Friday, March 04, 2005
Your Own Software Development Company - DeveloperDotStar.com - Software Development
Your Own Software Development Company - DeveloperDotStar.com - Software Development: "Do your best to manage expectations. Most misunderstandings and
disputes can be traced back to a disconnect between what one person
expects to get, and what the other person expects to deliver. Managing
the expectations of your customers, employees, suppliers, and
subcontractors is something of an art, but the basic technique involves
being as explicit as possible as often as possible."
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (20th Anniversary Edition) - Book Review - DeveloperDotStar.com
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (20th Anniversary Edition) - Book Review - DeveloperDotStar.com: "This anniversary edition also contains four additional chapters from the original
edition. One of the chapters is the controversial and widely read essay 'No Silver
Bullet--Essence and Accident in Software Engineering.' This very enjoyable and
highly readable essay provides great insight into the nature of software development,
specifically, what makes it so challenging, and why attempts to invent a 'silver bullet'
that will solves those changes are doomed to fail."
Thursday, February 03, 2005
FDD - Together Community Page
Together Community Page: "As web services move from the cutting edge to the mainstream,
identification of the opportunities to use this technology become as
important as understanding the technology itself."