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Insight
The term "testing" conjures up an image of executing software in a prescribed way to see whether it functions as intended. An alternative form of testing (or, more precisely, quality control) is to invite some colleagues to examine your work products for defects and improvement opportunities: a peer review.
The subject of risk seems to come up often at Cutter Consortium, either voiced by our subscribers or discussed by our Senior Consultants. But one has the feeling that, as Mark Twain intoned about the weather, "Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it." So, risk endures as part of the messiness of life: not as part of the richness or the challenges -- just the muck.
Interestingly, this question has an unsaid assumption that senior management is against risk management. In a recent Cutter survey on the state of risk management practice, 35% of senior management and policy makers see software risk management as being very useful and effective, with only 8% saying they don't think it is very useful.
Executive Update
Realizing the Benefits of Offshore Outsourcing
Successfully managing IT expenditure and ensuring successful delivery of IT projects and levels of service continue to be foremost in the minds of corporate executives, particularly in light of today's tight economy and struggles within the technology sector.
Domain
IT Industry
Assertion #81Declining stock market valuations have created an incentive to acquire new systems by acquiring the companies that own them. The challenge of integrating these secondhand systems will be substantial and will force us to reexamine and rethink our enterprise system architecture (ESA).
The subject of risk seems to come up often at Cutter Consortium, either voiced by our subscribers or discussed by our Senior Consultants. But one has the feeling that, as Mark Twain intoned about the weather, "Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it." So, risk endures as part of the messiness of life: not as part of the richness or the challenges -- just the muck.