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of technical debt. Within weeks, that application requires maintenance, upgrades and ongoing support.
“ Not every problem needs a new app,” Matt adds. Instead, Judge leverages lowcode and no-code capabilities within enterprise platforms like ServiceNow and Box to ensure ease of operation for the businesses it serves.
These platforms can allow the company to build lightweight applications without having to maintain the underlying infrastructure, freeing team members up to focus on the requirements and tasks that are truly unique to them. For routine automation needs, platform-native tools provide faster, more sustainable solutions.
Matt draws an analogy to music composition and says that the best orchestral works often emerge from limiting the instrumental palette.“ Making sure you have the right tools in the stack is critical,” he explains.
Overcoming the challenges of implementation Matt is completely aware that implementing new, enterprise-wide technology systems carries a significant risk. He cites research showing 68 % of enterprise resource planning implementations fail outright. Judge tries to mitigate these risks through rapid prototyping and minimum viable product development, all of which is built into the firm’ s standard B2B collaboration strategy.
Weekly check-ins focus not just on project timelines but on team wellbeing and realistic goal-setting.“ The feel is actually very important,” Matt says. When teams overcommit and miss deadlines, momentum suffers.
Matt recalls a particularly challenging payroll integration where the legacy system’ s first entry dated from 1999. The system contained more than 300
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