Software Developer

Evaluating a software developer or technical member is hard and getting harder. How to identify true genius from the bunch of resumes that you get, and how to quickly identify if the candidate has true experience or not.

Jan 31, 2021 4 min read
Terminology to learn for an Entrepreneur or Startup Founder before talking to a Software Vendor or Programming Geeks
Development

Terminology to learn for an Entrepreneur or Startup Founder before talking to a Software Vendor or Programming Geeks

This blog describes all the technical and buzz-words that are used by software vendors or developers that a start-up founder will find useful to be familiar with.

Jan 20, 2021 6 min read
How application modernization services automated legacy purchasing applications for an automotive supplier
Modernization

How application modernization services automated legacy purchasing applications for an automotive supplier

How application modernization services from SharpQuest automated legacy purchasing applications for an automotive supplier - TKS Industrial and created custom ERP to support Sales, Engineering and Budget workflows

Jan 17, 2021 3 min read
Does ‘Number of Years’ of experience matter in Software Development or IT?
Offshore

Does ‘Number of Years’ of experience matter in Software Development or IT?

A career advise for many of our fellow developers who assume that spending more number of years automatically qualifies them for promotion. What you gain in experience counts more than number of years.

Dec 25, 2020 5 min read
Software Development Processes — Daily Stand-up
Development

Software Development Processes — Daily Stand-up

What is daily stand-up in Scrum methodology and how a software development team should conduct the meeting to be more efficient.

Dec 24, 2020 3 min read
What is & What is not — a user story or a backlog item
Development

What is & What is not — a user story or a backlog item

As a scrum master or project manager, we always run into this dilemma of what is a user story. For developers it is hard to distinguish between a task and a story. This blog explains what is and what is not a user story or back-log item.

Dec 1, 2020 4 min read
Web and Mobile Development Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mobile

Web and Mobile Development Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

SharpQuest is a Web and Mobile Development Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dec 1, 2020 1 min read
How Virtual Visit Capabilities Kept Homecare Running During the Pandemic—And Beyond
Mobile

How Virtual Visit Capabilities Kept Homecare Running During the Pandemic—And Beyond

Learn how a home health care company operating in Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania and other states implemented virtual visits in a custom mobile app platform developed by SharpQuest team.

Jul 20, 2020 3 min read
4 Steps to Building a Healthcare Business Case for Application Modernization
Modernization

4 Steps to Building a Healthcare Business Case for Application Modernization

SharpQuest team helped IPC Healthcare rebuild a web based patient tracking application using modern tools and hosted in their secure on-premise facility. The application was scalable to support multiple regions and that allowed the company to expand and easily provide services in other regions using the new application.

Jul 7, 2020 3 min read

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