We have mislabeled our effort Whether waterfall or agile or anything in between, the past forty years have demonstrated that software development demands a different perspective than preceding human endeavors. I am loathe to call software development “production” or “assembly” or any of the other words conventionally used to describe 19th-century production. Our failure to […]
Category: AAHYWEH
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Z80: The chip used in Pac Man. The only CPU, therefore, to demonstrably improve culture, society, and civilization. Zs: Common and anticipated executive response after technical presentations. (see MEGO) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Y2K: Year 2000, a reference to a anticipated doomsday when computer applications incapable of distinguishing centuries in dates would trigger the collapse of all civilization and the end of all life on earth. Petty optimism by pessimistic engineers. A money-making scam whereby enterprising developers convinced frightened managers to invest millions to fix problems that never […]
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Xbox: The only computer that belongs in the home. XML: Making the lowest common denominator so complex it takes committees years to decide that they can’t agree. XP: (Operating System) The last Microsoft Operating System to deliver on the hype; terminated for support to force satisfied Microsoft customers into expensive and far less-satisfying platforms. XP: (Methodology) eXxtreme Programming. A […]
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Waterfall: A cascading section of a river where the river-bed drops precipitously in a very short horizontal distance; sometimes forming rapids before and a cloud of mist immediately following. Often generates tourism and electricity. A project management methodology abandoned in the recent past because enough scholarly work was generated for laity to mistake familiarity for […]