Monday March 4, 2013 at 12:07pm
If you’re currently looking at a cloud solution for your IT needs, the chances are that cost will be high on your list of priorities. There is a wide variety of offerings out there and the range is constantly increasing, as are the number of cloud providers and packages available. When it comes to comparing the financial factors, you’ll find that cloud offerings are generally priced in one of two main ways: • Standard periodic fees – on this model, there is a standard fee ....
(read more...)Friday January 25, 2013 at 10:42am
Are you thinking of moving to the cloud for part, if not all, of your business needs? If so, you are not alone. Although cloud services have been around for a while, both the range of offerings and the uptake by business customers are on the increase. The cloud service will play a key part in the operation and success of your business. You will no doubt be looking at various factors in weighing up the pros and cons, so to help you in the process, here are some points that I’ve put together....
(read more...)Monday July 30, 2012 at 9:26am
Having worked hard both to win a software development contract and to complete the development, as an IT developer you will be particularly keen to make sure that you are properly and promptly rewarded for your efforts. Making sure you have a clear fee structure and payment procedure in your software development agreement will go a long way towards achieving that aim. For developments where there is a defined piece of work you may be happy to agree a fixed fee. In cases where it is not be possib....
(read more...)Friday July 13, 2012 at 10:05am
As a software developer, you will test the software you are developing as part of the development process, but you might wonder why I would be concerned about dealing with testing in relation to the software development agreement. Having completed a software development, you as the developer want to be sure that your client accepts it, so that you can move on to your next project and, most importantly, you can get paid for the completed work. With these objectives in mind, I would recommend that....
(read more...)Thursday June 28, 2012 at 1:23pm
Software development projects are well known, if not infamous, for running over time and over budget. This can happen for a variety of reasons. Often a number of factors combine to cause a software development to go off course. If this situation is not carefully managed, you and your client can end up aggrieved. That will not make for the good working relationship needed to complete the development and could ultimately result in an even more costly dispute. So, as a software developer, how can y....
(read more...)Thursday June 21, 2012 at 3:53pm
Software development is a complex business and no IT project should proceed without a proper software development agreement in place to protect the developer. An important part of that agreement will be the project plan, or implementation plan, setting out the various stages of the development with a timetable for achievement of the key stages. The project plan will set out how the software development detailed in the specification is to be achieved, so it needs to take account of what is contai....
(read more...)Wednesday June 13, 2012 at 7:15pm
The primary aim of any contract - and software development agreements are certainly no exception - is basically to set out what each party expects from the arrangement. Where too many IT projects have run into difficulties is not putting in place a software development agreement which adequately deals with all the relevant issues before works starts. This is understandable given the time and budgetary pressures in everyday business life, but it can be a false economy. A key part of a software de....
(read more...)Wednesday June 6, 2012 at 3:20pm
IT projects are well known as being prone to disputes developing. Why? Because they are technically complex and give rise to many legal issues. But often the root cause is that there is no proper software development agreement in place. By the time a prospective client approves your software development proposal, you as a software developer will already have put considerable time and effort into the project. There will no doubt already be various documents describing the project, but what you re....
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