Agile Isn’t an Excuse for Poor Quality
- Aug
- 09
In a group of friends (all of us in the 20+ years experience range), one of us casually commented that one cannot expect good quality with the use of Agile processes. The argument alluded to how Agile methodologies prescribed cutting on elaborate requirements documentation, and starting to code even before having the complete design in […]
read moreWhy Drupal 8 is the Right CMS for Your New Website
- Sep
- 04
WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are the top 3 leading CMSes. Having played with all 3, our recommendation is to use Drupal for any new websites that you need developed. Background Before we jump into the reasons, let us tell us where we are coming from. Acism.com and a few other sites that we created for […]
read moreIT Leadership
- Jun
- 16
Last decade saw more and more application of Information Technology (IT) in businesses. While the number of completely IT-based businesses are continuously growing, IT has percolated well even in the traditional brick and mortar businesses, whose connection with IT is not obvious. Leadership is about spotting opportunities in this space and making smart use of […]
read moreDistributed Software Development – The Cummins Experiment
- Jan
- 06
The “Cummins Experiment” on distributed software development yielded results that would be of interest to software companies, IT colleges and the students. The post builds upon our previous post on this subject and captures the gist of the detailed report of the experiment. Experiment Design Acism can design software as an assembly of fine grained […]
read moreScalable Software Development – High Quality, Low Cost
- Dec
- 18
Writing a 10 lines program is child’s play. Writing a 100 lines program is harder. It’s harder than writing 10 programs of 10 lines each. As the scale increases, the coding effort and the demands on programmer’s skill increase exponentially. Someone who can easily write a 100 lines program just may not be equipped to […]
read moreWhy Java is (Still) Very Relevant
- Oct
- 28
Every now and then new articles come up about how some other shiny language does the job better than Java. It is possible for one to be blinded by them and discard Java as a yesteryear’s technology. This article shows why Java is still highly relevant and a strong candidate for developing new enterprise applications […]
read moreWhy Outsource to India – 4 Key Learnings from #MissionMars
- Sep
- 24
Today is a day of pride for all Indians, as India’s Mangalyaan successfully entered the Mars orbit (media coverage). Parallels can be drawn between India’s success in the Mission Mars and its success as a software outsourcing destination. Here are the 4 key learnings from the mission that also tell why outsource to India: We […]
read moreCheap is Expensive, Expensive is Expensive as well!
- Aug
- 20
If you are planning to outsource a software project, you have a lot of choices of software vendors. Costing-wise, you may be surprised with how varied the bids that you receive are. Here are some pointers to keep in mind about the cheapest to the most expensive bids: The Lowest Cost Option With the economies […]
read moreHow Many Browsers Should Your Site Support?
- Feb
- 26
Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer are the top 3 browsers by usage, according to W3Schools. (BTW, Another great resource to check browser popularity by country is statcounter.) By default, Acism tries to make a site (or a web application) work for the most widely used versions, so that most users in the world will be […]
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