Software development is much more than simple coding. Successful development requires adherence to standardized practices, including a detailed design process and formal documentation, especially well-formatted design specifications.

CaresConsulting can help your organization create a software development department that will produce excellent code. Among the services we offer:

• Process and Procedures

  Do you have a step-by-step process for creating your programs or do your programmers just "wing it"? Do you have design or code reviews? Is there a formal hand-off process to QA?

  CaresConsulting can help you develop the appropriate process and procedures to create not only solid coders, but also a fully realized software development department.

• Specifications

  Do you have formal design and technical specifications? Or is your software designed on cocktail napkins? Does your QA department know about changes midstream?

  Good ideas only become good software when they are described and well-documented. CaresConsulting can create custom design specification templates that your entire software development department can use.

• Configuration Management (CM)

  Do your developers have standard procedures for checking in and checking out their code? Are changes to the code documented? How do you handle version control?

  Usage of CM practices is critical to your software development organization. For example, CM helps to avoid overwriting of existing code, which, if it occurs, can be a painful and time-consuming process to fix. In addition, when defects are found, developers can easily trace code back to the problem areas, even if it was three versions ago. In addition to helping to implement CM tools, we can help to identify the appropriate methods for maintaining clean, well-organized code.

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