Rittman Mead - Delivered Intelligence

I have been working with my previous company for more than a dozen years - over that time the name on the sign over the office entrance has changed many times, and is indeed about to change yet again but a lot of the people have remained constant.
My role, too, has also changed a few […]

On a follow-up to my last post Beth wrote: It's been my experience that clients appreciate honest (yet tactful) discussions with the techies when making their decisions. She is absolutely right. I can remember at least two occasions where customers specifically asked to have me on a project because of my honesty.
The first time was […]

I had my monthly session with my business mentor today. Within my division mentors (or as some might say, coaches) are chosen to offer differing perspectives on the world. My first mentor was our former director of outsourcing; on his retirement I moved to guidance of the head of our financial services group. True, my […]

As an organisation, my employers firmly believe in working to standards; we are ISO certified, all of the technical staff in our outsourcing group have a minimum of ITIL foundation level certification. Lots of our guys also have vendor certifications in the products they use in their day-to-day working lives (OK, we also make sure […]

Eddie Awad asks: How come no one has mentioned "testing"?! A very important part of developing an application (any application) is to test it again and again until the tests produce the desired results.
Of course Eddie is right, but sadly, like good design, adequate testing often takes a backseat role to getting the job done. […]