Comments on: The Future of Software Development Firms in the New Economy http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2009/05/14/future-of-software-development-firms-in-the-new-economy/ Helping companies increase predicability and business agility. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Robert Dempsey http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2009/05/14/future-of-software-development-firms-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-9466 Robert Dempsey Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:14:59 +0000 http://blog.adsdevshop.com/?p=1458#comment-9466 Hey Chris, great blog post. I'm glad to see that you are diversifying for your company. I definitely agree with your point on the smaller projects. For some (large) companies, custom solutions are definitely the way to go. For many smaller clients though, not so much. Knowing who is your customer is important. Knowing who isn't your customer is even more important. Hey Chris, great blog post. I’m glad to see that you are diversifying for your company. I definitely agree with your point on the smaller projects. For some (large) companies, custom solutions are definitely the way to go. For many smaller clients though, not so much. Knowing who is your customer is important. Knowing who isn’t your customer is even more important.

]]> By: Chris Parsons http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2009/05/14/future-of-software-development-firms-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-9465 Chris Parsons Sun, 31 May 2009 23:42:11 +0000 http://blog.adsdevshop.com/?p=1458#comment-9465 Interesting points. I've posted a few thoughts on the subject here: http://blog.edendevelopment.co.uk/2009/06/01/the-ever-moving-market/ Interesting points. I’ve posted a few thoughts on the subject here:

http://blog.edendevelopment.co.uk/2009/06/01/the-ever-moving-market/

]]> By: The ever-moving market « Coding is like gardening… http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2009/05/14/future-of-software-development-firms-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-9464 The ever-moving market « Coding is like gardening… Sun, 31 May 2009 23:17:14 +0000 http://blog.adsdevshop.com/?p=1458#comment-9464 [...] Dempsey posted an interesting article a little while back on the future of software development firms in the new economy. It discusses [...] [...] Dempsey posted an interesting article a little while back on the future of software development firms in the new economy. It discusses [...]

]]> By: Steven Bristol http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2009/05/14/future-of-software-development-firms-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-9332 Steven Bristol Thu, 14 May 2009 14:46:45 +0000 http://blog.adsdevshop.com/?p=1458#comment-9332 I'm not sure I agree with you that the quality of offshore teams is getting better. In all of my years of software development I have NEVER seen or even heard of god code coming back from offshore. At least not from any offshore companies that cost less. I know there are good teams around the world, but good teams don't compete on price. You do get what you pay for. (Or you pay a lot and get junk, but you never get great while paying little.) To answer your question of what are we doing to hedge our bets, we're not doing anything differently. Our core philosophy is to offer something that most companies or contractors can't offer: less. Less of everything that turns good ideas into crap or leads to project failure. That's something that sounds easy, but is very, very hard to do. And it's what we do best. I’m not sure I agree with you that the quality of offshore teams is getting better. In all of my years of software development I have NEVER seen or even heard of god code coming back from offshore. At least not from any offshore companies that cost less. I know there are good teams around the world, but good teams don’t compete on price. You do get what you pay for. (Or you pay a lot and get junk, but you never get great while paying little.)

To answer your question of what are we doing to hedge our bets, we’re not doing anything differently. Our core philosophy is to offer something that most companies or contractors can’t offer: less. Less of everything that turns good ideas into crap or leads to project failure. That’s something that sounds easy, but is very, very hard to do. And it’s what we do best.

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