Successful Custom Software Development – AppCan’s Field Data Solution
A look at successful custom software development with AppCan - the smart field data solution. Part two in the series.
The Custom Software Development Project Delivery Team at Ballard Chalmers
Whether the custom software development project is new software development, app modernisation or system integration, our expert project delivery team handles the technical and management functions required to get your project completed successfully on time and in budget. This differs…
Ballard Chalmers Services – An Overview
In this blog, we take a look at the Ballard Chalmers services - our delivery capabilities: projects, consultancy, support and team augmentation.
Development and Project Methodology at Ballard Chalmers
In this blog, we share with you our development and project methodology, something that we have been honing since 1997.
How to Successfully Complete an Outsourced Custom Software Development Project (And Still Remain Friends) – Part One, Getting Started
There are several factors that we consider the most important in successfully completing a software development project on time and in-budget. With this, we include the completed software doing what it’s supposed to do without error. And by the end of the project, everyone still remaining friends. So, we thought we would put our experiences into a blog series for you here.
Three Big Reasons Why IT Departments Need Outsourcing Help
CIOs, IT VPs, IT directors and IT hiring managers feel they are able to satisfy core and ongoing line of business (LOB) IT initiatives. However, they are losing confidence in their ability to meet the demands of new initiatives. These…
Agile, Waterfall or Flexible Development?
We hear a lot these days about Agile development. Agile works in stark contrast to the traditional Waterfall approach. Under the Waterfall model, a sequential non-iterative methodology is favoured. The basic concept is that progress is made towards a final…
Outsourcing Versus Hiring
Eternal debates tend to rage on for eons: did the chicken or the egg come first, should we have more government or less, and should we hire or outsource top programming talent? Opinions on the latter subject have shifted back…
How To Succeed With Custom Software Development Projects
No large complex undertaking is going to have a 100% success rate. Construction projects are well known for having cost overruns and delays. Political campaigns can suddenly implode despite careful planning. And then there is bespoke software development – while…
Flexible Project Delivery
In the earlier days of web-based software development, along with most of our peers, we usually worked to a traditional ‘waterfall’ software development process and fixed-price project delivery. In waterfall methodology, you moved from one stage of the process onwards…