First, Get the Front End Right

Lawrence Putnam, Michael Mah, Greg Mah, Tracy Myers, Michael Myers, Alan Myers, Lawrence Myers
FIRST, GET THE FRONT END RIGHT by Lawrence H. Putnam, Michael Mah, and Ware Myers

The development team settled down in its bullpen one fine Monday morning in April, ready to begin work on its new project. The lead developer said, "You folks start coding.


The Secrets of Highly Successful Measurement Programs

Carol Dekkers
The Secrets of Highly Successful Measurement Programs by Carol A. Dekkers

©1999 Quality Plus Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.


The Secrets of Highly Successful Measurement Programs

Carol Dekkers
The Secrets of Highly Successful Measurement Programs by Carol A. Dekkers

©1999 Quality Plus Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.


Back to the Basics: Metrics that Work for "Software Projects

Dwayne Phillips
BACK TO THE BASICS: METRICS THAT WORK FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS by Dwayne Phillips

Metrics are powerful tools, but they are not popular with people caught in tough projects.


Back to the Basics: Metrics that Work for "Software Projects

Dwayne Phillips
BACK TO THE BASICS: METRICS THAT WORK FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS by Dwayne Phillips

Metrics are powerful tools, but they are not popular with people caught in tough projects.


The Most Important Project in Anyone's Career

Dwayne Phillips

The most important project in anyone's career is not their biggest project, not their hardest project, and not the one that earns them a big bonus. It's their first project in the workplace.


The Most Important Project in Anyone's Career

Dwayne Phillips

The most important project in anyone's career is not their biggest project, not their hardest project, and not the one that earns them a big bonus. It's their first project in the workplace.


The Most Important Project in Anyone's Career

Dwayne Phillips
THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT IN ANYONE'S CAREER 31 March 1999 by Dwayne Phillips

The most important project in anyone's career is not their biggest project, not their hardest project, and not the one that earns them a big bonus. It's their first project in the workplace.


The Most Important Project in Anyone's Career

Dwayne Phillips
THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT IN ANYONE'S CAREER 31 March 1999 by Dwayne Phillips

The most important project in anyone's career is not their biggest project, not their hardest project, and not the one that earns them a big bonus. It's their first project in the workplace.


US Second in World for IT Compensation

Cutter Consortium, Cutter Consortium
REPORT SHOWS US SECOND IN THE WORLD FOR IT COMPENSATION, WITH A 5% RISE IN AVERAGE COMPENSATION FOR 1998 30 March 1999 by Cutter Consortium

The 1999 Worldwide Benchmark Report, conducted by Howard Rubin, editor of IT Metrics Strategies and senior


US Second in World for IT Compensation

Cutter Consortium, Cutter Consortium

What to Measure?

Johanna Rothman
WHAT TO MEASURE? 24 March 1999 by Johanna Rothman

©1999 by Johanna Rothman


Design Patterns Versus Methodologies

Richard Du

The first decade of the new century will see a shift to the development and use of component-based, Internet-enabled systems. Currently, there are two very different approaches to the development of object-oriented systems: object-oriented development methodologies and object-oriented design patterns.


US Leads in Software Fix/Repair Activities

Cutter Consortium, Cutter Consortium
US LEADS WORLD BY 21% IN SOFTWARE FIX/REPAIR ACTIVITIES 23 March 1999 by Cutter Consortium

According to a new study, software fix/repair activity occupies US organizations at a level that is 21% higher than non-US organizations.


The Compensation Crisis

Luke Hohmann

There are several trends that lead me to believe that we are in the midst of a compensation crisis. What makes this crisis so interesting is that these trends are both counter-intuitive and non-convergent. Consider the following:


The Compensation Crisis

Luke Hohmann

There are several trends that lead me to believe that we are in the midst of a compensation crisis. What makes this crisis so interesting is that these trends are both counter-intuitive and non-convergent. Consider the following:


On Your Way to Outsourcing

Steve Andriole
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On Your Way to Outsourcing

Steve Andriole
© Copyright 1999 Cutter Information Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced in any manner without express written permission from Cutter Information Corp.