What's in the May/June 2014 Issue of Better Software Magazine?
Published bi-monthly in digital format, Better Software magazine provides thought-provoking articles that offer innovative perspectives impacting software development, testing, and IT professionals.
So, what is in the latest issue? The May/June 2014 cover article, “Avoiding the Prioritization Trap” by Brandon Carlson, attacks the thorny project prioritization issues we all face. In a world where we all have way too much to do, Brandon presents insightful ways to prioritize the workload in order to successfully complete the most important stuff first.
In his article “Is Software Configuration Management Technology Regressing?” Joe Farah takes a probing look into the current state of software configuration management. Inspired by the trend toward big data and cloud services, Wayne Yaddow’s “Attacking Quality Issues in Data Warehousing” explores ways to ensure quality in data warehouses, which are vital to the evolving needs of the Internet of Things—or, more appropriately, the Internet of Everything.
Pete Morano’s and Matt Stratton’s feature, “Developing Custom Apps for the Cloud,” discusses how cloud app development has its own deployment nuances that are different from traditional delivery approaches.
In this issue’s The Last Word, Kenton Bohn and Ryan McClish present a fascinating point/counterpoint perspective regarding the divide between management and the team leader with “Why Am I Always Getting Bad News at the Eleventh Hour?”
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