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The New Rules for Agile Development: Gehtsoft Brings Scientific Engineering to High-Stakes Industries
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The New Rules for Agile Development: Gehtsoft Brings Scientific Engineering to High-Stakes Industries

At Agile2025, Gehtsoft sets a new standard for high-stakes IT delivery, showcasing a fintech 200k-user superapp project from concept to global launch Gehtsoft USA, a custom software development company focused on custom systems for high-stakes industries, will sponsor Agile2025, the leading global event for Agile professionals, taking place July 28–

By Gehtsoft
Why “Velocity” Isn’t Enough: Ivan Gekht on the Real Value of Value Stream Management
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Why “Velocity” Isn’t Enough: Ivan Gekht on the Real Value of Value Stream Management

Agile ceremonies and backlogs won’t fix broken systems. As InformationWeek highlights in its recent feature on Value Stream Management (VSM), high-performing IT organizations are shifting focus from team-level velocity to end-to-end flow of value. At Gehtsoft, this isn’t new. CEO Ivan Gekht has long advocated for engineering decisions

By Svetozar Eliseev
Escaping the Sunk Cost Trap: Why Gehtsoft Stops “Project Rescue” Sooner Than Most
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Escaping the Sunk Cost Trap: Why Gehtsoft Stops “Project Rescue” Sooner Than Most

The sunk cost fallacy—the irrational tendency to continue investing in something just because you've already invested a lot—is a common trap in software development. As BuiltIn explains, it warps rational decision-making, keeping teams locked into failing systems, bloated codebases, and outdated assumptions. Gehtsoft CEO Ivan Gekht

By Svetozar Eliseev
Create Better Backlog and Engage the Development Team with FURPS.
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Create Better Backlog and Engage the Development Team with FURPS.

FURPS is an acronym for requirements management, elaborated by Grady and Caswell decades ago. It stands for Functionality, Usability, Reliability, Performance, and Supportability. It helps to collect the complete set of requirements without overlooking essential non-functional needs and expectations of a customer and end-users. Many product owners and even whole

By Nikolay Gekht