Category Archives: Custom Software Development

Quality Software with Agile Teams

11 January 2012 Soft Skills

Agile teams have shown to be a great way to deliver high quality software products. The agile values favore quality, and there are several agile practices that are applied by agile teams to develop high quality software. What is Quality? …

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Why would I develop my software the Agile way and where should I start?

During the Talk About IT event in Amsterdam on May 24th, Peter Hilton and Michael Franken shared their view on how to go about this way of managing teams and projects. Hugo Messer, organizer of Talk About IT, shortly got …

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Advantages for programmers when involving in Software Community sites and Discussion forums

  What’s your opinion on encouraging programmers in a company to involve in Software Community sites  and Discussion forums? (a) Good for knowledge sharing and self improvement OR (b) Waste of time and that leads to less productivity I believe …

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Implementing an effective software development process: Agile, Scrum, CMMI and where to start

The common way of organizing software projects in most software firms is (or was) the waterfall method. Most firms don’t choose this process deliberately, but grow into it, because it’s a natural human way to get organized. It has its …

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How can you ensure quality in offshore software development?Hoe waarborgt u kwaliteit in offshore softwareontwikkeling? How can you ensure quality in offshore software development?Wie können Sie die Qualität in Offshore Softwareentwicklung sicherstellen?

Frequently, I hear people mention that ‘the quality’ of the software that is produced offshore is bad. Or people say ‘Indians produce bad quality’. Or they say ‘outsourcing doesn’t work, because the quality is too low’. Such conclusions sound like …

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