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By bfwebster on Apr 4, 2008 in Books, Main, Methodology, PMSE, Politics, Technology | 0 Comments
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] CATEGORIES: political It’s easy to get excited about a particular technology or methodology (the “TOM”). More often than not, they represent a real advance in software engineering, solving — or at least easing — problems that you face on a regular basis. And we [...]
By bfwebster on Mar 26, 2008 in Main, Pitfalls, Technology | 0 Comments
The US Census Bureau is having problems with its new TOMs [technology-or-methodology] for the 2010 Census (emphasis added): WASHINGTON (AP) — Big worries for the nation’s first high-tech census should have been obvious when tests showed some of the door-to-door headcounters couldn’t figure out their fancy new handheld computers. Now, officials say, technology problems could [...]
By bfwebster on Feb 28, 2008 in Books, Methodology, Pitfalls, Technology | 1 Comment
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] CATEGORIES: conceptual OK, the pitfall title itself may be something of a giveaway, but stop and think: how often does a new technology or methodology (”the TOM”) emerge, only to have IT departments (or their executive overseers) seek to adopt the TOM for time-, [...]
By bfwebster on Feb 27, 2008 in Books, IT Project Management, Main, Methodology, PMSE, Pitfalls, Software engineering, Technology | 1 Comment
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] CATEGORIES: organizational, conceptual The software development process–creating software to solve a particular problem–is long and complex and has many activities and stages. The exact list will vary depending on what book or article you read but can generally be said to include the following: [...]
By bfwebster on Feb 26, 2008 in Books, Main, Methodology, PMSE, Pitfalls, Technology | 1 Comment
[From Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering by Bruce F. Webster (forthcoming)] CATEGORIES: organizational, conceptual Suppose you were managing a boxer and wanted him to compete in professional karate tournaments. Suppose you gave him some books on karate to study, showed him a film or two, maybe let him attend a three- or four-day karate training [...]