For all the Lotus Notes groupies, every year when the big Lotusphere event comes around it seems like the whole world stops for the week, and everyone’s attention is aimed at learning about the next big announcement and reveal of the annual celebrity mystery guest that will set the tone of the Lotus Notes community for the upcoming year.
As we wrap up 2011, I figure I would take this opportunity to lighten the mood and come up with a top 10 list À La “David Letterman.” So the category is the top signs your project is doomed to fail. Here we go…
In our current global economy consumer products are dropping in price due to the maturity of organization’s that are schooled in the ability to leverage the best and cheapest resources around the world every point in the manufacturing process. In recent years we have seen remarkably low priced items seen with the launch of Tata’s Nano car retailed at $1900 and now Adidas’ recent announcement of launching a $1 running shoe aimed at India’s growing population.
There have been many major successful IPOs in 2011. From Groupon to Linkedin and Pandora, in a shaky economic climate these major internet players have proven that the Web still has much room for growth. One of the more interesting IPOs in 2011 that sheds light on what businesses and consumers seek to gain from each other is “Angie’s List.” Founded in 1995 (a dinosaur by internet standards), despite still being in the red, Angie’s IPO has increased its valuation by 25% pegging it at approximately $900 million. Not bad for a company that started in Ohio by Angie Hicks Read More
For many avid “social networkers” there is panic in the air! There is a story circulating the internet that claims Facebook will be charging its members a monthly fee. In a world of constant connectivity and the instant access to information rumors can go viral at the drop of a hat. Facebook and its powerful platform that has the capabilities to deliver real-time information to an immense user base of 800,000,000 members is an excellent example of the available vehicles to quickly disseminate damaging information. Although the rumor has been discounted by Facebook, the reality is today’s online platforms have Read More
It’s incredible how low the cost of memory has dropped! I recently purchased an 8GB mini SD card for my Blackberry for under $20, when considering I paid over $1000 for a PC back in 1999 with an 8GB hard drive. With today’s amazingly affordable access to cheap storage, organizations are increasingly drowning in the data they gather.
In today’s project environment capturing and storing project information is limitless. On the flip side, extracting and accessing relevant information quickly and efficiently has begun to pose a growing problem to stakeholders and project managers that are required to make informed decisions impacting Read More
Up until the early 20th century the world viewed the automobile as a luxury item built for the elite of society. Cars were complicated in their use and required a significant investment that the average person could not afford. Then in 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T Ford that did not only revolutionize the world’s perspective on personal transportation for the masses but also re-invented the manufacturing process still applied over 100 years later. Although we have seen improvements to his original process, with the development of lean manufacturing, JIT, Six Sigma, Kanban, and others, the core philosophy of Read More
Now that social media is really mainstream, there is a lot of discussion around its benefits (especially in the business world). Creating social networks through the likes of LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter can equally empower both small project work groups as well as multi-national corporations to become their own media outlet by sharing valuable information and ideas among their peers and customers. Instantaneously businesses can facilitate value-driven collaboration impacting the way they service their customers and the manner in which their employees can have their voice heard.
In theory social media tools are suppose to contribute to the overall growth of Read More
In the digital age where the average person has 130 friends on Facebook and are plugged into to numerous other social networks, we tend to forget that many of the connections and relationships that live in these social are networks are limited to their virtual origins. Most people can probably attribute only a couple dozen connections to real relationships that live outside this virtual reality. In fact, in a recent research study coming out of Oxford it has been said that the human brain cannot manage more than 150 people in their social network and no more than 50 of Read More
We often hear in software development circles how Agile development is taking hold of the industry. Created as a grassroots framework by developers for developers, the origins of Agile methodology began 10 years ago with a group of progressive software developers at a Utah ski lodge that established the Agile Manifesto aimed to establish a more inclusive, democratic and efficient system for running software development projects. As result, multiple Agile methodologies emerged including Crystal Clear, Scrum and Extreme Programming all designed to establish self-governing project teams that place equal accountability on all members that touch the project.
As this is Read More
