In every situation where value is created there is a stream of activities, also known as the value stream. By deliberately analyzing the details of this stream, you can make its sequence visible and then improve it. Particularly in software delivery, this clear view is often missing. It proves its value, for example, when you are trying to break down silo thinking. Visualizing work from other silos helps to create greater empathy. Here we explain the basic principles of a value stream, a value stream network, and value stream mapping.

A user experience (UX) that stands as a benchmark for others has long been at the top of the wish list for a (new) website. The most important principle for achieving this is that the design must always reflect the underlying functions. To design a Drupal website properly, both at the frontend and at the backend, you need to understand the underlying technology. Since Drupal 8, Drupal has devoted a great deal of attention to creating the best experience for both administrators and visitors of a Drupal website.

Once the built software has been extensively tested, it's time for the release so that users can learn about the new function(s). When something comes to life, you have to let go of it to a certain extent. Of course, this has to be done under controlled conditions. There are numerous strategies to control the go-live as much as possible. In addition, using observability to monitor whether the software works as intended, as well as whether it is used as intended, is a smart move. Discover how all this works.

Is your marketing department biased against Drupal? Drupal is not always considered suitable to support rapidly changing business needs. This is usually based on experiences with Drupal 7, which focused mainly on the developer experience. Since the advent of Drupal 9, this no longer applies; user experience has become much more important. Drupal wants to place more power in the hands of business users. It aims to strike a good balance between freedom for IT and ease of use for marketeers. Read this blog post to discover what that means in practice.

Modernizing applications is often seen by the business side of an organization as a purely technical matter that provides little added value for them. However, migrating an application to today's technology also provides benefits that should arouse their interest. It is therefore in everyone’s interest to reveal the added business value so that business and IT, side by side, can do their part to eliminate the accrued technical debt. We offer a number of reasons and tools to make this application modernization alliance successful.

Once a business idea has been translated into one or more features, the product team can get to work on it. They ensure that the described requirements are translated into a digital solution to help tackle the initial business challenge. We will take a closer look at the ongoing software delivery process and take you through the characteristics of a product team that, in an agile way, helps create value in an end-to-end flow, from idea to value.

At Inetum-Realdolmen, people are in the driver's seat of their own careers. In doing so, we encourage them to continuously acquire new knowledge, hone skills and push boundaries. Of course, this is important for their own development and so we can ensure that we can continue to meet the evolving needs of our customers. This shows that there is an increasing demand for low-code profiles. Naturally, we are responding to this. We are facilitating this evolution internally, since reskilling to low-code appears to be a nice continuation of employees' career for many profiles. One of our employees who switched from mainframe to low-code is proof perfect of this.

Technical debt is a familiar concept in the world of software development. There is however a tendency to associate technical debt with 'outdated' legacy systems rather than 'modern' agile software development. It is precisely the iterative, incremental nature of agile working and the associated desire to accomplish predefined sprints that can increase our tendency to take shortcuts or detours that may burden our software projects with technical debt. It is therefore important to keep a lookout for technical debt building up during agile projects.

A poor hosting set-up will throw a spanner in the works, even if the development of your website went smoothly. What we see is that a lot of attention is given to development, while hosting is treated as a side issue. In addition, the hosting configuration is often done by a developer, even though these are clearly two different areas of expertise. Focusing on an optimal hosting strategy delivers better integration, a more efficient website, and better cost efficiency. Is the hosting of your website in good shape?

They say that Flemish people are born with a brick in the stomach – we just love building! This urge to build and renovate can also be applied to tackle your website. After all, a smooth digital experience is a business differentiator nowadays, with websites playing an important role as they are frequently visited touchpoints. There are a variety of strategies for building a new website or improving an existing one, from a prefab platform to a custom renovation or a mixture of the two.

An online presence is no longer a differentiating factor, but a consistent digital experience is. Your (Drupal) website plays an important role here, as a frequently visited contact point. Improving Drupal, in terms of both the technical setup and the user experience, will noticeably boost the digital experience you offer. Take ownership of this important content platform and get the most out of it. We explain many symptoms of wasted potential and highlight corresponding quick wins.

No-code applications are more focused on what are known as citizen developers. These are employees without a technical background who are able to create small-scale applications without the involvement of technical experts. On the face of it, this makes the no-code approach very attractive, but there are certainly a number points to consider when choosing this route.