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Agile: Anatomy of a failed project

Agile development could not overcome fundamental misunderstandings that ultimately led to catastrophic project failure. Here's why. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Project Failure, Anatomy, Michael Krigsman, Project, Customer, Failure, Agile, Mitch Lacey, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management

Blog posts 2008-10-27

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News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...

Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Twitter authority frenzy led to Twitter phishing meltdown

Folks like to know where they stand, and in recent weeks people on Twitter have been, well, all a-twitter about the idea of Twitter Authority. They want to know who is most influential—a repeat of the phenomenon that swept the blogosphere a while back. It's a human thing, but it...

Tags: Twitter, Twitterverse, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Amazon's "Remembers" feature needs to go further

Several of my ZD Net colleagues noted the launch to Amazon's iPhone app this week. The feature that is most interesting, in my opinion, is the Amazon Remembers, which lets users snap a photo of a product with their iPhone and upload it refer to later, when shopping, and so...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Remembers, Scanners, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Funding software from add-on services

Funding software from add-on servicesJust to clarifyJust to clarify, I'm a big fan of monetizing SAAS through alternative means. While SlideRocket does charge for premium product features, we are also monetizing our free user base through a marketplace of resources and services for presentations. My comment about free software...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, add-on service, software

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

Thanks to Google, writers' lives may be even more thankless, unless....

The announcement that Google has settled its book scanning lawsuit with The Author's Guild raises all sorts of hopes for digital use of new and previously published books. But without some radical changes in the publishing industry, the results of the settlement are not going to make it easier to...

Tags: Google Inc., Author, Industry, Pain Point, Litigation, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Business Operations, Finance, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-10-28

SlideRocket opens up to the public

One of the most impressive Flex-based applications out there, SlideRocket, is now open for anyone to go and sign up. Screenshot Gallery They've been doing a private beta for the past few months but they launch today with some new features and a business model. In talking...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR, Marketplace, SlideRocket, Investment, Finance, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Dissecting an Agile project from Hell

Dissecting an Agile project from HellSOWs and ScopeJust read it - very nice. I have often found a desire by some consultants to keep the scope very broadly defined in the SOW. The project is Agile so scope is variable and this is perfect, right? ...

Tags: Team management, Agile

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

Webcasting - and Pandora - saved!

The Senate passed the Webcaster Settlement Act, described here. The bill goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it. "I'm relieved, optimistic, and grateful to our listeners," said Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora. (News.com) Even the RIAA was...

Tags: Webcasting, RIAA, Webcaster, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-30

eBooks: The first step of a long change

After polling all of you about the right price for an eBook device and the kinds of documents you are buying, as well as doing a lot of research over the last couple months, it's clear that the eBooks market is growing. It's also clear that there are huge hurdles...

Tags: Device, Amazon Kindle, BeBooks, E-books, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-21

News to know: HP; Apple patches; Microsoft; Social networking

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integration Larry Dignan: IBM targets HP's server beachhead HP vs. IBM: The looming IT...

Tags: Security, Facebook, High Tech Computer Corp., Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Shuttleworth, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS X, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Internet, Apple Mac OS, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Inner8.com launches: Here are 100 early access invites to new stock site

Inner8.com, a new investing intelligence site, goes live today. I've got 100 invites, so if you'd like to try it out, click below. Inner8 started out as Jambaz.com more than a year ago. I participated in their early testing and, after they tried some ideas, the...

Tags: Stock, Investment, Finance, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-15

Hackers deface LHC site, came close to turning off particle detector

Is it now cyberwar over atom-smashing? A team of Greek hackers calling themselvses Greek Security Team has penetrated the Large Hadron Collider and defaced a public website. No real damage done, but the hackers got perilously close. The hackers attacked the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment, or...

Tags: Hacker, Content Management System, LHC, Hacking, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-12

News to know: Windows 7 Beta; Google; $2,000 PC; Gates & Seinfeld; iTunes 8 fix

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Secunia launches pay-as-you-go exploit shop Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC Gallery: The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, PC, Apple Inc., Video, Beta, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple iTunes, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Wiki, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-09-12

LHC, Genomics and the era of massive data sets

The world won't end when the Large Hadron Collider makes its anticipated first collision of high-energy particles later this month, but it will produce an explosion of data. The LHC will produce as much data in a single day of experimentation as many scientists dealt with in a lifetime only...

Tags: Data, Data Set, Policies And Procedures, Benefits, Robots, Wiki, Strategy, Human Resources, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-11

News to know: DEMO, Google, Live Mesh apps, Microsoft PCs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Should Microsoft get into the PC hardware business? OEM licensing confusion starts at Microsoft.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What could Microsoft bring to the PC hardware...

Tags: Google Inc., PC, Microsoft Corp., Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-09-09

LHC and Faith-Based Science

Public reaction to the Large Hadron Collider is so ignorant and brain-dead we need a theory to explain what's going on. I asked Charles King at Pund-IT for a theory. He offered this: I believe that much of the public reaction to the LHC is grounded in...

Tags: Science, LHC, Research & Development, Homeland Security, Business Operations, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-08

Social design advice for Starbucks

Social design advice for StarbucksDaily Discussion StartersIt's interesting how easy it is for huge organizations to start new activities. I tried to start a current events newsletter to promote discussion in classrooms, for more than a year, and finally I gave up because it didn't get any traction. ...

Tags: Social networking, Starbucks Corp., Social design advice, Social Design

Discussion threads 2008-09-08

Social design advice for Starbucks

Starbucks announced today it will begin a daily "Good Sheet" of news about politics, health care and other issues that it will distribute in its stores as a way to start conversations. According to a Starbucks executive quoted by The Motley Fool, the company is looking for "conversation starters." It...

Tags: Starbucks Corp., Store, Good Sheet Experiment, Corporate Communications, Social Networking, Digital Music, Marketing, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-08

News to know: Google; Green IT; Oracle; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: To Boldly Go Where No Search Engine Has Gone Before Beet.TV: Breaking News: Satellite to Gather Exclusive Images for Google Earth Blasts off in California...Larry...

Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, Green IT, Apple Inc., Video, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Corporate Communications, Rootkits, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Game Players, Marketing, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-08