Early start of the project always results in late finish – a lesson I have learnt specially for software projects which heavily depend on ones knowledge and understanding. It pays to spend quality time on understanding the project, the business need, the client and deciding the overall execution approach (externally with client and internally with […]
"Adapting Your Requirements Practices" by Ellen Gottesdiener is the current article on Stickyminds.com. Requirements management is core to software development activity and requirements management approach differs from project to project. Ellen says, "Some amount of requirements growth and change is normal. The practice of "playing around" with a product is an excellent way to explore […]
For members of test team, it is very important to raise the alarm bells at right instances. With right instances, I mean that test team should raise the alarm bells well in advance even if they have slightest of apprehension about the product quality and resolution of bugs therein. Raising alarm bells is a very […]
In an overly software dependent world, software quality has been more critical than ever before. Just came across an article in Baseline Magazine listing the "Eight Fatal Software-Related Accidents". Of them, the most devastating has been a software bug which hobbled a radar causing a Korean Jet crash killing 225 people in 1997. On similar […]