Recent Intervals Features and Improvements

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Introducing daily project summary emails, user-specific time zone settings, control task status order, a new Agile-friendly milestone graph, and more… We are excited to announce another round of features and improvements recently launched. But first we’d like to thank our active community of customers who provide us with such great feedback and ideas that make […]

Developing Lasting Client Relationships at Your Creative Agency

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The success of any creative agency — regardless of how bleeding edge or traditional their design work  — depends largely on our ability to sign on clients and then maintain symbiotic relationships with them. A strong portfolio, a mention in Communication Arts, and a post-modern office interior will make you look good, but they won’t […]

7 Questions To Ask When Adopting Open Source Software

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In the last twelve years our agency has been designing and developing Web-based applications and Web sites, we’ve encountered our fair share of Open Source software projects. We’ve evaluated Open Source options for server OSes, Web servers, programming languages, databases, productivity software, web site software, and several other types of software projects. For each project […]

I Madonnari 2012, Santa Barbara, California

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The Intervals Web design and development team likes to do more than just tweak pixels and grind out code. We love us our extra curriculars, especially when we can venture out into our community sharing our love of tech and the arts. Our company, Pelago, has had the privilege of participating in the annual I Madonnari […]

Managing Scrum Backlogs Using Intervals Online Task Management Tools

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Scrum is one of the most popular methods of Agile web development in practice today. Scrum focuses on breaking down a project into small pieces, called stories, that can be designed and developed in short iterations, called sprints. To manage this process, Scrum uses multiple backlogs to keep all of the stories organized. Each backlog […]

Tracking Team Velocity for Agile Web Development

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Velocity is one of the key components necessary for managing successful Agile Web development sprints. The ability to precisely calculate and track a team’s velocity will make the process of planning and managing a sprint a more pleasant and efficient experience for both the project manager and the Web design and development team. What exactly is […]

A Design Primer for Web-based Startups

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© Wells Riley If you’ve ever tried to start your own online business, you probably know that one of the most difficult challenges is making it look good. The Web app we are developing needs a clean look and an intuitive interface. Design is what really ties the Web app together. Wells Riley, a UI/UX […]