All Blog Posts From The Category: Software Demystified
Posts within the "Software Demystified" category
The Dark Side of the Limelight
December 21, 2011 | 3 Comments Marketers frequently discuss the benefits of market leadership – the ability to charge premium pricing, attract the best talent, retain customers – and the like. Today, there is a new metric: if you develop operating systems, applications and other kinds of software, if someone isn’t trying to hack your work, …Read More
Sealed with a K.I.S.S.: Keeping IT Software Simple
November 21, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Kudos to Roger Sessions, the CTO of ObjectWatch. Recently, Sessions took a stand supporting “the intentional architectural design of simplicity into a software application,” which he dubbed “simplility.” But while I applaud Sessions for championing the case for simplicity in software architectural design, I’m not sure we need a new word …Read More
You Are What You Eat: Secrets to Healthy IT
September 28, 2011 | Be the first to comment! For those of us who remember the 90's, two lessons stand out that would be wise to heed in today's highly interconnected technology kitchen: Lesson #1 With performance pressure ratcheted sky high, and second place no longer an option, the quality of choices a company makes determine economic survival. Take for example …Read More
Sibling Rivalry: Code Quality & Open Source
September 26, 2011 | 2 Comments Why does “Free” always seem to have a catch to it? We know there’s “no such thing as a free lunch,” that “freedom isn’t free” and that if you get something for free, you probably got what you paid for. Even in the tech industry, when we talk about open source …Read More
Structural Quality Must Be Part of Agile Vocabulary
September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment I cannot believe how much our education system has changed. When I went to kindergarten, most of curriculum revolved around getting along with others (a lesson some will argue never took with me) and some basic verbal skills. I learned at my daughter's kindergarten orientation that blocks and finger painting …Read More
Is Being Like Steve Jobs Easier Than We Think?
August 31, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Since his surprise resignation as CEO of Apple last week, there have been a plethora of tributes to Steve Jobs and I have enjoyed learning about this iconic figure from his colleagues, employees, journalists and consumers. However, while reading them, something struck me as odd. These tributes supported my …Read More
More on Agile at 10…and a Half
August 30, 2011 | 1 Comment Agile development celebrates a half-birthday this month, so I figured it was time to reflect upon my comments a few months ago when I took it to task for not taking software quality more seriously. My reasoning then was that 10 is an age where we begin to expect more out …Read More