Archive for January, 2007

S/W development value chain

Spolsky: To me, building a software company—and this is kind of hand-wavy—is creating the factory that was going to be equipped for, when I have an idea or when somebody has an idea, we can throw it into the factory and get the working code at the back.
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My goal is to build a company where […]

Dependency management

Charles Betz comments on the value of config management:
How do we make sure the right people are approving the Change? Because we know what is dependent on a given Configuration Item, and who owns it.How do we make sure the right people are on the 3:45 AM bridgeline to start restoring a service? Because we […]

Built to run

Steve Jones is trying to crack the old chestnut - how to get supportable systems:
So what I’d recommend is that architects be made to learn the existing estate and be measured on the total cost of ownership for their area, their bonus should come from them delivering on the promises that they made at the […]

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