Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Tue Dec 6 07:31:03 CST 2005
Hi Steve Neither have I, but if you move to the other extreme, I guess we all have experienced a meeting with a small business owner discussing a project of great importance for that business. "You know, I'm not that good at all that computing/IT stuff so I invited my son/nephew/brother-in-law/whatever - he/she knows a lot about it!". And this little fellow has to prove that and puts all the current buzzwords forward. If you can tell "yes we use this and that _technology_ ... bla bla .." he/she calms down and you can move on to the core of the project. /gustav >>> erbachs at gmail.com 06-12-2005 13:51 >>> Gustav, You zeroed in on one of my favorite sections. But since I haven't ever worked in a large project environment I've never experienced the kind of budget that would support this bit of subversive diversion. Regards, Steve Erbach Scientific Marketing Neenah, WI http://thetowncrank.blogspot.com www.swerbach.com Security Page: www.swerbach.com/security On 12/6/05, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > > Hi Steve > > I love these paragraphs. Nice trick: > > <quote> > > It takes courage and willpower to adopt a relatively conservative approach > to development work and select the technology appropriate for the > application. When I plan a project, I generally construct a "playpen" area > in which all the latest technologies are used to develop a non-critical > project component, and then let the team take turns developing it. > > The staff gets to put all sorts of skills and technologies on their CVs, > and the pressure is off to prematurely adopt fancy technology for the > project's serious deliverables. We can then inform the project sponsor that > we are using glitzy technology just like in the advertisements, and everyone > is happy. > > </quote> > > /gustav > > >>> erbachs at gmail.com 05-12-2005 20:54 >>> > Dear Group, > > I do a lot more reading of SQL Server resources and .NET resources these > days. The technology moves on. I found this new article on SQL Server > Central and I thought you lot would find that it confirms things you've > learned about project management of software development: > > http://www.simple-talk.com/2005/11/17/secrets-of-successful-it-projects/