Technology
3D Printers Will Reshape the World
3D printers are able to turn a three-dimensional, digital model into a real object without much hassle. The impact of this innovation will reshape the global supply chains. Read…
Roman Mildner
Technology
Social Media and the Consensus Trap
Social networks have been hyped for some time now as the Next Big Thing in the IT industry. While some of their advantages are obvious, it is important to consider that their not-so-obvious side effects might have far-reaching, questionable consequences. Read…
Crunch Time
One Minute That Saves Your Career
Does this sound familiar: you are just pondering over your half-finished e-mail which you may actually never want to send out and suddenly … OOPS! Wrong button! You have just sent it out. Accidentally sent. Oh no, what have I done! Read…
Management
Standards May Be Lethal to Your Projects
Standards may be helpful to system developing organizations, but often they turn out to be part of the problem, or even become the actual problem. Read…
Technology
Game Changers and Megatrends
The globalized world generates global trends. Groundbreaking inventions, discoveries, and personalities are drivers of disruptive change. Some of these are transformational: they are about to change entire industries. Read…
Management
Processes Stink!
Standards can be useful in software development. A “clean and well-defined” collection of Best Practices (only recently known as “good practices”) is potentially a useful idea. On the other hand, in the hands of an inexperienced person, powerful standards can lead to disastrous effects. Are they on the verge of extinction? Read…
Crunch Time
Project Coordinator, Project Leader or Project Manager?
“Project manager wanted for a challenging project” – the request sounds promising. Whoever accepts it may live to regret it, however. Read…
Management
Evolution – Not Revolution
How much process does a software project need? It turns out that may be the optimal degree of formalization is not a constant. The development process has to grow with his result. Read…