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How to Say No to Project Scope Creep Scope creep hasn’t been getting as much attention as in past years, perhaps due to more mature development processes, such as agile methods. Inevitably, though, some customers will want just one more thing and just one more other thing. So, the ability to say no will always be in style. |
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Amazon Embarking on a Developer Hiring Spree In an effort to go toe-to-toe with the competition, Amazon is boosting its development staff and could potentially build a software center in Detroit. |
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Agile: Not Just for IT Anymore—Or Is It? Should agile expand to other areas of business functions, such as marketing, human resources, public relations, finance, etc.? Joe Townsend believes the answer is "yes," "no," and "it depends." |
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VMware Acquires Nicira: Is Virtual Networking Mainstream? Virtual networking as a concept is so new that there isn’t even agreement about what it should be called or how it should define itself. Is it software-defined networking or network virtualization? What will this acquisition mean to the networking industry? |
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Digital Technology: Burden or Benefit? If the teens who attended the recent Apple Developers Conference are any indication, there’s a lot of development being done by teens. But, even as young people join the ranks of app developers, there’s growing concern about the dependence of kids—and adults—on technology. |
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Scientists Create Software Simulation of a Living Organism Scientists at Stanford University and the J. Craig Venter Institute have created the first-ever software-based simulation of a living organism. |
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Microsoft's $7 Billion Windows Upgrade Boo-Boo Talk about a costly testing “oops.” Microsoft is facing a potential fine of up to 10 percent of its revenue, or about $7 billion, over its failing to verify that one of its Windows upgrades didn’t meet the terms of an antitrust settlement with the European Union. |
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Working on Writing Better Technical professionals write code, test plans, requirements documents, and documentation. They write blogs. They write countless email messages. They certainly tweet a lot. But quantity doesn’t equate to quality. |
