Friday, February 28, 2020

You Can Optimize Whatever You Want

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Any project can optimize whatever factor of "quality" it wants to. In optimizing any one factor, other "quality" factors...
Friday, February 21, 2020

Winter Reading Challenge

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My local library is running a winter reading challenge. The challenge is to read five books that meet the following criteria between January...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Ghost Map

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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johns...
Sunday, February 09, 2020

Huge Differences Among Software Engineers

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Productivity (measured by lines of code per person-month) can vary by as much as a factor of 25 from the most to the least prolific coder...
Friday, January 24, 2020

Brooks' Law

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Measuring a project solely by person-months makes little sense. If a project could be completed in one year by six people, does that mean t...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Keep The Office Quiet

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The most productive employees and companies have quiet and private offices. They have phones that can be silenced or diverted. They are insu...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

The Like Switch

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The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over by Jack Schafer My rating: 4 of 5 stars ...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Carry The Water

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When your people are working long hours to get a software engineering job done, you should work the same hours. This sets the right examp...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Communication Skills Are Essential

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When recruiting personnel for your project, don't underestimate the importance of teamwork and communication. The best software archi...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Expect Excellence

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Your employees will do much better if you have high expectations of them. Studies by Warren Bennis prove conclusively that, the more you ...