3 Reasons You Should Measure & Manage Technical Debt
Technical debt isn’t just for developers. Discover three ways it impacts business productivity, continuity, and accountability, and how to get in control.
Resources for IT/Product Managers
Resources for IT/Product Managers
Why Code Quality Metrics Are Like A Canary In A Coal Mine
Code metrics are early warnings, not performance goals. Learn why BonCode’s insights help prevent stalled projects before they become delivery failures.
Polish Or Productivity? The Value Of Measuring Churn Data As Part Of Code Quality
Discover why measuring churn alongside code quality reveals hidden blockers, misaligned priorities, and helps restore delivery momentum in large projects.
Set Smarter Priorities With Software Monitoring
Discover how software monitoring helps tech leaders set better priorities using real-time insights into teams, code quality, and process performance.
How Software Governance Leads To Better Organizational Alignment
Discover how software governance bridges technical teams and business leaders, boosting quality, reducing risk, and improving ROI for developers.
The Number One Reason For Subpar Software Revealed
Not long ago, I was called in by a company experiencing significant growing pains. On paper, they looked like a healthy scale-up: 12 years old, solid market presence, and a newly appointed CEO with a strong commercial vision. Brought in to drive the next wave of growth, he had an ambitious product roadmap. So what… The Number One Reason For Subpar Software Revealed
Why No One Cares About Software Quality Until It’s Too Late
BonCode CEO, Jan Willem Klerkx, has a confession to make: “To be honest, I don’t care about software quality. I really don’t.” Wait, what? Yes, you read that right! Coming from a consultancy firm that specializes in assessing and monitoring software quality, that statement might sound a little odd. In fact, it’s precisely this conflict… Why No One Cares About Software Quality Until It’s Too Late
Business critical software requires governance
Go beyond dev-focused tools. BonCode delivers independent code quality insights that help leadership manage risk and drive better software decisions.
Put A Circle Of Trust Around Your Software Systems – You Won’t Regret It
Independent fact-based insights into software quality can help you build a circle of trust around your custom-coded systems. Read our latest blog to learn more.
Governance For AI – Avoid The Pitfalls Of Patchwork Code
Just as electric motorization found its way into almost every household appliance, AI is appearing in all kinds of tech. Governance for AI is essential.
Software Handovers – The Impact On Innovation
Many companies rely on third-party development teams to build and maintain their custom-coded software systems. External teams might manage, refine, and extend a system for a period of time – from months to years – but at some point responsibility for the software will revert to the owning organization. When that happens, some businesses encounter… Software Handovers – The Impact On Innovation
Visma Dialog
Ruben Mink, Managing Director of Visma Dialog, explains how he uses Boncode to achieve best-in-class software. This allows Dialog to innovate at a higher speed.
Why External Software Expertise Saves Money
Modernizing your tech stack is a high-stakes decision. Hiring external experts can help safeguard against poor decision-making and ensure long-term success.
Why Technical Debt Is Not A Technical Problem
In this blog, we uncover the importance of minimizing technical debt by balancing commercial needs with creative problem-solving in software development.
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.
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.
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 a Birds Eye View on Code Encourages Communication
BKR’s IT Change Manager & Head of Testing explains how Boncode has aided them in keeping their software, and communication channels, thriving.
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.
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.
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 systems – and core business operations. Thankfully, when you know what to look for, the symptoms of entanglement are easy to spot – even for non-technical leaders with only… Entanglement Is A Hidden Threat To Your Custom Software – Here’s Why
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.
Boncode Enables Uniper Benelux to Manage Technical Debt
For Uniper, our software monitoring dashboard not only identifies areas for improvement, it also provides a roadmap of priorities.
How Companies Can Manage Technical Debt In Custom Software
Technical debt can be hard to surface and quantify – without the right software quality tools. Here’s how to manage it effectively.
How Zilveren Kruis established a culture of Software Quality
Zilveren Kruis uses Boncat, our software intelligence tool, to look at trends across productivity, quality, size and operational stability. It keeps communication flowing between developers and leadership, so context can be shared and understanding gained.
3 Reasons To Treat Software As A Valuable Business Asset
Here are three typical scenarios where software quality can make a real difference to business operations.