A repost of my son’s blog – July 2009 http://blog.intentdriven.com/2009/07/characteristics-of-quality-software.html As a software engineer, project proposals are available in spades. Learning how to evaluate business needs and technical needs is a basic job prerequisite (Parkinson, 2000). Parkinson explains that there is a significant difference between a technical requirement and a business requirement. An example of [...]
Archive for February 2012
Business Driven Software Development
February 12, 2012Characteristics of quality software
February 12, 2012A repost of my son’s blog – July 2009 http://blog.intentdriven.com/2009/07/characteristics-of-quality-software.html Software Quality Software Quality is a concept has been discussed and defined in a number of excellent books and articles. Granular-Level specific characteristics are numerous, and the weight placed on one aspect may differ from company to company, or even from project to project. However, [...]
Did they actually say that?
February 10, 2012On occassion we should all read these quotes and realize that humor is rampant! “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” ~Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” ~Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 “I have traveled the [...]
Penny Rounding Problem
February 10, 2012A computer rounding problem that I like to call “The Penny Rounding Problem” has been around for many, many years. At least two movies have been made with this problem a core element: The Office, and Superman III. The basic problem is that a column of numbers should add up to the total at the [...]
Artificial Intelligence vs Algorithms
February 9, 2012I first considered aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) in the 1980s while working for General Dynamics as an Avionics Systems Engineer on the F-16. Over the following 3 decades, I continued to follow the concept until I made a realization – AI is just an algorithm. Certainly the goals of AI will one day be [...]
Making of a Fly
February 6, 2012While watching a TED video about algorithms, mention was made of an unrealistic price on Amazon. Apparently two retailers had an out-of-control computer feedback loop. One company, with lots of good customer points, is in the habit of selling products a little higher than the competition. Anyone’s guess why, but facts are facts – they routinely [...]
