Academy Choosing and owning software
Episode 9 of 10
Maintenance: who calls whom
Software that runs needs attention: a supplier changes its API, a colleague invents a new exception.
Check yourself
Your webshop supplier changes its API. Who adjusts your connection?
For connections and custom work, the builder or maintainer adjusts it. So agree in advance who that is.
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05 · Basic
Choosing and owning software
Buy, connect or build; who owns the code; how to choose a supplier and renew old software without stopping the work.
After this series you can:
- You decide per piece of work: buy, connect or build, and count your spreadsheet's hours and errors.
- You pick a supplier on your own requirements and record, before signing, that the code and data are yours.
- You arrange who maintains old or orphaned software, whom you call when it breaks, and what comes first.