Friday, November 20, 2009

Value of Teamwork - A tale of 3 Teams


It's Fall in the Bay Area. Which means - soccer season. My two kids play in our local AYSO region. And I love watching them play.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The Tangled Weave of Information Management


In the latest issue of CIO, Michael Friedenberg wrote an article (entitled "The Cost of Data Management") which discusses the challenges facing organizations given the explosion in information.

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Friday, September 11, 2009

Going Solo in 15 Easy Steps


After being in the technology industry for over 20 years and having worked for a variety of companies both large (including Hewlett-Packard) and small (including several early-stage software startups), I decided to pursue my latest passion - going solo.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Lean Software Development



Today, I attended a webinar entitled: "An Agile Developer's Guide to Lean Software Development" hosted by Alan Shalloway, from NetObjectives. Shalloway is a noted expert in applying both Agile and Lean methods to Software Development.

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Document Your Assumptions



Today, I attended a webinar entitled: "We Need it By October: What's Your Estimate?" hosted by Tim Lister, from the Atlantic Systems Guild. Lister is a noted expert in Risk Management, having written a book with Tom DeMarco entitled: "Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects".

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