June 29, 2009 4:00 PM
Posted by: SJC
Agile"Do You Really Need a Deadline?" is a post I found interesting in the light of my current "deadline" pressures. Related to the post, I also found comments on the post to be interesting, such...
June 28, 2009 4:00 PM
Posted by: SJC
Agile,
Application RFP,
custom application development,
estimating application cost,
RFP Process,
WaterfallMy posts last month generally consisted of comments, suggestions and difficulties with preparing cost estimating of legacy applications. Recently I had the...
June 27, 2009 1:36 PM
Posted by: SJC
Application design,
Software Analysis,
User InterfaceYes there is ladies and gentlemen! End of story, NOT end of post!
While doing some "cleaning up" around the office recently I ran into a design spec that I had the misfortune to encounter some 20 years ago. It was submitted as a "Preliminary Draft", weighed in at about the birth of a child...
June 24, 2009 10:53 AM
Posted by: SJC
Application design,
custom software design,
User InterfaceIn these days of exceptionally "busy" screens within which operators can usually choose many options (...and sometimes ones which they shouldn't), I have been placed in a position where I am being asked to create an application with minimal functionality entry screens! This design approach...
May 20, 2009 1:39 PM
Posted by: SJC
cost estimating,
estimating application cost,
Independent software developer,
Updating Legacy SystemsWhen I first posted "Cost Estimating Rewrite of Legacy Applications" I had not planned that it would turn into a series of posts such as it has. What I found is...
May 17, 2009 5:55 AM
Posted by: SJC
cost estimating,
estimating application cost,
Independent software developer,
Updating Legacy SystemsI seemed to have a lot to comment on in my last post, and decided it was best to have another post which continued my comments from my list of considerations for legacy application rewrites, so I continue my comments in this post.
Myself, very early on in the review of a potential project I like...
May 13, 2009 4:00 PM
Posted by: SJC
cost estimating,
estimating application cost,
Independent software developer,
Updating Legacy SystemsIn my previous post "Cost Estimating Ideas for Legacy Application Rewrites" I provided a list of considerations for preparing estimates for legacy application rewrites. This post is a follow-up to that post where I will add comments to some of the considerations listed in that...
May 11, 2009 5:55 AM
Posted by: SJC
Application design,
cost estimating,
estimating application cost,
Independent software developer,
Updating Legacy SystemsI promised in my last post "Cost Estimating Rewrite of Legacy Applications" that I would be producing a list of considerations for preparing estimates for legacy application rewrites -...
May 9, 2009 11:28 AM
Posted by: SJC
cost estimating,
estimating application cost,
Independent software developer,
Updating Legacy SystemsI have always found estimating a project to be a challenge. Back in my early days as an independent developer I quickly learned that I had a tendency to under-estimate the time a project would take. My error would more often than not be in accounting for the time it takes to "polish" the...
