Vendor Management – Part 11 – Sales Cycle and Pricing
About time to get a call from your Vendor Sales Cheese Whether you are working in a complete custom software development shop with little vendor interaction or a technology integration shop with vendor...
View ArticleVendor Management – Part 12 – Sales Cycle and Pricing Cont.
No such thing as a free lunch Whether you are working in a complete custom software development shop with little vendor interaction or a technology integration shop with vendor solutions integrated...
View ArticleVendor Management – Part 13 – Sales Cycle and Pricing Cont.
Time for some Good Cop, Bad Cop to save some coin? Whether you are working in a complete custom software development shop with little vendor interaction or a technology integration shop with vendor...
View ArticleVendor Management – Part 14 – Tech Support – Part 1 of 2
How to get to the light at the end of the support case tunnel! Whether you are working in a complete custom software development shop with little vendor interaction or a technology integration shop...
View ArticleVendor Management – Part 14 – Tech Support – Part 2 of 2
Get sales to speed your support case to resolution Whether you are working in a complete custom software development shop with little vendor interaction or a technology integration shop with vendor...
View ArticleDoes Agile reduce Application Over Architecture?
Over Architected? First off, I am by no means an “Agile” (nor even “agile” with a small “a”) software development expert. There are many more individuals out there that are way more experienced and in...
View ArticleIs the Gantt Chart Useless in Agile Projects?
Don't give up on the Gantt! I’ve written before that I am not an “Agile” nor “agile” development nor project management expert. I’ve previously proposed that one by product of “agile” development and...
View ArticleConflict between Agile and Architecture
The challenge to integrate Architecture and Agile Recently on Simon Brown’s blog “Coding the Architecture”, Simon posed are interesting challenge of which this article provides my response. I enjoy...
View ArticleNew FFIEC Guidance Gives Security a Louder Voice
Security teams need a louder voice Yes, I’m a few weeks late commenting on the long awaited release of the FFIEC’s updated on-line banking security guidance to US financial institutions since the last...
View ArticleThe Logical Illogic of Vendor Selection – Part 1 – Entrenched Vendor
Entrenched Vendor = It is hard to compete with "free" I was having a conversation with someone that was utterly frustrated with the vendor selection process for a new technology product in a large...
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