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Cities reimagined

Mobility as a service, the future of urban transportation

Mobility | By Romet Rahuoja | September 8, 2019September 12, 2019

The mobility industry has undergone serious changes over the past few years. One of disruption’s most visible effects has been the rise of alternate modes of transportation, including electric and autonomous vehicles and mobility as...

Teach your users

Ten usability heuristics for successful web design

Product Development | By Maria Vous | September 1, 2019September 1, 2019

For any web-based product to be successful, it needs to be usable. So what exactly does that mean? A website is usable when it gets three things right. It should make it easy for users...

Design for all

Accessible design: how it works and why it matters

Product Development | By Anastassia Semjonova | August 26, 2019August 26, 2019

We tend to think of accessibility in black and white terms. In reality, it’s more of a grayscale. Have you ever tried making a phone call with your hands full? What about reading something on...

A big hidden market

Creating a future mobility solution? Don’t forget the elderly.

Mobility | Product Development | By Heili Strite | August 13, 2019August 26, 2019

The mobility industry is growing fast. Investors have poured over 220 billion dollars into more than 1,100 mobility startups worldwide since 2010. Over half of that amount has been invested in the past three years...

People first, better results

What is service design and why use it in your product development?

By Helena Veidenbaum | August 5, 2019

If you’ve been a part of any product development team in recent years, you’ve probably heard of service design. Maybe you’ve even seen it in action, in your own company’s practices or in a partner’s....

FOR SMARTER DECISIONS

Risk management tools for product development

Product Development | By Priit Salumaa | July 18, 2019July 25, 2019

I never jump into product development blindly. Maybe some people do, and maybe they get lucky along the way. But if you aren’t the gambling type, it’s nice to have a set of risk management...

Communication is key

How to do agile software development right: 5 tips from our CTO

Product Development | By Indrek Ulst | July 8, 2019July 12, 2019

As CTO and co-founder here at Mooncascade, I’ve been working in agile software development for years. I know that things move fast when using agile methodologies. There’s always a new idea to validate, a new...

Fast pace, big value

The design sprint: how to quickly test your ideas

Product Development | By Anu Einberg | June 30, 2019August 15, 2019

As a product development company, Mooncascade builds a lot of products from scratch. One thing we always keep in mind is testing. For an idea to succeed, we have to know if it provides a...

Mobility, sci-fi style

Future transportation: from teleportation to the mushroom drive

Mobility | Other | By Maria Vous | June 22, 2019August 15, 2019

If anyone’s succeeded in predicting the future, it isn’t tech companies or consultancy advisors—it’s sci-fi authors. From flying vehicles on Earth to human settlements on Mars, sci-fi has given us some of the wildest, and...

Briefed for success

How to write a brief for software development

Other | Product Development | By Heili Strite | June 10, 2019August 15, 2019

So you’re building a product and you’ve decided to outsource part of your software development to a partner. You’ve done your research and you’ve found an agency who’s got what it takes to make your...

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