All Blog Posts From The Category: Software Quality
Posts within the "Software Quality" category
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
The Real Economics of Software Quality
August 5, 2011 | Be the first to comment! In this week’s episode of the IT Software Quality Report, CISQ director Dr. Bill Curtis interviews industry luminary, Capers Jones, about his new book, “The Economics of Software Quality," co-written by Olivier Bonsignour and recently published by Addison-Wesley. Jones has been involved in software quality issues for more than 40 …Read More
Did We Really Need an Act of War?
July 26, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Last week’s revelation of a March cyber-attack on a U.S. Department of Defense contractor by an “unnamed foreign entity” demonstrated just how vulnerable this country has been to this “new warfare domain” as the government categorizes these cyber-attacks. Of course, as is typical of a government admission, it took four …Read More
Software Quality: A Two-Way Street
July 22, 2011 | Be the first to comment! In this week's IT Software Quality Report, Manuel Barbero, CTO and head of strategy and marketing at UBS, continues his discussion with CISQ Director, Dr. Bill Curtis, about software quality methods at UBS. Digging deeper into their discussion two weeks ago, Barbero explains how UBS--an organization with many mission-critical applications--has …Read More
Microsoft Mulls Malware
July 21, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Look around you. Microsoft says that if you’re among a group of people working on a PC, at least one of you has a machine infected with malware. Based on statistics gathered by its free scanning tool, Microsoft Safety Scanner, Microsoft reported last month that 5% of computers – one out …Read More
In Defense of Agile
July 14, 2011 | Be the first to comment! As you may know from my bio here, I’m a big fan of Boston sports. So you can understand how thrilled I was a few weeks ago when “my” Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup for the first time since I was my daughter’s age! It wasn’t easy for them, though. …Read More
Helping UBS Move Faster than its Competitors
July 8, 2011 | Be the first to comment! In this week's IT Software Quality Report, Manuel Barbero, CTO and head of strategy and marketing at UBS, sits down with CISQ Director, Dr. Bill Curtis, to discuss the importance of measuring software quality in ensuring an agile organization. Barbero describes the two driving forces behind measuring the quality of software …Read More