...something you don’t fully understand was done wrong came from Carlton Vogt, author of Enterprise Ethics (www.enterprise-ethics.com). Carlton’s opinions are always worth reading … including, I hope, the one here....…
...electronic commerce, plus all ATMs. Lockwood licensed his patent to Pangea Intellectual Properties LLC, which might politely be described as a lawsuit factory. Rather than pursuing companies big enough to...…
...candidates make. Complete fabrication is a polite label for the other end of the spectrum. (Don’t believe me? Check www.factcheck.org — an outstanding and completely non-partisan website whose name is...…
...the time being, you can only buy it from IS Survivor Publishing (www.issurvivor.com). You’ll find a discount from the $13.95 list price that won’t be available from the commercial booksellers....…
...in your company, the companies with which you do business, or visiting foreign dignitaries. Image really does matter. When you’re hiring, it’s just one among many criteria. When you’re voting,...…
...There’s new evidence, as if any was needed, that evidence-stretching is pervasive. The Register (www.theregister.co.uk) — one of my favorite IT publications — tabulated the many cost-of-thus-and-such calculations that frequently...…
...on one PowerPoint slide and persuade the other five team members will work really, really well. One correspondent, reading the column, suggested I trademark the name, reserve www.sixstupid.com, and charge...…
ManagementSpeak: There are wheels within wheels. Translation: Don’t broach this subject again. A member of the KJR Club known only as “S.K of www.cyberbrahma.com” shows us the value of reinventing...…
...anyone. According to www.poppendieck.com, which I’m told is the authoritative source on such matters, LSD’s first goal is to eliminate extra features … “We need a process which allows us...…
...the principles of Lean Software Development (LSD) reveals. Go to www.poppendieck.com and look them over. Apply even a slightly jaundiced eye and you’ll find the principles fall into three buckets:...…