I recently received a software upgrade to a utility used widely by both IT and non-IT users alike to help maintain and protect their systems. I am planning on rolling it back to the prior version. Why? Because while the company invested a great deal of time and money in their new product … they violated all three primary sins of software development in the process, making it nearly unusable. [Originally published 01/18/2011. Republished to replace lost posting.] … Click on the title to read more. [...]
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Risk Based Project Management, as a subject, has come up more than once and did again recently. It’s doing so reminded me of a short email chain with a bright young project manager named Linda. The discussion is succinct, to the point, and of value to the project management community so I am publishing it as written. [Originally published 12/29/2010. Republished to replace lost posting.] … Click on the title to read more. [...] Everyone familiar with project manager roles (IT or otherwise) knows, or knows about the so called Triple Constraints (i.e. six have been identified and are widely accepted). However. There is a Seventh Constraint, a critical one to project success that, if ignored or slighted, can lead to project failure. … Click on title to read more. [...] After posting “NotesOn: IT Fundamentals – Simple Defined”, a discussion and debate began on Herding Cats (the site referenced in my post). The result of that series of comments is quite educational and furthers the searching look into the definition of “Simple”. … Click on the title to read more. [...] In various articles for this website I have used, and will continue to use, the word “simple”. But using it without clarifying what it defines is a fundamental error, as “simple” must be understood within the context of its subject. It must be appreciated and accepted (or not) within the framework of a discussion area. … Click on the title to read more. [...] IT, more than any other industry I know of, has and requires people with a certain amount of “attitude”. Attitude, a certain status as a “prima donna”, can be a good thing. As long as it is managed and focused. Allowed to “run amuck”, however, and there can be problems. … Click on the title to read more. [...] We have all seen HR IT job postings for junior developers (beginning programmers) that state a BS is required but an MBA is preferred. Yet, the Degree may be the least important attribute of a successful IT team member. Does that surprise you? … Click on the title to read more. [...] In “NotesOn: The Four Fundamental Life Cycles of IT” I made what now proves to be an erroneous statement. Further research has shown that the name Risk Management Life Cycle has been used in the past, however … Click on the title to read more. [...] One of the items I failed to mention in the original post on Risk Management (NotesOn: Risk Management – Risk Analysis) is that RA must be done from the top down and from the ground up. … Click on the title to read more. [...] This post, Version 1.0, reviews and discusses the processes of Risk Management and in particular Risk Analysis in some detail. Both were discussed in recent posts but at a summary level. … Click on the title to read more. [...] |
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