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It all comes down to the ability to go up and down the ladder of abstraction, and being able to see both the big picture and the operational implications - Loizos Heracleous in "Strategic Thinking or Strategic Planning," in Long... Read more →

Project Success

There is an endless discussion on what it means to have project success. Here's a simple and actionable definition The delivery of agreed-upon business, technical, and operational capabilities within established resource (funding, schedule, facilities) constraints. Read more →

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“Software is so vital to military systems that, without it, most could not operate at all. Its importance to overall system performance and the generally accepted notion that software is always inadequate makes software the highest risk item and must... Read more →

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"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated... Read more →

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If a profession is to sharpen its skills, to develop new skills and applications, and to gain increasing respect and credibility, then their and practices must be closely related -- Martin Shrub Read more →

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Without Metrics you're just another guy with an opinion - Stephan Leschka, Hewlett Packard Read more →

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We are reminded by the work of Dr. W. E. Deming, the father of modern quality management, in which he demonstrated that the vast majority of quality problems are rooted in processes—ignored, flawed, or misunderstood by the worker, not in... Read more →

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When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; and when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection which if we find outweighs ability, What do... Read more →

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... suddenly a White Rabit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself "Oh... Read more →