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SEP Wins TechPoint’s 2024 Innovation Service Partner of the Year Mira Award

SEP Recognized as Indiana’s Top Innovation Service Partner, Winning TechPoint’s Prestigious Mira Award Westfield, Indiana – SEP has been named the Innovation Service Partner of the Year by TechPoint at the 25th annual Mira Awards. The Mira Awards, Indiana’s largest…
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Changing the Way Companies Innovate – World Usability Day

Chris Shinkle’s presentation at World Usability Day at IUPUI Campus, Indianapolis, IN.
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What? So What? Now What?

Tips for Effective Visualization presented by Larry Maccherone at Software Engineering Professionals (SEP)
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Ten #Failed Forecasting Plan Assumptions

Tips for Why Forecasting Fails by Troy Magennis presented at Software Engineering Professionals (SEP).
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How Big is IoT?

Since this is my first blog post at SEP I should probably explain the title of my blog “Another Cloud Joke and the Internet of What?”.  I have been working with cloud technologies for 5 years now and telematics and connectivity for over 20 years.  As a Cloud Architect I have heard every type of […]
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SEP Event: Tips for Effective Visualization and Why Forecasting Fails

Location: SEP’s Building | Studio Theatre | 4 Center Green | Carmel, IN Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Why Forecasting Fails Universally, estimating software stories and tasks is hated by developers and most normal people. Almost as universally agreed, the results obtained from forecasting using those estimates are dismal. This session begins by listing the top […]
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10 Years of Agile

Presented by Chris Shinkle, Director of Innovation at Software Engineering Professionals (SEP)
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Why Professional Development v2?

Why Professional Development? Professional Development (PD) is vital to SEP’s business and culture. PD keeps us current and able to win new projects PD improves our ability to deliver software to clients PD helps us to continuous grow and improve our own abilities PD allows us to explore new ideas, tools, and techniques It is […]
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From Jokes to Critiques: Feedback the Way You Want It

Unintentional Metaphors So I had this ah-ha moment yesterday while sitting on my couch with my fiancé. He was reading to me what I think was a ridiculous thread of Reddit Dad Jokes, and we just couldn’t stop laughing. I was trying to work on a lightning talk for our SEP Product Guild and he kept refocusing me […]
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Visual Design for Mobile Apps: meHive Case Study

I don’t often get to share a behind the scenes look at my visual designs, to walk others through the iterations leading up to the version that actually is used. But now that meHive, a relationship management app a team of SEPeers built, has been retired, I thought this would be a good time to […]
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