As familiarity with ISO standards becomes more common – at times even required – it’s important to weigh the benefits of investing the time to obtain ISO certifications, or conversely, remaining uncertified. The investment can be quite substantial in terms of time and resources to ensure your organization is compliant to the standards you are […]
Utilizing project plans allows you to envision what can be achieved when project objectives are realized. The thoroughness of your project’s plans can determine if a project is completed on time and within budget. Today we go over 8 critical components that we recommend planning out for any project. If you need software […]
Estimating a software development project – in terms of cost and schedule – doesn’t have to be difficult when the project is focused and defined. When key elements get overlooked, and internal budgets are developed without a holistic view of a software project, your expectations may result in disappointment upon receipt of external bids higher […]
Poorly defined software requirements, or lack thereof, can contribute to a project being late, over budget, or failing to achieve the required software functionality. Taking the time to write well-defined software requirements with the input of all project stakeholders can be the difference between the success or failure of your software development effort. If […]
The headache of having to rescue a project that is falling behind or failing to meet deliverables can be extremely stressful. Finding a DevOps tool to assist your team in good communication, sprint management, and task assignments helps everyone to collaborate and track the project’s progress along the way. We share some of our DevOps […]
Recently, you may have seen many headlines about the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack where bad actors used ransomware to hold the company’s billing system hostage. This was yet another eye-opening event for businesses nationwide. VP of operations at PSI, Rightley McConnell, discusses some suggestions on protecting yourself and your business from hackers and ransomware. If you […]
Many people in and around the software development process will use the two terms software verification and software validation interchangeably, and this can cause confusion and misunderstandings. Software testing activities can help achieve a clean, detect-free product, to ideally eliminate future software-related recalls. We hope that by sharing with you how we do things […]
When deciding on a software engineering partner, it is important to consider the development value adding tools of your partner. To further understand the benefits of the many software development value adding tools that we use at PSI, Casandra provides and overview of some of the tools that our company uses to provide our clients […]
It’s important to understand your software partner’s development process to ensure you can properly marry your processes, as well as other engineering disciplines, together. Casandra walks through PSI’s 5-phased approach, describing at a high level what you can expect throughout each step of the PSI software development lifecycle. If you need software development […]
If you’ve been following our blog for a few years, you may remember our December 2017 post Surviving the Holidays – Software Engineering Style. In just 3 years, so much has changed, especially considering the global COVID-19 pandemic that 2020 has endured. We felt it appropriate to offer some new tips to get through the […]
