An excerpt from our whitepaper
Software projects can fail for the same reasons that any large capital project can fail – a lack of strong leadership, an absence of a defined vision and goals, and insufficient funding and stakeholder commitment. However, the common thread present in almost all software implementation failures is the explosion of complexity within the design of the software as new features are implemented. The Domain Driven Design website summarizes the point well:
Of course many things can put a project off course: bureaucracy, unclear objectives, lack of resources, to name a few, but it is the approach to design that largely determines how complex software can become. When complexity gets out of hand, the software can no longer be understood well enough to be easily changed or extended. By contrast, a good design can make opportunities out of those complex features." www.DomainDrivenDesign.org
Linchpin
The development of custom software is the linchpin of the business model of Headspring Systems. It is what we strive to compete at and to do our best at.
For many, many enterprises custom software is the linchpin of their processes. The gears turn on a company's data, how it is served up, and how it is refined. Software more often than not is the hub of the wheel facilitating the means to move a chain of events forward while providing validation that all is well, both in flight and after landing.
For this reason, there is obviously a lot of heartache inherited with line of business applications which do not take users from step A to step B smoothly or which leave their owners painted into a corner by being inflexible to change/growth (often the case with sloppy craftsmanship).
...and thus the question is begged: How does one ensure quality in software development?
To learn more about who we are, our process, and how we work, please download our whitepaper, "The Agile Difference."