They already managed ages ago! So why don’t we manage to realize something as simple as a web application? Ages ago people managed to fulfill miraculous projects with hardly any tools. Today we can choose from a wide range of tools, but still we do not manage to run a project according to the client’s needs. What goes wrong?

In my previous post I outlined the issue of too flexible approach towards the customer. In the example I provided you were presented as a painter and me as your customer. A few changes of my ideas regarding the color of the room resulted in you spending 3 more hours to complete the job and spending additional 10$. Not very good. On the other hand, not too harmful so what’s a big deal ? Unfortunately in the real world, where money matters – this is a very huge one.

“The Shifting Geography of Offshoring” is the title of this year’s Global Services Location Index ™ by AT Kearney. And the title is self-explanatory. AT Kearney concluded that there are some dramatic changes in the attractiveness of offshore outsourcing locations. Especially a lot of Central  and Eastern European countries, among them Poland, dropped dramatically in the ranking. AT Kearney states that this is mainly due to the dramatic change in the conversion rates of the local currencies towards the US Dollar. Although I have always been a great fan of  yearly reports, this year I have some doubts. Especially because the currency rates are shifting quickly and like AT Kearney states this is less of an issue for Euro countries. This makes the conclusions of the report less applicable to European countries, and even worse, the index might not be valid any longer due to serious economic changes. 

Faced with economic crisis we all become more cost focused, whether we like it or not. It’s common knowledge that more and more companies are in for heavy cost cutting operations. On the other hand, we all know that we will have to invest as well. Without new developments there is no competitive advantage, which makes both today and the future insecure. Therefore, even today clever investments will be needed. So, what about investing for half the price? In this article I will describe three ways how you can decrease your software development cost up to 50% (or may be even more) without any loss of core functionalities.

Each and every company has to admit that they picked the wrong person for the vacancy at least once in their lifetime. It’s difficult to confess that we made a bad decision hiring Mr. Average who later proved to be a total misfit in the company, hard to get along with and delivering work results that everybody would rather forget about. Who’s to blame?

During the design stage of any software project, regarding any business/finance activity,  it’s often visible from the very beginning that some kind of reporting component will be needed for providing user friendly output data. It becomes especially important when it comes to developing a website or a web application, where the Quality of Service and resource consuming are the most important factors in the application’s life cycle. If the mentioned project is an ASP .NET project using Microsoft’s SQL Server 2000 or later, then the choice of Microsoft Reporting Services for this task is rather obvious.

Many companies are having hard time in the light of the economical downturn. Investments are postponed or cancelled at all. People get fired. How to be of help in such a situation? Knowing that cost saving is a subject that many managers love today we will have a look at what are the available cost savings options in the software area.

In GOYELLO we are always trying to use all the best tools and practices available. Currently, we are evaluating the Agile methodology with the SCRUM’s, sprints and all other things related to it. This post opens the series of short articles about Agile and how I am experiencing it. Let’s start!

Based on hundreds of CVs I have scanned throughout my developer hiring career I fully agree that a good CV is a key to success! The purpose of a CV is to provide a recruiter with as much relevant information as necessary in the most approachable and cohesive manner. This is not always the case though. I have noticed a number of mistakes on CVs that in the case of some companies may spoil the chances of even the best man for the job. Here, at GOYELLO, we try not to be so strict and not jump at conclusions too hastily.