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Working the Boss 2 September 1998

So much of IT's job is communication. What kind of communications score would you give your organization and yourself? Are you PowerPoint aficionados? Can you take complicated concepts and distill them into coherent, meaningful analyses and recommendations?

On a cross-country plane ride last week, I had a chance to read through the October issue of one of my favorite technical magazines, Software Development. I know many of the editors, writers, and columnists personally, and I've had the pleasure of contributing my own articles to the magazine over the past several years. It's not as dense, academic, or theoretical as the IEEE and ACM journals, but it's always filled with good, solid, technical material.

WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY, AND HE IS US 2 September 1998 by Ed Yourdon

On a cross-country plane ride last week, I had a chance to read through the October issue of one of my favorite technical magazines, Software Development.

GLOBAL SOFTWARE ECONOMICS, PART II by Howard Rubin

It is clear that technology, business, society, safety, security, and the well-being of nations are now "fused" together. On a global scale, technology, information, and knowledge are key determinants of the success and competitiveness of a nation.

THE GLOBAL SOFTWARE ECONOMICS PICTURE:
A PRODUCTION VIEW by Howard Rubin

A few years ago I wrote:

"LET ME COUNT THE WAYS" by Lawrence H. Putnam and Ware Myers, Quantitative Software Management, Inc. "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."