Posted in Banner Operations, CIO, Project Management on May 25th, 2009 Comments Off
Forrester analyst Randy Heffner, has published a report titled “SOA [Service Oriented Architecture] Is Far From Dead—But It Should Be Buried.” Sparked by a tinderbox of economic jitters and technology backlash, a recent thread of industry discussion cries out, ‘SOA is dead!’ Although many have had fun with the discussion, it is in fact quite [...]
Posted in General CIS, Project Management on Jan 9th, 2009 Comments Off
Thanks to podcasts, I have finally become a listener of “This American Life”. I heard this episode the other day that made me think of my teamwork and how I participate in working with my colleagues. It made me think – what type of team member am I? How can I be a better team [...]
Posted in General CIS, Project Management on Aug 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
First I would like to make some overall observations: I was totally unprepared for this to be a conference of nearly 1600 attendees from around the world. I thought Agile was a small niche. The 29 vendors clearly think they have a serious market. Another 19 were listed as sponsors even though they didn’t exhibit. [...]
Posted in General CIS, Project Management on Nov 22nd, 2007 Comments Off
Let me tell you, am I ever happy that winter is on its way. Over the summer my office was always so hot. While the large window offers a great view overlooking the valley, it also creates quite the greenhouse effect, raising the temperature and humidity. Fortunately I am sort of a do-it-yourselfer, so I [...]