Posts tagged with the "quality" tag
Marketing over Matter
November 4, 2011 | 2 Comments I keep asking the question over and over again in this blog – why won’t tech companies take the time and get it right before getting it out? The latest case of a major software bug causing a technical and PR nightmare for its maker comes from an unlikely source. Apple, …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
Does Moneyball Play in the Corporate World?
September 14, 2011 | Be the first to comment! In the spirit of "Bull Durham", "The Natural" and "Field of Dreams", the upcoming movie, "Moneyball", looks to be the next great American baseball film. I am excited yet conflicted. I am a big fan of those movies but I happen to be a bigger fan of Michael Lewis’ …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
Sunny Day, Sweepin’ the Hacks Away
August 22, 2011 | 5 Comments Today’s blog is brought to you by the letter “S.” “S” stands for security, something “S” organizations like Sony and Sega appeared to have too little of earlier this year. You could also say “S” represents the U.S. Dollar sign ($) that is associated with the FDIC and IRS, both of …Read More
Non-Risky Business: Using Static Analysis to Ensure Software Quality
April 1, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Earlier this week, our own Jitendra Subramanyam joined industry luminary Capers Jones, Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR) to co-host a webinar on curbing application software outages like the ones seen in the financial sector over the past couple months. The webinar, titled “Stop High-Profile Outages by Quantifying …Read More
Developer be Agile, Developer be Quick; Use Automated Analysis, it Does the Trick
March 23, 2011 | 1 Comment All business-critical applications consist of many intertwined components. In Agile Development, these components are built individually in “scrums,” but eventually have to coexist and work together, possibly across many layers (UI, data, business logic). This underscores a fundamental problem among applications created using Agile techniques: How do you ensure that …Read More