Definition of Success, Part 2: How We Keep Projects on Track

SOUTHWORKS' Definition of Success, Part 1. Thinking beyond the reqs to give our clients the solution they really need, not just what they've asked for.

How SOUTHWORKS Development on Demand approach avoids the typical issues with offshoring

The problems with off-shore software development

Technology is central to our work; every single person at SOUTHWORKS is passionate about it. It’s the primary tool we use to deliver results for our customers - but how do we stay up to date with the latest developments?

The art of storytelling in engineering projects. How we help our customers crystalize their vision for a project and keep us on track as we work towards it.

SOUTHWORKS serves our customers by deploying trios that we call Fireteams - but why is three the magic number?

Recruiting at SOUTHWORKS, Part 5: SOUTHWORKS flywheel strategy

We want SOUTHWORKS to be a place where people with raw talent but limited industry experience can grow and develop. Our partnership with Alkemy gives us the chance to tap into budding talent to build our talent pool from the ground up.

Recruiting at SOUTHWORKS Part 3: making remote onboarding bulletproof

Part 2 in our recruitment mini-series, Johnny Halife discusses the key attributes we look for in new SOUTHIES

Recruiting at SOUTHWORKS Part 1

For us, there is another level to giving our employees the freedom to do their best work - it's “work from anywhere”

Transparency is part of our DNA, so why should we make an exception when it comes to our prices?

How we work on projects that ensure that we’re developing as a company – and providing that same opportunity to our SOUTHIES.

Making scary decisions, Part 1: First in our four-part miniseries, we look at why transparency is important in making SOUTHWORKS a great place to work

Data helps us motivate our staff, steer our ship in the right direction and show our clients how we’re doing. That’s exactly why we place a lot of focus on making SOUTHWORKS a data-driven organization

Our focus on strategic quick wins originated in project work, but it’s now something we apply throughout SOUTHWORKS

By stepping back to reveal the bigger picture, we can plot our course as a company more effectively

To succeed in our work, we need to maintain both velocity and progress - our philosophy for achieving these twin outcomes is called Dev-Intensity

Our two key approaches for a high-trust, high-autonomy environment that allows us to flourish

Embracing the spirit of "stand-up" meetings in our written communications to ensure we Make Everything Right in our project communications

The clean hand-off principle and the default action principle: how we communicate efficiently and keep things moving.

As we’ve learned how to improve communication over the years, we’ve assembled some simple principles to help our SOUTHIES

Async is our thing – it’s a big part of how we’ve always worked. It's how we make communication right in a globally distributed company.

Why we introduced company-wide, structured Focus Time at SOUTHWORKS.

How SOUTHWORKS transitioned from being largely office centred to a fully remote-first company

‍Developing a flexible remote-first culture that works right from the start

Hey there! My name is Ned Machulsky...

Here we go again.... The “agile” team of remote developers you hired turned out to be order-takers who actually aren’t that great at taking orders.

The silence is eerie. Another day just went by without a project update.

Why is outsourcing slowing you down when the whole point of it was to speed things up? ‍

“Make Everything Right™” is a promise, a commitment, to having high standards and doing things well in a world where others often cut corners.

I am really happy to share our new brand identity.