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Measurements and Curfews | Quips On Software Development
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Quips On Software Development. Measurements without consequences (rewards and punishments) is like giving a teenager a curfew and then not enforcing it. After very short period of time it gets ignored. The adage what gets measured gets done is incomplete. What gets rewarded gets repeated is more complete. On January 12, 2011 at 11:12 Leave a Comment. To TrackBack this entry is:. Https:/ davidlongstreet.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/measurements-and-curfews/trackback/. Feed for comments on this post. Create a ...
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IT Job Market May Improve in 2011 | Quips On Software Development
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Quips On Software Development. IT Job Market May Improve in 2011. CareerBuilder surveyed IT managers in the United States in charge of hiring. The job site subcontracted the interview work with these IT managers out to Harris Interactive, which did surveys from November 15 through December 2, 2010. On January 25, 2011 at 04:46 Comments (1). To TrackBack this entry is:. Https:/ davidlongstreet.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/it-job-market-may-improve-in-2011/trackback/. Feed for comments on this post. Rethinking...
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Agile Instructions and Training | Quips On Software Development
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Quips On Software Development. Agile Instructions and Training. Often Dilbert says it best. I do have to wonder what will be the next. On February 1, 2011 at 08:58 Leave a Comment. To TrackBack this entry is:. Https:/ davidlongstreet.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/agile-instructions-and-training/trackback/. Feed for comments on this post. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:. Address never made public). Where is the beef?
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Are we doomed? | Quips On Software Development
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Quips On Software Development. Is History Repeating Itself? About one hundred years ago blacksmiths were considered a highly skilled occupation and like software development, it was labor intensive. While the blacksmith had been around for centuries, it was the Industrial Revolution that created a rapid growth in employment from 1880 and 1915 [1]. The blacksmith was critical to the Industrial Revolution, and the software developer is a critical component of the information and knowledge revolutions.
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British Gas sues Accenture! | Quips On Software Development
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Quips On Software Development. British Gas sues Accenture! British Gas is suing Accenture. Accenture put in place a SAP based system which led to massive complaints against the gas supplier. It turns out that Centrica, British Gas parent, wrote off about 300 million dollars following errors with the system. This lawsuit is paving the way for other “users” to sue its outsourced IT development. On August 10, 2010 at 08:00 Leave a Comment. To TrackBack this entry is:. Feed for comments on this post. You are...
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Where is the beef? Lean is just another buzzword. | Quips On Software Development
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Quips On Software Development. Where is the beef? Lean is just another buzzword. I can’t help but think here we go again. So many people, especially those pesky consultants, jump right on the bandwagon. Here comes the books, the conference and especially those consultants. I am wondering where’s is the beef. I see a lot words (a lot of bun), but little beef in this new lean thing. I just got to ask, Where’s is the beef? Remember the Wendy’s Commercial from the 80’s. To TrackBack this entry is:. You are c...