In a previous post, The ACS Technologies R&D Team is Expanding, I listed a new position in R&D called Product Owner.  I’m excited to announce that Cindy Streett has accepted this position for the ACS/Access ACS family of products. The duties of the Product Owner are critical to the success of implementing Agile/Scrum processes in development.  As we move [...]

In a previous post, Top five benefits of Scrum Teams, I listed several process improvements we realized by implementing the Scrum form of Agile.  In this post I am expanding on the theme of benefit #5, that Scrum is quality based.   In fact, I believe that integrity is inherent in the Scrum process.  Integrity in this sense [...]

In a previous post, The ACS R&D Team is Expanding, I listed a new position in R&D titled Programming Manager.  I’m happy to announce that Jamey McElveen has accepted the position and starts immediately.  Jamey has over 14 years of experience working with development teams of diverse sizes on multiple platforms.  He has had a hand in many [...]

With the number of customers and products we support and the changing needs of churches in the world today, development at ACS Technologies is constantly seeking better ways to do our jobs.   A few years ago we began researching Agile development methodologies such as Scrum and Extreme Programming.  At the time we realized we were doing something like Agile, but were [...]

It’s time to get started!  After much anticipation and waiting, the 2010 Conference is here!  We always look forward to this gathering of clients for training, communication, brainstorming, and learning.  This year, we have lots of changes that the staff has been hard at work on to make it even better. For the last few [...]

The goal of R&D at ACS Technologies  is to bring well conceived, well implemented, and well timed applications to the faith based market.  As the software needs of our customers evolve, the organization of R&D and the processes we use must evolve too.  This has occured many times since the founded was established in 1978.   I remember when [...]

Does anyone remember using one of the old bag phones? This was something like the first “mobile” phone I owned.  In fact it was a lot like that, including the dirt and mud, and it also came with truck attached.  Of course, the capabilites of the current generation of mobile devices are fairly amazing.  The phone application on my [...]

Almost everyone has said or quoted this statement some time in their life.   I often use it when I find a product or service that’s easy to use.   Here at ACS, a big part of what we do is consider how our products are used by you – the consumer.    How can our products make [...]