The Year 2000 from 1,000 Days Away
At 1,000 days away from the year 2000 (on April 6, 1997), every 10 days 1% of the time you have to deal with this problem slips away. If you haven't taken appropriate action by December 31, 1997, you've lost 25% of your working window.
May 1997 Application Development Strategies
An Update on "Best Practices"
An Update on "Best Practices"
Power, Politics, and the Software Process
This article is an excerpt from the author's new book, Managing Technical People -- Innovation, Teamwork, and the Software Process (Addison-Wesley, 1996).
Power, Politics, and the Software Process
This article is an excerpt from the author's new book, Managing Technical People -- Innovation, Teamwork, and the Software Process (Addison-Wesley, 1996).
What If Programmers Were Treated Like Jocks
Demand is greater than available talent. Talent differences translate into large performance differences. Performance differences determine results that have large economic consequences.
What If Programmers Were Treated Like Jocks
Demand is greater than available talent. Talent differences translate into large performance differences. Performance differences determine results that have large economic consequences.
The "Roman Evaluation" and Other Techniques for Hiring the Greatest Developers
Throughout my career, I've heard the rhetoric that companies always want to hire the very best developers. I don't believe it.
The "Roman Evaluation" and Other Techniques for Hiring the Greatest Developers
Throughout my career, I've heard the rhetoric that companies always want to hire the very best developers. I don't believe it.
Recognizing Achievements Great and Small
Adapted from Karl E. Wiegers, Creating a Software Engineering Culture (pp. 3544). Copyright 1996 by Karl E. Wiegers. Used by permission of Dorset House Publishing, 353 W.
Recognizing Achievements Great and Small
Adapted from Karl E. Wiegers, Creating a Software Engineering Culture (pp. 3544). Copyright 1996 by Karl E. Wiegers. Used by permission of Dorset House Publishing, 353 W.
Knowledge Workers and the New Employment Contract
If we are to believe much of the popular business press, something has permanently changed in the relationship between workers and their employers in the 1990s.
Knowledge Workers and the New Employment Contract
If we are to believe much of the popular business press, something has permanently changed in the relationship between workers and their employers in the 1990s.
April 1997 Object-Oriented Strategies
April 1997 Application Development Strategies
Requirements Happens
Copyright 1997 by Brian Lawrence. All rights reserved.
Requirements Happens
Copyright 1997 by Brian Lawrence. All rights reserved.
Does Managing Requirements Pay Off?
Many software professionals believe that customer satisfaction is their most important measure of performance.
Does Managing Requirements Pay Off?
Many software professionals believe that customer satisfaction is their most important measure of performance.
Calculating the Return on Investment from More Effective Requirements Management
Copyright 1997 by Rational, Inc. All rights reserved.
