Silicon Valley Project Management

Too Much Reverence

As I mentioned in an earlier entry, I recently started managing a QA team that tested multiple products. I was […]

Recently my manager asked me if I wanted to attend a software conference in Orlando. Although it was all very

A while ago I was asked to take the position of QA manager of a product line that had run

By Sam Hahn / June 7, 2008

Probably everyone accepts that a business rarely has the same priorities during an extended period when performance objectives apply, whether

By Sam Hahn / June 5, 2008

There’s been an oft-repeated observation that there’s a high incidence of classically trained musicians in the software industry. I’ve seen

By Josh / June 5, 2008

Dave Garrett recently wrote on the concepts expressed by Aaron Shanhar in his book, Reinventing Project Management. The gist is

By Sam Hahn / June 3, 2008

40 years ago this December, something extraordinary was offered to us. It became known as the “mother of all demos”

By Steve Mezak / May 30, 2008

The most important piece of your software requirements is describing how you want your software to behave when your customers

By Steve Mezak / May 29, 2008

Selecting the right kind of engagement model with your offshore programmers (or the company where they work) is the best

By Steve Mezak / May 28, 2008

Offshoring of software development is written off by some as not workable. Many have shared offshoring nightmares and horror stories

By Steve Mezak / May 27, 2008

The programming press and IT journals are full of stories about the failure of software outsourcing. The statistics are sobering.