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IT Project Failures – what’s going on?

IT Project Failures – what’s going on?

Posted by | April 7, 2013 | , | 0 |

I enjoyed Frank Wander article on the IT Failure and the Dehumanization of the Workforce.  He discusses important factors that need to be considered in the development of software, and how many large projects are not delivered in budget or on time.    One of the major factors that contribute to this is the practice of treating the IT worker as just another component of the project and not accounting for the human side of the equation.   What does this mean?   I have broken down some common areas on projects that discount the IT resources as craftsman and which can...

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Working from home debate

Working from home debate

Posted by | March 24, 2013 | , | 0 |

It has been all over the press Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has called all of her employees home.   By home I actually mean leaving their homes to come to the office to their jobs.    This has caused an uproar with many people, who have spoken out against her actions and in support of telecommuting – cnn story.   How can a tech company go against the grain and want people to work in the office? For software development I think Marissa is dead on with this move and here is why:   1.  Improving communication and collaboration – when developing...

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Connecting with my business network

Connecting with my business network

Posted by | January 27, 2013 | | 0 |

  The Goal With the advent of the new year, one of my goals for 2013 was to connect with more of my business network.  This goal includes to reconnect with people that I have not seen for a while and to meet people in person that are in my network that I have done before.    So I had to determine where to start with this goal and how to accomplish it.     So I started with the 900+ contacts I had in my Outlook, which I have accumulated over the years of my professional career.     So in a...

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You get what you pay for

You get what you pay for

Posted by | January 1, 2013 | , | 0 |

Its an old adage and it rings true everyday in technology.    Technology executives and management today in many cases are forced to reduce the cost of their budget to the overall business.    In reducing expenses it is commonplace to hire junior resources to reduce the IT employee expense portfolio.    In addition many jobs are temporary in nature over the course of a business year and contract staff is hired to fill them, in essence to not have to hire and fire permanent employees. In hiring these contract staff members for temporary assignments, companies seek to reduce cost by hiring...

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Online Transactions – It can be a painful experience

Online Transactions – It can be a painful experience

Posted by | December 25, 2012 | | 0 |

I saw this Google video  that portrays the online shopping experience as if it would occur in real life.   Its really a great visualization of all the extra steps and frustrations that are more than common place in eCommerce on most websites today.    As technologists we should strive to make things more simple as we automate real life processes.   However, we often tend to try and make things better by adding steps and validations.   By making things more secure we also make them more unusable, as displayed by the captcha example in the video.  One of my...

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