Aussie Analyst

Do you need the quickest, simplest version of understanding the literal difference between noSQL and SQL databases? Sorry, not so simple, but I’ll try. The following is extremely high level, challengeable but enough for the non-technical. Preamble Most software applications out there collect impressive volumes of timestamped, historical log data. It might be meaningless information, but necessary…

Projects in a software house can be internal and external. Documentation is typically required for both. But they tend to be isolated, and there is not a lot of cross-over, apart from some copy and paste of the generic templates, and pre-ambles that explain your project methodologies or glossary. This is especially the case of estimates. Let’s say you in the discovery stage of a potential future…

Don’t anchor your estimates, invite the wisdom of the crowds

Have you ever been in an estimation session where you talk through the proposed development at a high level, and then you all try to estimate it? When done correctly its fun, exciting and everyone takes an active interest in the success of an estimation. When done poorly, can have far reaching consequences for all the parties involved. One of the key faults which can occur during an estimation is…