By Eric Kuhnen, Focal Partners
According to the Conference Board’s CEO Challenge 2007 (published in October 2007), chief executives predict that execution will take precedence over profit or top-line revenue growth. Indeed, excellence in execution and consistent execution of strategy by top management rank first and third, respectively, as greatest concerns. A simple line of logic reasons that what is top-of-mind in a CEO is—and should be—top-of-mind in every person within the organization who desires to remain with that organization. Hence, the introspective documentation manager will ask, “Do I have my team optimized for consistent, excellent execution?”
It’s a fair bet that your colleagues in software development have asked themselves this question and have answered it by adopting principles of Agile Software Development . By way of background, “Agile” is a philosophy about the relative merits of eight issues s...
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As of November 2008, Microsoft is delivering the first taste of DirectX 11 for Windows 7 for download. A release aimed at developers, The November 2008 DirectX Software Development Kit, brings to the table the successor of Direct3D 10.1, namely Direct3D 11. In the SDK package, the Redmond company is offering a technical preview of [...]
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Some people would like to believe that building complex software
is like going to the grocery store: pick a candy bar off of the
shelf, ask what it costs and decide to buy it. You get no risk and
quick gratification. But building custom software is more like
building a race car. A special one-off product to meet exactly the
needs of its sponsor: win races.
As a customer, what are you really buying when you contract for
software development? You may think you are getting a solution. But
wha... more
Some people would like to believe that building complex software
is like going to the grocery store: pick a candy bar off of the
shelf, ask what it costs and decide to buy it. You get no risk and
quick gratification. But building custom software is more like
building a race car. A special one-off product to meet exactly the
needs of its sponsor: win races.
As a customer, what are you really buying when you contract for
software development? You m... more
Today and tomorrow I will be both speaking at and attending the 2008 Agile Development Practices Conference in Orlando, Florida. I’ll be blogging live from the event and will provide summaries of the keynotes and the sessions I attend. If you’re attending the ADP Conference, come by and check out the Agile Contracting session that Rachel Weston and I will be giving today at 12:45 pm. There are so many great sessions at this year’s event, I wish they’d spread i... more
The Agile Manifesto says: We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Thank you …
Go here to see the original: The Twelve Commandments of Agile - Conclusion ... more
blackbearnh writes “CIO Magazine has an article up looking at some of the ways that Agile projects can fail, or Agile can be misapplied in organizations. Some of the issues raised may not be new, but folks might want to pay special attention to these, since the people throwing the stones are two of the original Agile Manifesto signatories, Alistair Cockburn and Kent Brock. From the article: ‘Once individuals become familiar with Agile, either through training or practice, they can b... more
blackbearnh writes "CIO Magazine has an article up looking at some of the ways that Agile projects can fail, or Agile can be misapplied in organizations. Some of the issues raised may not be new, but folks might want to pay special attention to these, since the people throwing the stones are two of the original Agile Manifesto signatories, Alistair Cockburn and Kent Brock. From the article: ’Once individuals become familiar with Agile, either through training or practice, they can become i... more
By John Yunger, Byte Level Research
For the past five years, I’ve conducted annual reviews of approximately 200 global websites. The process involves noting the languages used by each site, as well as global navigation strategies and local content.
The Web Globalization Report Card is the result of this work and this article presents a few key findings from the 2008 Report Card, which was recently published.
What Makes a Great Global Site?
While there are always a few ... more
By Paul Wlodarczyk, JustSystems
One look at the numbers reveals the high stakes game that pharmaceutical companies play in their efforts to bring new drugs to market. In the United States, the numbers include:
$800 million to $1 billion—the average cost of moving a new drug through the development process
12 to 15 years—the average time it takes to move a new drug through the development process
Five to eight years—the average time a new drug enjoys patent protection... more
By Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler
It’s no mystery. Most marketing campaigns suck. They use old-school methods with new technologies and don’t deliver the results they should. Most often, campaigns fail to perform as well as they should because most marketing folks don’t have the tools they need to properly segment and deliver personalized marketing messages. Nor do they have the time nor resources to create and manage such campaigns efficiently. That is, until now.
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