Posts tagged with the "CAST" tag
The Financial Implications of Technical Debt
February 22, 2011 | 2 Comments Discussions in the industry about technical debt have been focused on the IT costs involved in remediation and the potential risk to the company if applications deployed with poor structural integrity fail to perform optimally, or fail completely. But some impressive new ways of looking at the cost of technical debt …Read More
Say No to Software Politics – Webinar
April 8, 2010 | Be the first to comment! Quick Update -- Webinar Moved to May 13. Stay tuned! Join me and Tony Timbol of David Consulting Group on Thursday, May 13 for a joint DCG-CAST Webinar. Topic: Get A Win/Win At Software Politics: Learn How An Independent Application Engineering Review Can Work For You Time: 9AM to 10AM EDT REGISTER …Read More
A Demo of CAST
March 14, 2010 | Be the first to comment! I recently sat down with Fritz Nelson of InformationWeek and walked him through a demo of CAST. I tried to explain as clearly as I could the value of CAST to CIOs and their IT organizations. To see the video click …Read More
Run Your Apps Through C-A-S-T!
January 20, 2010 | Be the first to comment! Run Your Apps Through C-A-S-T! (Sung to the tune of YMCA by the Village People) IT, there's no need to feel down. I said, IT, pick yourself off the ground. I said, IT, 'cause your website is down And your CIO has left town. IT, there's a place you can go. I said, IT, when your uptime …Read More
Measure IT, Manage IT, Master IT!
January 19, 2010 | Be the first to comment! Kickoff 2010! Every year, the entire company gathers in one physical location to strengthen relationships, forge new ones, and internalize CAST's values and goals. Kickoff 2010 was super! I was delighted to meet some good friends and make many new ones. The intelligence and creativity of CAST folks is impressive …Read More
How to Fix FAA’s Glitch For Real
December 11, 2009 | Be the first to comment! Back in August of 2008, the FAA reported significant software configuration problems when a software glitch delayed dozens and dozens of national flights. The outage directly affected traffic and ground personnel; cargo had to be manually loaded, and flight plan information manually entered into the system by air traffic …Read More
Be Like Usain Bolt – Measure Output
October 18, 2009 | Be the first to comment! In a recent post I wrote about the craziness of just measuring the things you do to build something, without ever measuring the quality of the thing you build. Imagine Michelangelo Buonarroti measuring the force and angle of his blows on stone without any sense of the beauty of the statue …Read More