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Top 10 Ways that Guarantee the Failure of a Project
on Dec 7, 2006 in Articles General Methodology Project SDLC Tools & Technologies I was reading an article about why projects fail and found interesting points and the following list has been inspired by actual mistakes encountered in real-world systems projects. 1. Don’t use a specific methodology because coding is all that...
Seven steps (or more) to success
on Jun 24, 2007 in Manage Projects project sdlc systems development lifecycle architect developer web page I was asked last week to help some colleagues estimate the work involved in building some web pages and business logic as part of our latest and greatest project. As a developer myself (Yes, I keep my hand in), I have never ceased to be amazed at...
Whoa, you're going too fast
on Jun 25, 2007 in Manage Projects initiation sdlc systems development lifecycle budget prioritisation developer So, as I said in my last blog, I'd like to look at all the things that make our 1 day development task turn into a 1 year deployment project. Today I'll turn my attention to the first step in the System Development Lifecycle, that of Initiation. Som...
Analyse, analyse....
on Jun 27, 2007 in Manage Projects definition analysis phase sdlc level 0 level 1 cost projection variance The Definition phase of a Systems Development Life Cycle, sometimes called the Analysis phase, is really a requirements analysis, a phase where we can really understand what we are trying to do for our business customer. Yes, I know that we already...
And so to Design
on Jul 4, 2007 in Manage Projects design sdlc agile peer review architect As regular readers of this blog will know, our developer has been patiently waiting for his chance to cut code for his one-page addition to the companies Internet Site, and the going is decidely tough. We introduced the subject of why changes take s...