Category: Steve Moon

A common stereotype of software development projects is that they are going to go over budget and not be done on time. This stereotype is well earned as a significant amount of projects do go over budget and take longer than expected. The million dollar question is why? I think it boils down to a few factors depending on who you partner with to do the development work. Below are the top factors I have found to cause budget overruns and missed deadlines. The software development company knowingly underestimates the project The software development company is incompetent to do the project The person putting together the estimate is too optimistic The project isn’t scoped out properly The client changes direction frequently Scope creep Estimating Software is very hard to do…

Introducing Our CEO - Steve Moon This is Steve Moon, the Founder and CEO of Clever Coding. As a quick intro, I went to Brigham Young University and received a degree in Computer Science. I worked at BYU for 7 years in the IT department as a developer and team leader. After BYU I worked for a year and a half as a consultant helping Universities with their HR systems. In 2008, when Apple opened up the App Store to third party developers, I created one of the first 2000 apps on the Apple App Store. Shortly afterwards I founded Clever Coding. 2018 marks Clever Coding's 10 year anniversary of developing mobile and web apps for clients all over the world. Topics to Explore I have learned a lot over…