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Using Aspirational Thinking to Elevate Your Product Design

Human Factors & UX, Product Design, Product Strategy

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Your desire is to make a great product. Or take an existing product to the next level. It’s great to have the intention, but how do you put that intention into motion? Here is a […]

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Agile in FDA Regulated Medical Software - Checklists

FDA, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Let’s be honest: Checklists aren’t the most exciting topic to blog about. However, in the context of regulation, they become interesting. Everybody loves checklists and hates them at the same time. It’s really easy to […]

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Improve Product Design with “Made to Stick” Principles

Human Factors & UX

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. For anyone involved in product design, I highly recommend the book Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. The book does a great job of explaining 6 principles that characterize products that “stick” […]

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Agile in FDA Regulated Medical Software - Have Some Class

FDA, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. The FDA states that a medical device is a product that is used for medical purposes in patients, in diagnosis, therapy, or surgery. As opposed to pharmaceuticals, who use the body’s metabolism, medical devices act mechanically […]

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It's All About the Team

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Quick! Think back to your most fond projects. Were they the most challenging or the most profitable? Maybe, but I bet you had a great team. I’m convinced that the most rewarding and successful projects […]

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Orthogonal Incubated ShuttleCloud at TechStars NY

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more.   Tomorrow is TechStars Demo Day in New York, and I’m flying out to cheer on ShuttleCloud. We’ve been working with since last fall, and it’s been fun working with them through the TechStars experience. […]

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Not Enough Time to Design? Try a Time-Boxed Workshop

Human Factors & UX

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Lean UX methods have become popular as a means of getting the core concept of a product and its business value on target with minimal time and expense. One of our favorite “Lean” design methods […]

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Agile In FDA Regulated Medical Software - Methodology

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. “The analysis of the principles of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline” For software companies these days it seems that it’s not a hard choice to follow Agile principles. With some practice, or […]

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Lean Startup Classes to Accelerate Your Product Launch

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Most startups fail because they lose a lot of time pursuing the wrong business models, building products no one wants, and making too many mistakes that could have been avoided. Todd Wyder and I created […]

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Agile Inception Illustrated

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Inception is critical to get a project started down the right path. Get it right and you accelerate your product development. Get it wrong and you end up in analysis paralysis. Bob Moll and Glenn […]

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Can Lean UX be Used to Design Complex Products?

Human Factors & UX, Product Design

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Lean UX can work very effectively when designing complex products, including products that demand a heavy amount of science, complex workflows or handshaking between components. In this article, we’ll explore why Lean UX methods are […]

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Agile In FDA Regulated Medical Software - It can be done!

FDA, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. We have all heard that developing software utilizing Agile principles yields high quality, working software in customers’ hands quickly. It is widely believed that utilizing Agile practices leads to better, cheaper software than waterfall methods […]

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