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» Memories of IT
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I am now lucky enough to be working at a consulting company with a great group of experienced people, and we do share some great "war stories", and it made me think that I do have my share of experiences that, if written down, some small number of people may find interesting.  Seems to me a blog is great for that. I would call this memories r...
Posted by: David Wright

» Cascade - that's all 13 Principles of mine: do you have any? win a free copy of my book.
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Thirteen is all you need, at least in this point in time. I may add to them as time goes by, but I would also like to hear from readers if they have any suggestions or thoughts or their very own principles for IT Projects success. Pleae offer them and maybe we can get them into the second edition of the book...which you all remember is available at...
Posted by: David Wright

» Cascade Day 15 - Principle #13: Use Architecture to Manage and Integrate the Deliverables
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13. Given many medium to small software Deliverables, use Architecture to manage and integrate the Deliverables into a complete system. This is a more specific statement of Principle #3; in Cascade, an Information System Architecture is used to integrate the two week deliverables, until a complete deliverable (component, sub-system) is assemble...
Posted by: David Wright

» Cascade Day 14 - Principle #12: Parcel work into two-week periods
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12. Within the three month phase, parcel work into two-week periods; analyze for 2 weeks, then design and develop for 2 weeks (two developers), and then test for 2 weeks. When the first 2 weeks of analysis is done, start the next two weeks of analysis in parallel to the design/development; carry on in cascading 2 week periods until the entire proje...
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» Cascade Day 13 - Principle #11: Partition large projects into 3 month phases, that is the longest period you can plan for without the chance of significant change
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#11.   Partition large projects into 3 month phases, that is the longest period you can plan for without the chance of significant change to priorities, resourcing, etc. I was lucky to learn this early in the 90's as Project Management was getting a higher profile, accompanied by the increased use of Microsoft Project. Other PM tools wer...
Posted by: David Wright

» Cascade Day 12 - Principle #10: Models are better than text
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#10. Models are better than text. I would like to think that by this point in time, this principle no longer requires justification. It has been at least a few years since I last saw a dense “SRD” or “SDD” document (SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT, SYSTEM DESIGN DOCUMENT).  I must offer my respect to the many talented people who labored to produ...
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