custom software Archives

Planning Your Project

Modernizing Custom Software on a Tight Budget? Yes, It is Possible

It may be tempting to put off software modernization when your budget is tight, but this can be a risky move.

The Software Life

Understanding Software Jargon, Part 3: Design Terms

Today, we'll discuss design terms such as "design system," a method that uses elements in a style guide to build the components of a system.

The Software Life

Understanding Software Jargon, Part 2: Process Terms

In the second part of this three-part series, I'll cover some common process terms you'll hear working on your first custom software product.

Culture

Breaking Down Employee Blogging, Part 1: Why Bother?

As Atomic’s marketing director, one of the questions I’m most often asked is how we get our employees blogging daily about software.

Project & Team Management

Deploying New Software Into Your Business? Don’t Neglect Change Management

Change management helps ensure that new software is implemented successfully and that employees are able to adapt to the new system.

Effective communication

How Your Software Project is Like a Language

In my time at Atomic Object, I've worked on a range of different projects. I've begun thinking of each project as its own language.

The Software Life

3 Reasons to Work at a Software Consultancy as a Software Engineer

A software consultancy is a company that creates software for other companies. Let me give you three reasons to work at a software consultancy.

Business Practices

How I Practice Value-Based Selling at Atomic

Value-based selling is a strategy through which we attempt to add value to every potential contact and eventually become their vendor of choice.

Project & Team Management

Rethinking Agile, Part 1 – Deload Periods

After sustained intense exercise, a deload gives your mind and nerves a chance to reset. I think it's time to bring this concept into software development.

Project & Team Management

Embracing Uncertainty in Custom Software Projects, Part 3

Uncertainty and risk are often confused. To begin seeing uncertainty in a different light, we must understand the difference between uncertainty and risk.

Project & Team Management

Embracing Uncertainty in Custom Software Projects, Part 1

Like most people, I don’t thrive on uncertainty. I also work for a custom software consultancy, where some degree of uncertainty is inevitable.

Project & Team Management

Software is Never Done: The Optimist’s Perspective

What is the optimistic view of “software is never done”? There is real, innovative, value-added work to do after the launch.