By Stefan Bala, Project Manager, Cognizant Softvision The importance of experimentation and tips for success A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to venture into the realm of Product Management. Our team’s directive was to improve the user experience on existing features of a product and add new…

By Alexandru Găvănărescu, Software Engineer, Cognizant Softvision I began my career as a QA tester, and after some experience it was suggested that I interview for a project in the banking industry as a DWH tester. …

By Jo Anna Takla, Associate Director, Devbridge (a Cognizant Softvision company) Advice To Become a Successful Product Manager Do you struggle with ambiguity? Does the uncertainty and lack of structure around work ever make you feel paralyzed? If yes, then you’ll be relieved to learn that there are some small…

Part two: Innovating our process with the Design Sprint By Paula Moughton, Product Manager, Cognizant Softvision This is part two of a two-article series on applying design thinking methods with deliberate constraints to increase agility, specifically in fixed cost fixed-scope projects. …

Part one: Design Thinking and Deliberate Constraints By Paula Moughton, Product Manager, Cognizant Softvision As Product Managers, innovation of our process is where we find our biggest and most available opportunities to deliver value. This article will discuss how we can foster agility within our teams, specifically within the confines…

By Paul Grizzaffi, Principal Automation Architect, Cognizant Softvision In high school and college, I had to work hard at math in order to do well… like, really hard. The reasons for that are myriad, but there was an exception: geometry. I was a whiz at geometry. …

By Stefan Bala, Project Manager, Cognizant Softvision How many times have you heard or read articles like, “10 ‘Dumb’ Ideas That Were Actually Brilliant” or “30 Products So Dumb They Might Be Brilliant”? So it seems, at times, that for brilliance to surface you need to tap into the denser…

By Soofia Inayat, Senior Mobile Product Manager, Cognizant Softvision Including Continuous Discovery in development sprints can make a huge difference in your existing products. If your initial Product Discovery process answered the question, “what are we building?”, then Continuous Discovery should allow you to evolve your answer. It’s refinement based…

By Agustina Miguez, Senior UX Designer, Cognizant Softvision As a UX designer, friends and family often ask me, “What exactly do you do?” Since the user experience discipline is fairly new, I find that many are unfamiliar with the profession. …