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- Continuous prototyping
- Continuous prototypingFavourite "agile" tricksOne of the ideas in web development that holds true in this context is to get the user "building" as much as possible. A lot of the back and forth stuff disappears when the user is psychologically involved in the process - ie, if they actually chose...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Continuous Prototyping, Demming, software development
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Data mining from the pilot's seat
- Data mining from the pilot's seatDr. Demming was rightContinuous quality improvement is the right way to run ANY process. As the Japanese have shown, heeding Demming's call was MUCH better than ignoring it (which is what the Big 3 did in the 50's - Demming went to them FIRST mind...
- Tags: Business intelligence, Databases, Continuous Quality Improvement, Demming, AK47, data mining
- Discussion threads 2005-02-09
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- The #1 reason IT often fails to deliver value
- The #1 reason IT often fails to deliver valueI can't believe you would try to blame...IT failures on anyone other than IT staff. You sound like someone who isn't man enough to suck it up and take the blame for your own short comings. Blaming top executives for your...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- A minority opinion ....
- A minority opinion ....Who said Windows can't ....... run on a 64 way multi-core system without a hitch. I didn't. I merely pointed out the flaws in the author's methods. I was the one arguing that each OS has it's place. You ran off on a...
- Tags: Operating systems, .NET, OPEN SOURCE, Named Pipes, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, Linux, flaw, Unix
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Security metrics and issues
- Security metrics and issuesGeneralizingThe problem is, the populations are self-selected and different.An example: people who decide to use Linux tend to be more technically sophisticated than people who use Windows. Technical sophistication increases the likelihood that the necessary steps will be taken to improve security. Therefore, Linux...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux Flaws, Microsoft Windows, security, Unix, Anton, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- docs.opportunities.sun.com
- docs.opportunities.sun.comOpportunitySeems like an opportunity to me for:Business AnalistsChange managersSite buildersTestersMarketing advisorsetc...Small problem: there's not enough qualified personel in the quantities available..Improving.Good to see your rhetorical question What can the President of Sun do(?). When middle management is misguided or ineffectual that indicates neglect.Your solutions involve analyses, reviews, suggestions. ...
- Tags: UNIX, Low-Hanging Fruit, Sun Microsystems Inc., Digital Equipment Corp., Toyota Motor Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-25
- Development and organisational issues
- Development and organisational issuesundoable, not unworkableNo problem making this stuff work - even at company F - just no way to make it happen. Why? because people know it won't work...Catch 44 anyone?I was...Haven't done much in the past couple years. But I've worked with tens-of-thousands of lines of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Development tools, Programming languages, Toyota Motor Corp., Unix, programming
- Discussion threads 2006-10-09
- Thou shalt not condemn departments doing their own IT
- Thou shalt not condemn departments doing their own ITThere's a word for itIts called Shadow IT (two words?). On the plus side, it fills a need and is innovation at its best. On the other hand, it creates "islands of technology" that are hard to manage and support (and remember,...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, desktop
- Discussion threads 2006-04-03
- Office vs. Office question misses the point
- Office vs. Office question misses the pointWhich is the standard?The brand name?The file format?The user interface?Because you've addressed the latter two, but Microsoft is tossing them and betting that the [b]true[/b] standard is the brand name. All of that investment in file formats, experience, training, etc. is about to...
- Tags: Groupware, Branding, Microsoft Office, real world, Microsoft Outlook, Exchange Cal
- Discussion threads 2006-03-30
- IBM sells PC group to Lenovo
- IBM sells PC group to LenovoWoo-hooI'm astonished. I think it might be the first time a Chineese company actually bought someone's Intellectual property instead of just stealing it.historic paradigm shiftThis is unprecendented for a company in China to buy a major US name brand so that it can sell goods...
- Tags: Linux, Desktops, Notebooks, IBM ThinkPad, QA, PC, IBM Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd., Chinese company
- Discussion threads 2004-12-07
- Disruptions in the software fabric
- Disruptions in the software fabricIs this all before the DOS attack that takes down the web site?Central vs. distributed. The pendulum swings again...Mr. Farber, WHY?Why is it that every time some consulting group or so called "expert" makes a claim about the future of software you jump all over it...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Channel management, Desktops, Sun Server, client-server, mainframe, PC, Web, software, server, HERE IS
- Discussion threads 2004-11-03
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