Software Design Archive

  • What’s Wrong with Requirements

    What’s Wrong with Requirements

    I have, after several months of leading developers, come to a realization:  requirements are not enough. How many of you have heard a developer say this at one point or another: “Why on earth would they want it to do that?” Modern requirements gathering has become...

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  • PMS Relief:  The Newest in Web 2.0 Languages!

    PMS Relief: The Newest in Web 2.0 Languages!

    For those of you trapped in the chaos of the dozens of ‘new’ web languages for development coming out of the Web 2.0 movement (and those of you frustrated because you know that most of these development languages have been around for years), here’s the...

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  • The Art of Hiring Programmers

    The Art of Hiring Programmers

    I’ve lately been challenged with the task of growing my development staff (if you’re a perl developer, know OOP and are interested in the Nashville area, by the way, contact me).  As I do this, I find myself challenged with the age-old task:  how do you...

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