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Top 10 Signs your development project is Doomed

10. After your application starts failing everywhere, you talk to the DBA and he says, “I had to change the names on all the columns because I didn’t follow the company standard. You can still make Friday’s deadline right?” 9. New requirements are added by the business manager...

Published Tue, Dec 30 2003 6:59 AM by Darrell Norton
Risk Management the MSF way

I’ve looked at numerous risk management models and processes and have tried out several. I always look at it with an eye toward practicality. Even if the process is the best in the world, if it is too difficult or time-consuming to actually do, then it’s worthless. This could be why most...

Published Mon, Dec 29 2003 7:37 AM by Darrell Norton
SQL Server Transactions - Commit and Rollback

A coworker was having trouble with a stored proc. There were several IF statements where one path created another nested level transaction while the other did not. Trying to get the stored proc to COMMIT only certain transactions by name was sometimes generating an error that there was no corresponding...

Published Wed, Dec 24 2003 6:23 AM by Darrell Norton
Java not suitable for object-oriented frameworks?

Interesting article on why Java is not suitable for object-oriented frameworks [via Jeff Sutherland ]. From the abstract: Many business applications involve Java and object-oriented frameworks. Several characteristics of Java conflict with some key features of frameworks. These conflicts force the creation...

Published Tue, Dec 23 2003 3:26 PM by Darrell Norton
Windows Forms getting short shrift in .NET

Windows Forms are getting shortchanged in version 2 of .NET. In ASP.NET, the DataGrid control is already much better than the Windows Form DataGrid control. And in ASP.NET 2.0, the DataGrid is getting automatic sorting and paging. Yet there is nothing at all on the Developer Tools Roadmap that shows...

Published Tue, Dec 23 2003 7:57 AM by Darrell Norton
My Tech Predictions for 2004

Scott Hanselman offers some technology predictions for 2004 . In an attempt to cash in on the high popularity and low responsibility entailed with such a blog topic, I offer my own technology predictions for 2004. First up , the smart personal object technology (SPOT) Scott talks about will get a lukewarm...

Published Mon, Dec 22 2003 6:03 AM by Darrell Norton
TDD: How much unit test code should you write?

Introduction Some other bloggers have asked how much unit test code (as a percentage of the total project’s code) should be written. I have certainly asked that question myself! So I decided to find out. The point of this research was to determine roughly how much unit test code there was in a...

Published Fri, Dec 19 2003 6:43 AM by Darrell Norton
NUnitAsp v1.4.1 Released while we were sleeping

NUnitAsp v1.4.1 is out. There are a couple of cool new features, and it's built with the latest version of NUnit. From the release notes: This release includes numerous improvements, thanks to our new patch king, Levi Khatskevitch. We have support for basic and Windows authentication, new testers, a...

Published Thu, Dec 18 2003 7:31 PM by Darrell Norton
More on Contracting, Consulting, and being Independent

There have been some good posts on consulting and contracting lately. These posts sort of form a thread, so I’ve arranged them in roughly chronological order. In his first consulting post , Rory breaks contractors down into two categories: headhunters or independents. Bryan then rants on the uselessness...

Published Thu, Dec 18 2003 7:23 AM by Darrell Norton
Consultants vs. Contract Programmers

DonXML Demsak left a comment in response to this post by brady gaster. It was so good I couldn’t leave it buried in the comments. You are confusing 2 similar but definitely different jobs, the consultant versus the contract programmer. The consultant is paid to consult the client on how to best...

Published Wed, Dec 17 2003 7:09 AM by Darrell Norton
An Argument for Variable-Scope Projects

I’ve found it very difficult to convince clients on the benefits of variable scope projects. One approach that I have found useful is to use a risk-based approach to determining the project management variables scope (product), schedule, and cost (see the project management triangle ). Here the...

Published Tue, Dec 16 2003 11:03 AM by Darrell Norton
SCC Plugin for TortoiseCVS: An installer with no uninstaller, or How NOT to Do Things

The SCC plugin for TortoiseCVS project on SourceForge, a tool that will map CVS commands to Microsoft’s SCC API, just released some new files. I did not expect an installer, so I was pleasantly surprised when the download automatically installed itself. So I tried it out and then decided to uninstall...

Published Tue, Dec 16 2003 6:27 AM by Darrell Norton
O'Reilly's Safari Bookshelf

No, I don’t get any money for posting this or referring anyone. Neither does my company. This is just to let you know my experiences with Safari in case you were thinking of subscribing. Several of the books I’ve reviewed here lately I don’t actually own. My employer, CapTechVentures , gives every employee...

Published Sat, Dec 13 2003 3:06 PM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: Book Reviews
A Review of Balancing Agility and Discipline

In Balancing Agility and Discipline , Barry Boehm and Richard Turner attempt the unenviable task of trying to meld the agile and traditional methodology approaches to software development. Overall, they present a fairly reasonable discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of each, although I do...

Published Thu, Dec 11 2003 6:26 AM by Darrell Norton
How much architecture can you do and still be Agile?

Steve Maine posted some ramblings on the design phase . In it, he tries to determine how much architecting is allowable in an agile process. Steve wants to be agile, but really enjoys doing design (don’t we all!). Fortunately, Barry Boehm and Richard Turner discussed this very dilemma in their book Balancing...

Published Wed, Dec 10 2003 5:45 AM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: Agile

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Top 10 Signs your development project is Doomed

Risk Management the MSF way

SQL Server Transactions - Commit and Rollback

Java not suitable for object-oriented frameworks?

Windows Forms getting short shrift in .NET

My Tech Predictions for 2004

TDD: How much unit test code should you write?

NUnitAsp v1.4.1 Released while we were sleeping

More on Contracting, Consulting, and being Independent

Consultants vs. Contract Programmers

An Argument for Variable-Scope Projects

SCC Plugin for TortoiseCVS: An installer with no uninstaller, or How NOT to Do Things

O'Reilly's Safari Bookshelf

A Review of Balancing Agility and Discipline

How much architecture can you do and still be Agile?