Developer’s Itch

The programmer in me is trying to surface again. It is so strong that I even find myself wanting to program while working on a project plan. In fact, I have been lately finding myself emerged in readings tackling Struts 2, Java Server Faces, iBatis, and Maven 2. Somehow, i want to [...]

Estimation Technique: Wideband Delphi

Software effort and size estimation is the most critical part of the software development activities — at least for me. This is one of the biggest factor that will determine the success or failure of your project. A “real” successful project will mean project delivery on schedule, product is of just enough quality, [...]

Power of the Mind: Requirements Gathering

The power of the mind has proven itself again! This time in the domain of requirements gathering for software development. A am talking about mind mapping. If you remember, I discussed this concept/tool a few posts back. If you don’t know about it, now is the right time to dive into [...]

What Are Project Managers? #1

Project Managers are like Superman
Project Managers are the only single-point of contact in a project (or it should be that way). He/she is the middleman for everyone; for the clients, the senior management, the development team, the contractors, and every stakeholders that is involved in the project. That is why if anything [...]

Black Hawk Down

Now that my U.S. project is officially closed (good work team!), my late night and early morning will be work-infestation free! hurray!!! Maybe now I can reduce the eye bag layers that have accumulated because of this project. My other project, a local one, has also entered the final phase. I just [...]

Mind Mapping

Have you ever experienced trying to organize your thought but always end up in the same state if not in a more chaotic mind set?  Have you ever tried following a trail of thought and end up in a dead end or have completely lost the trail?  I have just the right tool for you!
I [...]

Project Tracking and Oversight System (Protoss)

I'm thinking of starting a pet project that I can (probably) use in my job and I shall name it PROTOSS short for Project Tracking and Oversight System!  This is one very huge project!  Estimated time of completion? 5 years!  Wish me all the luck!

Wiki Wiki World II

A few posts back, I wrote about using wikis as an alternative to Document Management Systems and I said I'll try using it myself on a project.  I did.  And it worked wonderfully!
Right now, I am using an intranet wiki on a 3-month long project that I recently acquired.  And since our company doesn't have [...]

It’s a Wiki Wiki World

I am a constant user of the Wikipedia. In fact, whenever I have an itching to know about something, I usually consult it to get an idea first before plunging in to the more complex and in-depth information. Most of the times, the Wikipedia will already suffice and I just need to check on [...]