Automotive innovation is moving faster than ever, thanks to the rise of software-defined vehicles, electrification, and automation. Amid this rapid evolution, one constant remains: compliance. Meeting functional safety, cybersecurity, and quality standards is...
Carlos Almeida
A Practical Guide to Aligning Roadmaps with Company Goals in Jira
A great roadmap doesn’t just list steps, but it tells a convincing story about how today’s work moves a company toward its goals. Jira and Confluence give business leaders a shared system of record for ideas, priorities, and measurable outcomes. In this guide, you’ll...
How Software Engineering Teams Use Jira to Balance New Features vs. Maintenance
Software teams live in a constant tradeoff of building what’s next or fixing what’s already present. If you don’t manage tension with structure, you get chaos. This can look like surprise scope creep, invisible maintenance work, reactive firefighting, or a codebase...
3 Ways To Extend BigPicture’s Capabilities
Managing complex portfolios, distributed teams, and evolving business priorities demands connected insights. That’s where BigPicture by Appfire shines. As one of the most powerful project portfolio management tools for Jira, BigPicture brings structure, clarity, and...
How Hierarchies in Jira Product Discovery Empower Product Managers
Structuring ideas and aligning discovery work with delivery goals is crucial for product managers, but it’s not always easy. Atlassian’s Jira Product Discovery (JPD) has become a go-to solution for organizing ideas, insights, and roadmaps within a unified platform....
Why Clear Requirements Matter: Proven Strategies for Software Development Success
Requirements Management in Software Development Carlos:I’m Carlos Almeida, Engineering VP at SPK and Associates. I have years and years of experience with very large projects in software development and infrastructure, DevOps, regulated and unregulated industries. I...
Making the Leap from IBM Rational DOORS to Modern ALM Solutions
For years, IBM Rational DOORS has been a cornerstone for requirements management in highly regulated industries. Unfortunately, as development practices evolve, DOORS has not evolved with them. One of the biggest challenges with this is that there’s no direct upgrade...
Mastering Project Portfolios in Jira with BigPicture and 7pace Timetracker Integration
Project portfolio management in Jira is powerful, but it can be even more effective with the right add-ons. For teams that need visibility into project schedules, resources, and actual delivery performance, BigPicture and 7pace Timetracker from SPK partner Appfire...
Key Challenges and Solutions for DO-178C Compliance for Aerospace Software Development
In the aerospace industry, safety is non-negotiable. From passenger aircraft to defense systems, every airborne software component must meet rigorous standards. DO-178C serves as the benchmark for ensuring that aviation software is developed with the highest degree of...
Best Practices for Transitioning from Shortcut to Jira Smoothly
Shortcut and Jira are both trusted tools for helping teams manage software projects with agile methodologies, issue tracking, and collaboration features. While Shortcut is known for its simplicity and lightweight design, many growing teams reach a point where they...
Gitflow vs. trunk-based development: Which is better?
Modern software development relies on version control systems to help teams manage changes, collaborate, and deliver high-quality code. Two popular Git workflows, Gitflow and Trunk-Based Development, offer different approaches to managing branches and releases....
Open Source Components in Your Code: How to Detect Them and Why It Matters
Open source software is everywhere, and for good reason. It drives innovation, giving teams access to powerful tools and frameworks without licensing fees. While the benefits are clear, hidden open-source components in your product can introduce risks. These include...

 
				










