July 11, 2008 9:23 PM
Posted by: SJC
Business Application Value,
Business process automation,
Small Business Computing,
Software application developmentI wonder how many of the business processes which a company develops over time from its early days as a very small company to a larger organization become overly complex. Of those processes, I also wonder just how many of them are the result of new demands on the process simply as the result of...
June 27, 2008 11:30 AM
Posted by: SJC
Business process automation,
IT careers,
Small Business ComputingI wrote a couple of days ago about how I thought that we independent developers had to be partially detective, and indeed not just developers, but pretty much in any IT position that we may hold. My last post really was somewhat of an example where the developer was acting more like a business...
June 27, 2008 1:55 AM
Posted by: SJC
Business Application Value,
Business process automation,
Small Business Computing,
Software application developmentWhen an independent application software developer first meets with a prospective new client it becomes very much a meeting where each party is evaluating the other. For the developer it becomes questions of "Is this an organization I can work with? Can I provide what they are looking for? ...
June 16, 2008 9:07 PM
Posted by: SJC
Business process automation,
Database application front-end programming,
Small Business Computing,
Software application development,
Software maintenanceWe all know what it means to assume -- but sometimes our assumptions are so completely hidden from us that we don't even know when we are assuming.
I had an iinteresting conversation with another developer last week that illustrates this point (...and a few others that I've blogged about...
June 13, 2008 12:26 AM
Posted by: SJC
Beta Testing,
Business Application Value,
Business process automation,
Software QualityOn a visit to my chiropractor today I heard a story that I found simply amazing to believe, yet I have to believe it as I was witness to some of the "events" a few years ago - and I remember them well!
It seems that some 6-8 years back my chiropractor (always on the lookout for a "good" deal)...
May 29, 2008 2:04 AM
Posted by: SJC
Business Application Value,
Business process automation,
Database application,
IT Management,
Software application development,
Software QualityThe concept of half-life has always intrigued me, particularly so when I was introduced to the idea of the half-life of material possessions. Wikipedia states "The half-life of a quantity whose value decreases with time is the interval required for the quantity to decay to half of its original...
May 24, 2008 1:55 PM
Posted by: SJC
Business Application Value,
Business process automation,
Software application development,
Software QualityWOW! What a ride it's been! For most people in the USA this weekend is a holiday weekend -- but then there are those others of us for whom it is another holiday weekend where we get to work while others have their family cookouts and first weekends at the summer home or otherwise celebrate. ...
May 10, 2008 5:47 PM
Posted by: SJC
Business process automation,
Development,
Software application development,
Software Quality,
User InterfaceI have developed a reputation around the way I work with users that I am "training" and who display various levels of skill (or non-skill) with their computer system. From executive levels to the warehouse user my reputation for telling a new user something like "...see - I told you you...
April 25, 2008 5:42 PM
Posted by: SJC
Business Application Value,
Business process automation,
Database,
Database application,
Small Business Computing,
Software application developmentA recent visit to a doctor's office this week channeled my thinking once again toward the simple applications that can save time in any environment. As I was checking in at the registration desk, it was noted that they did not have the latest copy of my insurance card. I gave the receptionist...
