Posts tagged with the "Software Quality" tag
Why Does My Wife Know About 4G?
February 29, 2012 | 1 Comment My wife has more degrees than I do but she certainly is not a technorati. So when I accompanied her to the cellular phone store to pick out a new phone I was floored when I heard her talking about 4G with the sales guy. I’ve been in marketing for …Read More
IT Must Keep Up with Electronic Medical Records
February 27, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Imagine this scenario: your spouse, child or loved one is critically ill and is transferred from hospital to hospital, in search of that “House-like” diagnosis that will bring a cure, or at least remission. Think about the physical pain, the mental anguish, the uncertainty. Now, layer onto that getting pushback from …Read More
The Impact of Outsourcing on ADM
February 20, 2012 | 1 Comment Last week, Steve Hall, Partner & Managing Director at ISG (formerly TPI), presented a webinar on the topic of aligning vendor SLAs with long-term value. The discussion focused on the need to not only consider cost savings within ADM (Application Development & Maintenance), but also the importance of risk …Read More
New Year, Same Fear
February 15, 2012 | Be the first to comment! I’ve never been much of a horror movie fan. I think my deep-seated love and background of history and my fascination for things that are real diminishes my ability to kick back and allow my wits to be uprooted by monsters and other ghoulish figures like Jason from Friday the …Read More
Crash Course on CRASH Report, part 3: Technical Debt
February 9, 2012 | 1 Comment Money isn’t everything…yeah, right! There are few, if any, who are so idealistic in this world that they will actually believe money isn’t everything. It doesn’t matter if it’s the scheduled time for a television show or a high-level decision to produce a controversial product, the motivation is money. Need more convincing? …Read More
Will CIOs Fiddle as IT Burns?
February 7, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Let’s face it, monopolies are evil. They distort markets, result in higher prices and stifle innovation. This is true whether the monopoly controls an industry, a sport or a way of thinking. John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil created artificially high prices until broken up, the NFL resisted updating its rules …Read More
Sacking the Hackers
February 2, 2012 | Be the first to comment! I couldn’t let this week go by without making at least one mention of what is taking place this weekend. This annual event held every year since the year I was born brings most of the United States to a mesmerized halt on the first Sunday in February…and this year …Read More