'technologies' Category
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upcoming events
Come and see us at SEPG 2010 and SATURN 2010!
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Windows 7 event recap
Summary of my observations from a Microsoft presentation on Windows 7, a free event held today at the NCSU McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC. Bottom line: it is an evolutionary, not revolutionary, change.
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that’s entertainment?
Two observations on Microsoft’s recent ventures into modern entertainment (Netflix partnership and Internet TV), motivated by my attendance this morning at a Windows 7 event (see “Windows 7 event recap” for a summary of the non-entertainment aspects).
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Agile Teams microblogs
To complement our agile_teams Twitter microblog (agileteams was already taken, by someone who appears to be inactive), tonight I discovered and joined identi.ca as agileteams. (I’ve also joined their agile group) Now seeking interesting people to follow! (followers welcome, of course )
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getting AHEAD
In conjunction with our colleague Elizabeth, Aldo, Qingfeng, and I have recently completed several new papers on the AHEAD method which emerged from a recent software technology evaluation project. AHEAD stands for Attribute Hierarchy-based Evaluation of Architectural Designs; the method blends the SEI’s Attribute-Driven Design (ADD) with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to deliver a […]
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growth
This blog has been quiet for a while, partly due to a shift in employer focus away from coaching agile, TSP, and CMMI, and towards research in requirements engineering, technology evaluation, and software architecture. I’m delighted to be reviving this blog now with the addition of new topics (including QFD, ADD, AHP, PrIME) and an […]
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tools: Chandler vs. Backpack
I’ve started testing out BackPack and its collaborative WriteBoards, and finding a few awkwardnesses … will eventually be writing up a ‘review’ with my results. I am also going to compare it to Chandler before I make a paid-upgrade decision or invest substantial data-time in BackPack. At first glance, Chandler’s pluses are that (1) it’s […]
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news on software and medical privacy
anyone interested in privacy and medical records management should see this recent post by Annie Anton of ThePrivacyPlace on the weaknesses of Microsoft’s HealthVault.
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tool: Writeboard
I definitely want to try using a Writeboard for the very next technical paper I co-author with someone I can’t pair-write with in person! and I’ll be experimenting to see how it works with their BackPack companion product.
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Virtual workshops
Recently found a really interesting experience report on running a globally distributed workshop online, in this Open The Future post by Jamais Cascio.
Not only has it revived my interest in working remotely more on my current projects, this article reminded me that I’m overdue to revisit the research work being done in distributed pairing and […]
