Category: Articles

Using a maintenance architect »

My lastest Baseline column is up, in which I argue that setting up one or more maintenance architects within an enterprise can help reduce maintenance costs while at the same time providing a training path for chief software architects. Let me know what you think. Sorry for the lack of postings here; I’ve actually been [...]

Latest column up: distributed development (part 2) »

My latest Baseline column is up, discussing how to make a distributed software development project work.  ..bruce..

Pitfalls of distributed development »

My latest Baseline column is up, talking about the challenges of a geographically-distributed software development project. Take a look.  ..bruce..

Latest column up: wrapping up IT project metrics »

My newest Baseline column is up: “Lies, Damned Lies, and Project Metrics (part 3)“. In it, I wrap up my discussion on IT project metrics, outlining a possible approach using instrumentation and heuristics.  Go check it out.  ..bruce..

New column for Ziff Davis: “Surviving Complexity” »

I’ve been working for some time on a book called Surviving Complexity. Many of my posts over at brucefwebster.com have adapted from materials I’m writing for that book. Well, now I’ve been hired by Ziff Davis Enterprises to write a weekly column on IT Management for the online version of Baseline. That column is titled [...]