About us


Company at a Glance


  • Acism Software Private Limited founded in 2001 in Mumbai.
    • Share capital distributed among founder directors Ashish Belagali and Surekha Belagali
  • In hibernation for 4 years.
  • Started operations in Mumbai and soon moved to Pune in 2005.
  • Completely privately funded. Bootstrapped its operations to its present size of 9.
  • Chiefly into software project development ? domestic and international.
  • Has a long term interest in software products.


Four pillars of software development


We recognize that people, technology, processes and communication are the four pillars of software development.

Pillar #1 - Our People


Ashish Belagali

  • B. Tech. & M. Tech. from IIT
  • 16+ years in programming, software design, architecture, project management, client coordination, consulting, teaching and mentoring, leadership
Manish Manekar

  • BE & MBA from SIBM
  • 16+ years in software development and project management
  • Certified scrum master, ITIL certified, Certified support professional
Plus, a highly motivated team of individuals mentored to succeed in a professional environment ? doing programming, web development and testing.

Pillar #2 - Technology


  • We promote and use mature open source technologies/ tools
    • Free as in free beer (cost-effectiveness)
    • Free as in free speech (flexibility)
  • Open source software has matured in terms of stability, ease of use, supportability
    • Java ? Highly mature ubiquitous programming language, Most widely used, Highest number of frameworks.
    • PHP ? Most popular web application development language
    • Ruby, Python ? Great dynamic language
  • Highly stable open source tools / platforms have evolved
    • Linux ? Secure, fast and very stable operating system
    • Joomla, Moodle, Wordpress, Eclipse etc ? Stable open source applications

Pillar #3 - Processes


  • Variety of software development methodologies (Waterfall, RUP, various Agile methodologies)
  • There are also various standardizations (ISO, CMM, 6 ? sigma)
  • Each recognizes certain processes/ best practices to be followed in software development lifecycle.
  • We recognize that the magnitude and nature of the project at hand needs to be considered while choosing the processes
    • Too few processes can be suicidal, whereas too many can cause huge overheads.
    • In general, larger projects require more process orientation and formalization than smaller projects.
    • The yardsticks do get challenged from time to time by the advancements in software engineering.

Pillar #4 - Communication


  • We strongly believe that a project is worthless if it does not deliver what the client wants.
    • The client is kept well-informed of the direction that a project takes.
    • Mid-term course corrections, scope changes, requirement creep are possible
      • Keeping these at a minimum is a good hygiene, but keeping them at zero is impractical.
  • The client is always in a driver's seat.
    • The client decides the prioritization among the features.
    • We have implemented features or use tools as per the client's wish, even if they are contrary to our advice.
  • Our tools to maintain a good level of communication flow in the project are
    • Weekly reports
    • Project center
    • Calls/ emails/ IM etc ? as needed
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