The need to create a prototype and the benefits prototypes bring are understood better than ever before. However, often, people do not realise that to create a prototype, it is necessary to do a considerable amount of preliminary work, i.e. to collect the correct input using different methods to ensure that the prototype meets the needs and goals of all parties involved.

In our blog series TWN Life we get acquainted with the talented team members at Trinidad Wiseman (TWN) working on different positions. This time, we had a chat with our software developer Taavi Kirss from software development, his other career as a plane pilot, and much else. As always, we also threw in a couple of tricky questions. Find out how Taavi got into software development and what his favourite projects at Trinidad Wiseman are.

Since 2014, the e-Residency team has been working to give global entrepreneurs remote digital access to Estonia’s e-services. Before, the organisation lacked a single cohesive system for managing all the information they were working with, which created various bottlenecks. In cooperation with the client, we created a new intranet for the team, using Atlassian’s Confluence software and its site building product Refined. In this post, we will share the experience we got from this project as well as recommendations for how to successfully implement an intranet.

In today's world, web-based information systems are a critical cornerstone for many businesses. Node.js, based on JavaScript, has rightfully become the most popular framework for web applications as of 2024. In this article, we highlight five key reasons why Node.js is an excellent choice for developing information systems.

The Labour Inspectorate is a government agency that strives towards creating a good work environment for every Estonian employee. Since 2019, Trinidad Wiseman has been a development partner for the Information System of the Labour Inspectorate (TEIS) which plays a crucial role in achieving that goal.

Atlassian envisions its cloud solution as a collaboration platform that, in addition to software development and customer support solutions, would support all departments and processes across an organization. With generative AI-powered tools like Atlassian Intelligence, Rovo, and Loom, teams can manage projects more efficiently and exchange information more seamlessly. Let's take a closer look at how AI-based innovations enhance Atlassian's cloud landscape.

Artificial intelligence has quickly made its way into our daily services, making companies wonder how to best make use of this new technology in their own business. Sometimes, people may have the erroneous idea that artificial intelligence is some sort of mystical black box that sits in the corner of an office, eats business problems for lunch, and then provides fully thought through solutions in return. Let us now take a closer look at the most popular use cases for machine-learning.

For a beginner investor, the amount of information and options can be overwhelming, especially since the price of making mistakes is quite high. Still, one should not be robbed of the opportunity to invest in their future simply because they do not understand all the complex details involved in the field. We will talk about how together with SEB Bank’s UX design team we designed a new investment product – micro-investments, which enables users to easily and conveniently invest in global ETFs.

Sometimes public services don’t fully align with the actual needs of their users. Have you considered how this impacts community satisfaction and development? In collaboration with the Narva-Jõesuu local government, we engaged the small town of Olgina to redesign services based on the community’s wishes and needs. In this article, you can learn more about how the services at the Olgina Community Centre were revitalised.

Poorly managed Jira can quickly turn into software that users are reluctant to use, offering outdated information and failing to meet business objectives. In this blog post, we outline 4 reasons why your Jira’s performance and usability might be suffering, along with suggestions to help you manage Jira in a sustainable way.

Prototyping has become a crucial tool in today’s software development world. It is an efficient method for visualising and testing solutions before actual devel-opment begins. In this post, we will take a closer look at how user interface pro-totyping can help decrease development costs, make teamwork more efficient, and how it can help us get from an initial idea to a working solution.

There are various frameworks that use this mindset in the agile world. The most popular ones are Scrum, Kanban, and their hybrid form Scrumban. Each framework has its own approach that is suitable for realising different kinds of projects based on their nature. In this post, we will describe the three most popular frameworks and their properties to help you make the best decision for your project.