Building Culture Through Office Clubs and Activities
Building culture isn’t something that ends. It’s an evolution driven by and for people – and it’s something that sets organizations apart.
Automated Testing Can’t Replace Your QA Team
While automated testing reduces time and effort in testing software, there are significant drawbacks that are often overlooked.
Power Automate as a Low-Code Tool for Augmenting Daily Processes
Microsoft’s Power Automate makes automation of mundane, repetitive tasks and processes fast, easy, and enjoyable.
Understanding Accessibility Guidelines for Web and Mobile Applications
Accessibility guidelines help more than 60 million people in the U.S. who have a disability that limits access and utilization of web content.
Improving Employee Engagement When Working From Home
COVID-19 has prompted many businesses to adapt to working from home, requiring new ideas for promoting employee engagement.
Essential QA Tools for Effective Software Testing
Essential QA tools for testing web apps and mobile apps. The right testing tools helps ensure high quality software development.
What Are the Biggest Problems with Legacy Software?
Despite expensive and innovative digital transformation drives, many organizations still run and maintain legacy software. That’s because, over the years, such systems have become fundamental to the way the organization functions, and replacing them with modern alternatives isn’t always that straightforward. Indeed, a December 2017…
Strategies to Mitigate Custom Software Development Risks
In the last post, I talked about things that increased the risk involved with software development and how to mitigate those factors. There are techniques and strategies that increase the likelihood of a positive outcome. Here are seven strategies that help ensure success with your…
What Are the Risks of Custom Software Development?
Every project, including every custom software project, comes with an element of risk. That said, there are factors that are more likely to contribute to project failure than others. Here’s an overview of what can cause problems in your custom software development project. You’re Being…
What Options Do Custom Software Developers Have?
When it comes to building a custom solution, there are two primary routes: outsourcing the work or keeping development in-house. Each alternative offers its own benefits, but can also bring about significant hurdles. Outsourcing In the custom software industry, both off- and onshore developers are…
Ten Benefits of Tailor-Made Software
While boxed software is a perfectly viable solution for some business settings, companies often find themselves wishing for more power and flexibility from their technology. Tailor-made software solves a number of problems for these firms. Here are ten benefits of tailor-made software. 1. You control…
Will Custom or Prepackaged Software Better Meet Your Needs?
Quality software is vital to ensuring smooth operations and competitive success. Software handling business operations falls into two general categories: custom software and off-the-shelf, prepackaged software. The differences between custom and prepackaged software Off-the-shelf (a.k.a. boxed, canned, or prepackaged) software is ready-made and often highly…
6 Reasons It’s Time for New Software
As your business environment changes, so too do your software needs. If one or more of the following descriptions can be said about your current software system, it may be time to start thinking about system modernization or new custom software development. 1. Your current…
Is It Time for New Software?
As your business environment changes, so too do your software needs. Whether your current solution is misaligned with today’s demands or is at risk due to concerns regarding compliance with industry standards and regulations, a common thread exists: the software has room for improvement. A deficient system sacrifices not only performance, but your company’s…
A Guide to Custom Software, Part 5: Seven Ways to Reduce Custom Software Risk
This series, A Guide to Custom Software, was developed to provide insight to give you an edge when making decisions about software. Whereas our previous entry touched upon factors that can sink a project, this piece – the final entry in the series – highlights…
A Guide to Custom Software, Part 4: Six Reasons Custom Software Projects Fail
This series, A Guide to Custom Software, was developed to provide insight to give you an edge when making decisions about software. While our previous entries aided in the lead-up to the development of your solution, in this fourth entry, Six Reasons Custom Software Projects…
7 Reasons Your Startup Needs An MVP
Businesses face many challenges in establishing success and making their products available to the desired audience; software shouldn’t be one of these challenges, although it often is. Utilizing a minimum viable product as part of your custom software solution can help ensure the project ultimately…
A Guide to Custom Software, Part 3: Outsourcing vs. In-house
This series, A Guide to Custom Software, was developed to provide insight to give you an edge when making decisions about software. The first entry in this series objectively weighed when to choose a prepackaged software product versus when to explore a custom software solution,…
A Guide to Custom Software, Part 2: Ten Benefits of Custom Software
This series, A Guide to Custom Software, was developed to provide insight to give you an edge when making decisions about software. You can find the first entry in the series in the hyperlinked list after the jump. Next up, Ten Benefits of Custom Software….
A Guide to Custom Software, Part 1: Custom Software vs. Off-The-Shelf Software
This series, A Guide to Custom Software, was developed to provide insight to give you an edge when making decisions about software. First up in the series: Custom Software vs. Off-The-Shelf Software. Part 1: Custom Software vs. Off-The-Shelf Software Part 2: Ten Benefits of Custom…