Posts for small-to-medium business users facing questions about their technical environment.
In a software development or software selection project, the software gets all the attention. Lots of effort goes into selecting, configuring, and customizing software to fit the organization’s needs. On one hand, it’s understandable. Software is the shiny new toy you just purchased. But software is useless without data. Good, accurate, useful data is critical…
If you’re like most clients, you’re excited to get your custom software into production. When your software development team tells you that the software is ready for your review and approval, it’s natural to want to get it into the hands of your employees as quickly as possible. But don’t skip testing your software! No…
This post is part of our Custom Software Development series We want to continuously update our software, like weekly or daily. How can we make it easier to rollout updates frequently? For clients who want to make frequent changes to their custom application, we use a continuous integration pipeline. This phrase “continuous integration pipeline” describes…
Successful custom software rollouts rely on thorough planning, stakeholder engagement, training, and post-launch support to facilitate smooth implementation and maximize user adoption. This post is part of our Custom Software Development series Congratulations! Your custom software project is finally fully developed. It’s time to “go live.” Everyone’s eager for the business benefits, but as the…
This post is part of our Custom Software Development series Now it’s time to find a software development company. You probably get solicitations all the time from offshore programmers offering to build whatever you need for almost nothing. If only it were that simple! Most custom software is not something that can be delegated so…
At this point, you’ve looked for standard commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) and you can’t find software that does what you need. You don’t want to adjust your processes so you can use a standard software program. Those processes make your business unique or more efficient. You don’t have to be a major corporation to choose…