Saturday, May 23, 2020

Quantify Requirements

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All to often terms such as "fast," "responsive," and "extensible" are listed as software product requiremen...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

Plan A Project In Detail

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Every software project needs a plan. The level of detail should be appropriate for the size and complexity of the project. A...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

Allocate Appropriate Resources

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Artificially constrained schedules and inappropriate budgets will doom a project regardless of the quality of the people or the availab...
Sunday, May 03, 2020

Minor Underestimates Are Not Always Bad

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Assuming morale has not been diminished, members of a project that is perceived as slightly behind schedule will tend to work hard at cat...
Friday, May 01, 2020

Reassess Schedules Regularly

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Schedules are usually set at the beginning of a project. These include intermediate deadlines as well as the product delivery deadline. A...
Saturday, April 04, 2020

Believe in the Schedule

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Probability of Project Success Once a feasible schedule is established and appropriate resources allocated, all parties must believe the...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Know Before You Count

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"Know before you count" is a software development management principle simply stated by Gerald Weinberg as, "Before you ca...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Avoid The Impossible

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This may seem like obvious advice. One the other hand, many projects commit to delivering their product on schedules that are 100 percent i...
Monday, March 16, 2020

Software Cost Estimation Methods

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Numerous cost estimation methods are available commercially. Each is based on data collected from a large set of completed projects. Any ...
Friday, March 06, 2020

Enneagram Test

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A year ago I took an online Enneagram test. My top two personality types were: The Achiever The Perfectionist Is it all mumbo-jumbo?...