Who we are

We help customers to get more value from software development. We recently decided to join forces, and sell software development projects, mentoring and training under a joint label. QWAN (Quality Without A Name) is an initiative of pragmatic practitioners, who have joined forces to deliver courses and mentoring on effective software development. Quality without A Name means that we strive for something elusive, which we can't word exactly.

QWAN - Quality Without A Name

The concept of Quality Without a Name is based on the work of the architect Christopher Alexander, which has also been the inspiration for patterns in software development. Quality Without A Name means that good quality is something you can recognise, but it is difficult to describe in words: you know it when you see it. This names fits us, because we focus on improving ourselves and our profession continuously, and strive to deliver more value to our customers.

What we do

We're interested in advancing the state of our practice and that of our customers. To that end, we investigate new practices, apply them in the real world, and reflect. We share our experiences, good and bad, in the form of articles, blogs, (practitioner's) conference appearances, courses and hands-on mentoring.

QWAN Founders

QWAN was founded in 2008 by 

• Rob Westgeest, Westgeest Consultancy
  
• Willem van den Ende, Living Software BV
  
• Marc Evers, Piecemeal Growth