Blogs
Why You Need More Than An Expert Opinion For Technical Due Diligence In M&A
Technical due diligence needs more than an expert opinion: fact-based insights into custom code are essential for mitigating risk in mergers and acquisitions.
Top 5 Most-Read BonCode Blogs From 2024
The BonCode blog shares insights on how to manage and mitigate risk, reduce technical debt, and boost the quality of custom-coded software. Read it today.
Here’s How To Cut The Cost Of Owning Custom Software
In this blog, we explain how well-maintained software is cheaper to run and easier for developers to innovate and iterate on, lowering the cost of ownership.
How Source Code Analysis Can Help You Identify Organizational Issues
In this blog, we explain how source code analysis can provide factual, actionable insights that help you optimize business operations.
How Source Code Analysis Can Be Used To Improve Project Management
In this blog, we explore how source code analysis can be leveraged to improve project management and monitor productivity in large organizations.
Agree on your Definition of Quality – or everyone will fight for himself
Without clear requirements, how can you measure the performance and quality of a software system in a meaningful way? Here’s why defining quality has value.
Why Software Architects Are Important People
The best way to understand the structure – and the maintainability – of your codebase is to perform a technical review in the form of a software assessment.
5 Ways To Increase Velocity In Custom-Coded Software Projects
When you monitor and address the maintainability of your custom code, you empower your developers to be more productive. Here’s how.
Managing Dependency And Risk In Your Company’s Custom Software
Striking the right balance between healthy, manageable dependency and vendor lock-in isn’t easy, but it is essential for managing risk in custom-coded software.
How Boehm’s Law Helps Prevent Mass Chaos From A Single Software Flaw
Distinguished software engineer and professor of computer science – Barry Boehm – made many notable contributions to the field. One of those was Boehm’s Law: the cost of finding and fixing a...
How teamwork leads to healthy code
Here at BonCode, we’re specialists in monitoring and analyzing custom-coded software, and we’ve noticed a phenomenon. Even when a software system is crafted from the high-quality contributions of...
Digital Risk In Customized Software – A Guide For Board Members
How do nontechnical board members manage digital risk and take stewardship of your company’s digital assets? Find out in this blog.
Why software quality is essential to comply with DORA
Digitalization of the financial sector has brought significant benefits but has also exposed businesses to rising technology risks, including cyberattacks, system outages, and third-party...
Project Estimation And Productivity Analysis Using Automated Function Point Analysis
With no benchmark, measuring productivity in Agile software engineering projects is hard. Automated Function Point Analysis can change the game.
How Do Your Software Engineers Demonstrate Code Quality?
There’s always a trade-off between code quality and technical debt, so how should software developers evidence their efforts? Here’s how.
Why You Need Code Analysis In Due Diligence For Mergers And Acquisitions
If one company looks to acquire another, or two companies merge, software quality is firmly on the agenda in terms of the due diligence required.
Entanglement Is A Hidden Threat To Your Custom Software – Here’s Why
Software entanglement is a hidden threat to custom software. Catching the early warning signs, and taking corrective action, helps organizations to avoid lasting damage to business-critical...
How Monitoring Builds Trust Between Software Teams And Managers
Software monitoring is not for micromanaging individual developers or development teams – it’s about facilitating meaningful conversations about quality.
Why The Burden Of Technical Debt Is Now A Boardroom Issue
Technical debt has a measurable impact on business operations, hindering organizational agility, and digital transformation. Is it a topic for your boardroom?
Here’s why refactoring systems while moving to the Cloud is a winning approach
Software designed for a specific platform is easier to maintain and performs better. That’s why migrating and refactoring could be a winning combination.