6. Skill Gap Analysis

Tools are very useful, and the right tools can make a huge difference in how long it takes to build an app and how good the app ends up being. But fundamentally, apps are built by people, and those people need the right combination of skills in order for the app to be built successfully, on time, and within budget.

This chapter talks about determining whether you have access to the skills needed to build your app, and if not, how to go about acquiring those skills.

The most straightforward way to acquire missing skills, at least when software is concerned, is to contract out to people who have them. However, that requires capital, and if you have more time than money, it might be better for you to try to learn those skills ...

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