Archive for April, 2007

So you’re going with an out-of-the-box solution?

I’ve been thinking for a while about writing on how best to go about selecting a vendor for an out-of-the-box, or at least partial vendor solution. Sometimes it just makes better sense to go with a tried and true vendor package that performs specialized functionality that your shop doesn’t have the time or expertise to [...]

Design for Use and Reuse

One way IT factories can really hurt themselves and their companies is by underemphasizing, or not considering at all the notion that systems and components should be designed with “reuse” in mind.

What is reuse, or the Reuse Model?

Mistakes Bloggers Make

I am relatively new to blogging, and can honestly say that that the precious little that I do know, I’ve learned from trial and error and from the experiences of other bloggers. David Paul Robinson has posted a very helpful compilation of mistakes that bloggers have made and seen fit to share.

Link Post for 2007-04-06

My links for 2007-04-06

A few “RAD” links..

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I’ve been doing a little research on Rapid Application Development (RAD) over the past few days as I may potentially need to employ it – or some modified form of it – on an upcoming project. Below are a couple of solid links describing what RAD is, and how it is best used.

Sharing the Love – 2007-04-01

Reuse, software methodology, use case driven development, methodology.org and more.