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Obstinate Idiocy, Expanded 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
See Obstinate Idiocy for some background. Here are three warning signs I was able to deduce. No Rational Justification Ineffective Tool Choice Random Whining To which I can now add two more. Sym...
Negative Requirements 8 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Nothing is funnier than requirements which state things that are not to happen. An actual quote. ... don't screw up cutting and pasting and the "/" vs "\" depending on unix / windows. Why not list e...
How to Manage Risk 6 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Also see "On Risk and Estimating and Agile Methods". This post is yet another angle on a common theme. Orders of Ignorance and Risk Management. Software risk management has two sides. First, there'...
Database Conversion or Schema Migration 25 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
I was told a horror story about a bad database schema migration. Let's call the author of the horror story HPL. HPL related a tale of woeful conversion problems from a mismanaged schema migration. W...
Almost a good idea 23 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Appleworks (formerly Clarisworks) is software that's been dead meat since 2007. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleWorks#End_of_Appleworks Which is fine unless you have an old computer with old a...
NoSQL Befuddlement: DML and Persistence 18 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
It may be helpful to look back at 'How Managers Say "No"' which is about breaking the RDBMS Hegemony. I got an email in which the simple concepts of "data manipulation" and "persistence" had become e...
How Managers Say "No": The RDBMS Hegemony Example 16 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Got an email looking for help in attempting break through the RDBMS Hegemony. It's a little confusing, but this is the important part of how management says "no". "Their response was nice but can you...
HamCalc Quirk of the Week 9 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
The HamCalc program binhop is one of those little nuggets of beauty that might be helpful or might be useless. Or. Perhaps there's some useful stuff commingled with quirky stuff. For folks in agricul...
How to Estimate a Project 27 Jun 2013 | 07:28 pm
A recent question "what we might expect, in terms of 1) Time to completion, 2) Cost to implement according to the mockup, 3) Monthly server/maintenance costs and 4) approximate team size required" Th...
How to Make Technology Choices 25 Jun 2013 | 07:15 pm
I get emails looking for help with technology choice. Essentially: "I've got this idea for game-changing software idea, what technology should I use?" These questions have disturbing expectations. The...
