Posts tagged with the "Project Management" tag
Taking Fire over Technical Debt
January 19, 2012 | 4 Comments My father was proud of his military service. He believed that young men and women could learn a lot not only from having served in the armed forces, but from having actually experienced the stress that comes with "taking fire." He was not one of those war mongering types who believed …Read More
Clouding the Outsourcing Issue, part 2
January 5, 2012 | 4 Comments Don't bother trying to reach me the next few weekends; it’s playoff time in the NFL! I promised my wife way back when we started dating that she need not be a "football widow" every Sunday during the season. However, our relationship has spanned roughly the same time period as the …Read More
Is Your ‘Wastebook’ Overflowing?
January 4, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Every year, Senator Tom Coburn compiles the Wastebook – A Guide to Some of the Most Wasteful and Low Priority Government Spending of 2011. According to Senator Coburn in the report: “This report details 100 of the countless unnecessary, duplicative or just plain stupid projects spread throughout the federal government and paid …Read More
Stop Passing the Buck on Technical Debt
January 3, 2012 | Be the first to comment! After listening for many years about the European debt crisis, the downgrading of U.S. debt and every other tale of woe about debt, I believe my patience is owed an enormous debt...and seeing as today is my birthday I would like it paid off immediately! I don't think I'm asking too …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
Toast, Coffee & Software Quality
November 7, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Last week’s admissions of bugs in newly released software by Apple and Google were just the latest reminders that the battle between bringing software products to market quickly and optimizing software quality is coming to a head in a year that has seen far more than its share of software …Read More
Is There a Technical Debt Tipping Point?
November 3, 2011 | Be the first to comment! This year, 2011, seems to have been the year of discussing, debating and, hopefully, dealing with debt crises. The U.S. Congress’ Super Committee has its deficit reduction recommendations due in three weeks. Meanwhile the Greek government is reconsidering the debt restructuring deal it signed just just last week. It’s pretty …Read More