Recently, I wrote about how software development processes do not fail, the people involved with the projects fail. The idea in that post was that the processes are rarely followed the way they are written. The parts that fail are the people adding scope without following the process, the people underestimating the complexity of a… Read More Defining Project Failure
Google Sites is becoming quite powerful and I am not sure if people are noticing. Last week, Google announced that Apps Script was available on a Google Site: Starting today, you can create, edit, and launch Google Apps Scripts from any Google Site, which allows you to automate business processes that involve multiple applications. As in… Read More Google Sites Automation With Apps Script
For whatever reason, Google announced their automated car project on a Saturday afternoon. It almost feels like they were trying to bury this story, but there have been a ton of posts on this already. However, the focus has typically been on the “wow factor” of the project. TechCrunch has had plenty of posts already… Read More Google Car Project Means Google Could Be The Next Google
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how replacing an existing system is a bad idea and refactoring is a better direction. In that post I said: Generally, wholesale re-engineering of a system is a bad idea, because the system still serves a purpose and its’ functionality is a moving target. If the system does… Read More Rebuild Or Buy: The Decision To Scrap A System
By now you have heard about the controversy surrounding WordPress and Thesis, the premium WordPress theme. Matt Mullenweg has previously expressed his disapproval of premium themes and plugins that are used with WordPress. His defense is that WordPress is licensed using the GPL, and anything that runs with it should be as well. Things have… Read More WordPress And Thesis Can Argue, But What Does The License Say?
This post is inspired by a question on LinkedIn but I felt required a full blog post to really explain the answer. There are plenty of companies that still develop their applications using the traditional waterfall model, or even a complete lack of formalized processes. This is somewhat surprising considering the amount of information available… Read More How To Succeed With Scrum When Your Company Is Anti-Agile
[UPDATE] The original survey can be found at this link at Electric Cloud. Electric Cloud, a leading provider of software production management solutions, completed a survey of software development professionals (developers, testers and managers). One of the major leads in the results was “the majority of software bugs are attributed to poor testing procedures or… Read More Survey Says: Developers Think Testing Is Failing
With Google I/O several days behind us, you are starting to see fewer posts about the announcements. Now, you are starting to see some personal blogs with their personal analysis of various products and competitors. This post will be no different in that respect. However, I am taking a view that may not be too… Read More Android vs Apple, We Have Seen This War Before
Outsourcing has been around for years and has been complained about for just as long. Now, there is a new whipping boy, crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is basically outsourcing reworked to take advantage of the power of the internet. However, crowdsourcing does nothing to fix the problems that outsourcing had. So, what is all the fuss about?… Read More Crowdsourcing Is Outsourcing Web 2.0 Style
While we see the iPad garnering much attention during its official launch, Android fans are rejoicing. Given how many good reviews there have been for the iPad, this may sound kind of strange. However, sometimes being second best can still be the basis for a fantastic business. I call this the “Burger King Phenomenon”, where… Read More Android Is Apple’s Burger King
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