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Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe): PI Events Help your Organization Achieve Business Agility for Maximum Customer Value

Find out 8 key questions that frequently come up in our conversations about PI Events and the benefits of this process.

Android App Widget Development with Glance

We’re revisiting app widgets on Android to see what’s changed in the new Jetpack Glance framework

Design Ops Journal: It’s Almost the End of the First Quarter - Where Are You On Your Goals?

Goal setting has always been problematic for me. Without evidence of goals making much of a difference, I stopped worrying about them.

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe): What Is It and How Can It Help Your Organization?

SAFe was developed to help organizations successfully operate in today’s increasingly complex and global world.

Working Agreements: An Underutilized Tool In Your Toolbox

A working agreement is a great starting point to set expectations amongst the teams and break down assumptions that can impede successful working relationships.

What’s the big deal with ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is a specialized GPT-3 based natural language model, that can do many things from formulating answers and generating content to having a real conversation.

How to make data-driven decisions about your digital product with extreme clarity

Raina Probst, Carla Salcedo, and Tyler Robb explore 10 expert use cases and 8 key benefits for any product-led organization.

Understanding The Do’s and Don’ts For Transitioning to a New Dev Team

Transitioning a development team can be a complex process, but with the right approach and attention to detail, it can be smooth and successful.

We Asked 15 Rocketeers, "What Does Bottle Rocket Mean To You?"

In celebration of our 15th anniversary, we asked 15 Rocketeers to tell us in a few short words what Bottle Rocket means to them.

Black History Month Resource Guide

Black History Month is ending, but the conversation doesn’t have to! Explore this guide to discover ways to stay engaged this year.

Black History Month Rocketeer Spotlight

We believe in diversity, inclusion, and racial equality for everyone each and every day of the year. We will bring attention to a different group of individuals inside Bottle Rocket and celebrate and honor their lived experiences.

2023 QSR Trends To Watch For Restaurateurs

If QSR leaders have learned anything from 2022, it’s that technology will never completely replace human interaction.

10 Reasons Organizational Change Fails

Why do so many initiatives fail — even with what we feel like is proper execution? Why does change continue to be so hard?

Building Digital Relationships Beyond the Holiday Shopping Season

Companies should take a lesson from the last three months and use them to start planning for an even more successful 2023.

Mistakes Happen. It’s How You Learn from Them That Matters.

How Root Cause Analysis Can Help Your Organization Learn and Evolve.

Retailers Navigate Post-Holidays Spending Slump

As retailers head further into the month of January—typically an overlooked month—they’re seeing shoppers returning and exchanging items at a rapid pace.

Introducing the All-New 2nd Edition of EXP. Magazine

A Magazine About All Things Experience. By experience experts for experience experts, EXP. is a magazine for anyone that believes in the power of experience and thrives off innovation.

API Design-First Tooling

In this post, we’ll walk through some of the tools you might consider to help you on your API journey.

10 Tech Tools And Tips To Stay On Track With New Year’s Resolutions

10 members of Forbes Technology Council recommend tech tools and tips—ranging from apps and hardware created for the sole purpose of managing resolutions.

API Design-First in Practice

Let's walk through the details of how you might implement an API Design-First approach, which is one of the many flavors of the broad API First concept.

Bottle Rocket News: Featuring Our Technical Delivery Leads

David Harrison, Rebecca Farr, Marica Sterling, Scott Owen, Javas Vandeway, Scott St. Clair, Harolyn Salandy join forces to talk about utilizing experiences.

What I learned in Advent of Code 2022

This year, several members of my team joined me in enjoying the Advent of Code. I was expecting to have a little fun writing a code, but I was surprised at just how much I learned.

How automation is driving hoteliers forward amid staff shortage concerns

The upcoming festive period is set to be busy for the hotel sector, and yet staff shortages continue to threaten the industry.

What should CX leaders prioritize in their 2023 budgets?

Evidence indicates that CX budgets could increase in 2023, despite the economic conditions.

Gartner: IT spending to grow 5.1% amid optimization push

The market research firm said enterprise IT spending will endure in a tough economy, but noted an emphasis on optimization, productivity gains and rooting out inefficiencies.

Why Involving The Whole Team In Decisions Leads to a Better Product

Find out how to make every member of the team is empowered and given a voice.

There Is No Side Hustle in Agile

What is a side hustle? What does it look like on an agile team? How does it impact the delivery?

Our 10th Annual Rocket Science Was Amazing, As Usual!

We are constantly inspired and amazed by the incredible projects our teams create and the camaraderie Rocket Science inspires.

16 Tips To Ensure Digital Payments Are Easy And Safe For Customers

A panel of Forbes Technology Council members offers their best advice for ensuring a secure and easy digital payment process.

13 Exciting New And Emerging Consumer-Facing Tech Products And Applications

13 members of Forbes Technology Council discuss a few new and upcoming technologies that may soon have more consumer applications, as well as trendy tech products they’re especially excited about.

Not All Cancellations Are Equal

Peter Klayman discusses how travel and tourism businesses need to work hard to protect their reputations and maintain loyalty in the face of disruptions that are out of their control.

Greater Than The Sum of Its Parts

Tim Duncan, Product Growth Lead at Bottle Rocket explores the intersection of cryptocurrencies, decentralized applications, and loyalty programs.

Why Inflation is Making Customer Experience More Important than Ever

The rising cost of living has resulted in customers demanding more value for their money, especially as menu prices rise with inflation.

16 Tips To Help Ensure Good Ergonomic Design In New Tech Tools

16 members of Forbes Technology Council share tips to help developers ensure they’ve incorporated good ergonomic design principles in their products.

Bottle Rocket Earns Spark AR Creator Certification for Meta

Bottle Rocket announced that the company is one of a select few worldwide that has earned the formal Spark AR Creation Certification from Meta.

Podcast: After the Glass Breaks Special – Women in Tech

Join David Harrison as they discusses how women are changing the world with Tracey Francis, Amanda Chappell, and Marica Sterling from Bottle Rocket.

12 Ways AI Is Transforming How Businesses Interact With Customers

12 members of Forbes Technology Council share ways AI is transforming and improving businesses’ interactions with their customers.

Composing the Bigger Picture

At Google I/O 2022 there was a strong focus on the larger Android ecosystem and not just improvements to the mobile phone experience.

Foodservice Brands Must Walk a Tightrope Between Physical & Digital Experience

Customers are interacting with competitor brands over multiple channels every hour of every day, and they expect every digital experience to measure up to the Amazons and Ubers of this world.

Is it Time for a Team Health Check?

Teams should get a ‘health checkup’ periodically to uncover potential issues or ‘blockages’ so that it can work on its wellness and improve its chances of performing at peak levels again. Hence, the Team Agility Health Check.

10 Tech Experts’ Favorite Tools And Tips For Diagnosing Network Issues

10 members of Forbes Technology Council share their selections for effective network troubleshooting tools every IT pro should know about.

Xcode Quality-Of-Life Improvements from WWDC 2022

Developers have the goal of providing software that meets the needs of the customer, whatever those might be. When our tools become more capable, we can deliver better software faster.

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