I’ve seen it on more than one project in my career and it always seems to happen. Agile rarely gets credit in this scenario. People rarely learn what was and was not effective on the project in this scenario. What I’d like to know though, especially from those that have successfully dealt with the “Must... Continue reading →

I’ve been rereading Joel Spolsky’s “Smart and Gets Things Done”. His writing style is entertaining. I’m not always in 100% agreement with the guy, but who ever agrees 100% with anyone right? However, Joel has a ton of things that are smart, well thought out, and when one pays heed can really help out during... Continue reading →

There are multiple phases to a software project. In this blog entry I would like to talk about and discuss (please leave a comment or two) what the basic things are that a software project needs to get started and prospectively move through development and on to a successful deployment. The following is a short... Continue reading →