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When Not to Use Elance or oDesk

Steve Mezak — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:00:11 +0000

IT managers who consider posting projects on freelance bidding sites like oDesk and Elance have good reason to pause before doing so. These types of websites enable businesses to hire freelancers and manage projects in progress, but in practice the … Read more

How to Know if Agile Development is Working for You

Steve Mezak — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:00:17 +0000

Agile is a software development methodology based on iterative and incremental development. This means the software is developed in pre-determined stages or series of fixed time periods, allowing for more evolution and collaboration on features, requirements, and functionality from one … Read more

Case Study: How To Realize Cost Savings From Software Outsourcing

Steve Mezak — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

More than half of companies who outsource their software development feel like they aren’t seeing the value of outsourcing. For whatever reason, the costs of outsourcing are much higher than they imagined it would be, and the savings they do … Read more

Why SOA Matters

Steve Mezak — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:13 +0000

We have all heard the organizational complaint about the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. But what about the left hand not knowing what the right hand is saying? Aligning your business and its IT with … Read more

Agile vs. Traditional Methodologies – Comparing Effort to End Result

Steve Mezak — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:08 +0000

When it comes to agile development, many companies worry about lack of insight, believing that this development methodology is too unstructured, which makes them feel uneasy about throwing their lot in with agile. But agile development is not about constant … Read more

Build a Better Software Development Team Through Continuous Integration

Steve Mezak — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

One of the primary benefits of Continuous Integration tools is that it helps your team find errors in the build quickly, sometimes in a matter of hours. However, that’s not the only benefit that Continuous Integration delivers. Since the very … Read more

Capturing IT Outsourcing Project Requirements For a Successful Outcome

Steve Mezak — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

At the beginning of any project, it is vitally important that everyone involved be on the same page and agree on the end goal. When you are talking about a big IT outsourcing project that will depend on outsourced software … Read more

Looking for Offshore Developers?

Steve Mezak — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00:43 +0000

After years of successful partnerships with offshore software development companies around the world, we’re in a position to offer a few pointers on finding the right vendor. As with any major business decision, companies want to know how to avoid … Read more

Overcoming Cultural Differences in India Offshoring

Steve Mezak — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

India offshoring has seen a great deal of success thanks in part to its large English-speaking population. However, even with this common language, we still see challenges with communication and overcoming cultural differences with those in India. Despite, or maybe … Read more

The 7 Ways an American Assumes the Answer is “Yes”

Steve Mezak — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:00:21 +0000

My last email newsletter and corresponding blog post about the 7 ways an Indian programmer says “No” caused quite a stir and struck some nerves. I was excoriated by some blog commenters as being a bigot (Gee, am I?). And … Read more