Tag: Project Tales

Three-Tier Architecture

If I fix an error in or improve the database code, all presentation and application tier programs will get the same data.

Another Ball in the Air

What strategy do you use if you are overwhelmed? When I hear a hare-brained project proposed by a politician, it reminds me of a scheme an old boss of mine, another ball in the air.

Meetings in Small Project Development Shops

If you’ve ever been in a small shop just starting up with a single project, you may experience some difficult situations arising from uncertainty over project roles.

The principal of the shop probably had the idea for the software and the technical skills to convince some backers that his idea was feasible. Then he discovers he doesn’t have time to do everything that needs to be done.

Rules of Thumb

Talking over the weekend about software development, reminded me of some rules of thumb I used to bring some order to the thicket of possibilities in software development.

Deficit Reduction, A Project that is Failing

Every proposal on deficit reduction is at odds with the last greatest proposal. In project development, when every approach is 90 or 180 degrees away from the previous one, that project will fail – and usually be replaced by a band-aid project that has negative, unanticipated consequences.