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Closing the Knowledge Gap
If they were handing out Lamborghini’s for free, let’s say the Aventador, would you take one? I know that for myself, this would be a bit of a poser. I’ve seen enough lotteries where you could win dreamcars, but in … Continue reading
Making Software Development effort more predictable
For a Software Development professional, one of the earliest truths you learn is that estimating the delivery effort for new system is surprisingly hard. A project manager at IBM told me once, back in the nineties, that the difference between … Continue reading
On Quality and Value in Software Development
Software Quality is a nice subject to write about. So much to say with plenty of viewpoints to choose from. Wikipedia tells me it is about functional quality (how well it complies or conforms with design or requirements), or structural … Continue reading
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How Functional are your Non-Functional Requirements?
Recently a small post on Slashdot concerning an article by Dan Crawford, on the performance of modern dynamic languages in general and JavaScript in particular, showed up and Dan’s site was quickly “slashdotted“. The next day the article was followed up with an … Continue reading
Posted in Requirements Management, Software Engineering
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Measuring IT Project Success: How we love to go in Denial
In the nineties I had my first Project Management related training, where I was introduced to the Standish Group‘s Chaos Study. This study collected, through question forms, information on IT related projects and their success. The study asked for projects … Continue reading
Zen and the Art of Microservices 