How To Create Better Software for Small and Medium Businesses

Enterprise software is the lifeblood of any business, helping employees work productively and hit new milestones. Even with the negative impact of COVID-19, global IT spending continues to grow and is expected to amount 601 billion in 2021, which is 13.6% more than the previous year.

As a company that believes in quality software, we strive to help people and companies find the best tools for productive work. Since Setapp (a subscription to 230+ Mac and iPhone apps) relies heavily on the success of developers, we’d love to help developers, too. 

Be The SME

I’m kicking off a new series of blog posts based on the Seven Strategies sections in my book, Beyond Legacy Code: Nine Practices to Extend the Life (and Value) of Your Software. The next seven blog posts will each be based on a different strategy from the section in my book called on Seven Strategies for Product Owners. You can also see the original blog post .

SME stands for subject matter expert, the people who understand the domain that we’re building software within. These people have specialized knowledge and we want to find ways to incorporate that knowledge into the software we’re building.