All Tech, No Peeps, No Good

Just like the saying, “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy”, my advice is, all tech and no peeps make software projects fail.  Clearly stated, even with a staff that possesses all the technical skills to have, software projects are doomed to fail if we neglect to understand,... [More]

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Posted on September 6, 2008 16:41 by monico1028
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Categories: development | leadership | projectmanagement | webdev
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Microsoft Does Domain Driven Design

Wow!  I was pretty excited to hear about the DP Advisory Council's efforts to include some big names (e.g. Eric Evans, Jimmy Nilsson, and Martin Fowler) in the DDD world this month.  This is definitely a step in the right direction for Microsoft.  My new position (details to be an... [More]

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Posted on July 23, 2008 19:27 by monico1028
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Getting Real Not for Dummies

I am starting to subscribe to some of 37signals' philosophy on web application development--with caveats of course.  They published their thoughts into 91 essays organized into 16 chapters in a book titled, Getting Real.  My first concern, however, is that the philosophy will s... [More]

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Posted on July 22, 2008 20:10 by monico1028
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