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Many people associate the term food tech with futuristic innovations like artificial intelligence, hyperautomation, and robotics. While all these are real industry trends, food tech also includes something much more tangible and familiar to everybody — food delivery and restaurant apps. Region-specific websites and app...

At Rocketech, we pride ourselves on delivering top-notch software development solutions. Since our founding in 2015 in Kyiv, we’ve become a leading force in Ukraine’s tech industry, specializing in web and mobile app development. We’ve crafted over 150 products for more than 100 startups and enterprises. Our apps frequ...

Building the right customer-vendor relationship is vital for successful project completion. In the world of custom software development, each pricing model has its pros and cons, both for the customer and the contractor. The Time and Material model is a widespread form of financial collaboration that works perfectly in...

Thousands of companies are going out of their way now to grab the customer’s attention and provide a quality user experience. As a result, it’s difficult to surprise anyone with classic mobile apps and chatbots. Gamification is a powerful tool to stand out from competitors. Game mechanics have long been used in educati...

At Rocketech, we divide searching and hiring tasks between recruiters and researchers. However, the difference between these positions and the functions of such specialists remain unclear for many founders. In this article, I will tell you about the responsibilities of researchers and recruiters, using the Rocketech re...

A successful project starts with planning and evaluation. Without a detailed roadmap, you risk ending up in the chaos of missed deadlines, underestimated tasks, and failed objectives. Agile story points estimation methods help developers see the bigger picture and update a client on approximate budgets and timeframes....

Creating an embedded system with further integration into the IoT architecture requires having skills, particular knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of the project needs. Such a development process comprises multiple layers of tech solutions, so you have to consider many risks.  You should have vast experience...

Hi, my name is Natalia. I am a certified coach and leader of the scrum team at Rocketech. My task is to set up the team processes to make them as productive and efficient as possible at all stages, from investigation to release. Any team consists of personalities that are divided into types. In this article, we will lo...

The estimation process is a common headache that agile teams face. At first glance, it is extremely simple: you have to predict the amount of effort to complete a particular pool of tasks. But estimation is a two-way street — it can benefit you while breaking a large user story into short and easy tasks, but one wrong...

There’s a joke that goes, “Before the idea is validated, your product team is just collectively hallucinating.” The customer-centric business methodologies have proved that even excellent ideas fail if people don’t need them. If you’ve already found your niche, discovered the money-generating idea through problem inter...

IT outsourcing has attracted massive attention and turned into a thriving industry as the overall global market valuation was $526.6 billion in 2021. Plus, it will gain an additional $155.7 billion by 2027. This growth is caused by the increased demand for digitalisation and advanced products.  In addition to China and...

Estimation is considered a critical but complex aspect of the agile development process. It should consider many vital factors that affect all employees and the project itself. Sometimes, team members may conflict in this area, but agile estimation is just an assumption, not a cornerstone. The Story Points Concept Stor...