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If your website is driven by dynamic content, a Content Management System (CMS) is usually a good choice. While there are a lot of viable CMS options out there today, lately we have been more interested in exploring headless options (where the backend is separated from the frontend) which turned our attention to Payload CMS. Payload comes with many advantages, especially catered to developers, giving the team a modern stack (JavaScript, React, Node.js) with a lot of control without sacrificing performance, scalability, and the ability to customize to business needs.

While we believe technology should never dictate your strategy, the reality of legacy or existing architecture often plays a major part in guiding the direction of designing cohesive software experiences. We build with intention with an aim for organizational growth, collaboration, and operational health, no matter the tech stack.

Intuition is powerful, but insight is unstoppable. Great brands don't guess, they listen. They listen to how users move through their site, where resistance appears, what gets ignored, and what actually converts. Behind every smart decision is data composed from meaningful signals that reveal how people actually experience your brand.

When working within a CMS system that gives a lot of freedom, it is important to instill guardrails and best practices to keep designs and content consistent and usable. Using design and content best practices together is the key to making pages more compelling and overall effective.

DNN Platform is a web application platform for .NET Framework which was started in late 2002 (under the name DotNetNuke). Engage has a long history of supporting and building on DNN and has created decades of connections with businesses that have built web-based solutions upon DNN. When you consider your organization’s investment in DNN, are you concerned about if you’re getting enough out of it? Let Engage’s experts help you explore what DNN is best for, what to expect from DNN in the future, and what other options you may want to consider.

Over the years of delivering working software we have carefully carved a pathway to how we do our best work. Many of these habits and workflows resemble agile methodologies very closely, while others were more ideas that evolved from traditional agile approaches. Like any successful project, our approach is also expected to grow and iterate over time. The following is a representation of how we are currently working together to build software products.