PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE: The Best PM Tool!
Since my first days in project management, I realized that existing project management applications are so rigid, at least for software development. Documentation, reports and plans are solely managed and updated by the project managers, reports and status updates are reactive. They are submitted upon request or on timely manner. Apparently, they perfectly cover planning [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )PERSPECTIVE: FDD vs SCRUM
“At Bayt.com, we opted to use FDD1. Though I believe SCRUM, as all other agile methodology is excellent for having a human-oriented software development environment. However I believe SCRUM lacks well defined control points (milestones) required to track features implementation progress. It has more concentration on the Project Management side rather than the Software Development [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PERSPECTIVE: Project Management Wave
Experts say that up to 90% of a project manager’s time is spent on communication either with stakeholders, project team, suppliers or upper management within the organization. That volume speaks about the importance of communication to any project. Experienced project managers can relate to this, when communications is done properly, the project is more [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )PERSPECTIVE:Changing the vector – Part 1
Knowing nothing about software security, software development methodologies, latest technology trends, web technologies, web protocols or even the most common used web protocol, HTTP.
This is the typical computer sciences major graduate in Jordan. He is clueless, lacking practical knowledge and real connections with the practical world.
Sadly, finding good fresh graduate candidates in [...]
PERSPECTIVE: tools change, experience persists
Which programming language do you use to develop applications? A question usually asked by interviewees the first chance they can ask the interviewer for a software development position.
Such question, I believe, reflects immaturity and lack of vision and experience. On the other hand, an employer looking for a PHP – or any other specific language – developer [...]
PERSPECTIVE: Yet another closure
Agreed-on work has been completed. Yet more and more change’s requests are coming. The project is due but the work does not seem to finish. The client is shouting and project team members are whining. No body is happy and the project is heading toward failure!
One big reason behind this situation might be not not [...]
PERSPECTIVE: 8 Reasons why we do not have software industry in Jordan
Jordan , as we claim, has a decent pool of talented resources in different disciplines including software development. We export software, as well as, computer and software expertise – mainly to Arab Gulf countries – .
Sounds promising! Not really, after more than a decade of endeavors in software, I do not see the picture bright!
I do not [...]
PERSPECTIVE: Why SaaS?
3000 new companies a day are signing up world wide. More than 10 million active users in more than 500,000 companies are currently using it. For only $50/individual/annum, it gives you the ability to handle e-mail, Web hosting, calendars, instant messaging, and standard business applications like word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. It is Google [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )PERSPECTIVE: Jordan and the World Economic Crisis
It is clear; the largest economy in the world is in the ICU. The American government has been trying everything possible to revive the economy. Nevertheless, more banks have bankrupted and more jobs are lost every day.
Dubai as well, has been severely and negatively affected. Real estate prices have dropped at least by 40%, many [...]
PERSPECTIVE: Another Hard Start
I agree it is always hard to start with anything new. That is natural, whenever you start with anything that is out of your comfort zone. It is even harder because of having a limited time to finish. In software development, we have new starts, almost every day. Every ticket, task [...]
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