There was a time in the past (and still today at some companies) that software developers and users suffered from shiny object syndrome. Big ideas got tossed around and started, but projects didn't get finished, or they looked dramatically different than the original idea. Often those projects started with too many requirements or a lack [...]
In the IT world, there are many projects that are too large and complex to be successfully managed in one piece with a defined single point of completion. Once the industry realized this in the early 2000s, the process of agile development was born. Agile development is about ongoing delivery and continual improvement of software, [...]
Long before agile software development started to mature, LSG leader Alan Sheppard recognized that there were significant challenges in the way things were done. Organizations struggled to create and manage a product when trying to balance the software developers' approach, the business expectations, and the conservative risk managers' requirements. Too many people couldn't see eye [...]
We previously explained that a realistic budget based on a realistic understanding of the product is the best recipe for a realistic estimate. However, budget is not the only consideration. You also have to consider the time that it will take to complete a project and how your request for proposal can influence time. Some [...]
Estimating is one of the most difficult parts of our job. There's natural tendency to treat estimates like promises. And in the software business, there are many reasons why a project might end up more expensive than estimated. Here are a few things for customers to keep in mind when approaching a major software project. [...]