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The Greatest Impediment to Communication is the Illusion that it’s Actually Happening
By billpennock at 20 December, 2011, 12:00 am
The business of Application Design mainly depends on great communication. What great communication means to us though, after many years of doing this with dozens or hundreds of people, is to pay attention to the above statement. Remember the kid’s game where you line them up and whisper something in the ear of the first kid, then have them whisper it to the next and the next and then write down what the phrase was the last kid heard? Invariably it bears little resemblance to the phrase from the beginning. Well if you’ve ever tried it with adults, it doesn’t usually work much better. I don’t know what it is that makes this so hard, a psychologist or philosopher might have an idea, but I’m not sure it really matters. The fact that it happens is the fact that needs attention.
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Is a Custom Application Development Project Appropriate for My Business?
By billpennock at 18 October, 2011, 12:00 am
Custom Application Development is not for every business. In many cases there are standard programs (off-the-shelf) that can perform all the tasks you need sufficiently. Also programs like Microsoft Business Systems Accounting and Quickbooks and many others can and should handle standard accounting tasks. These programs are good at what they do because Accounting is a very standardized process and is unlikely to be your competitive edge.
Read More >>How to Assure that the Program You Want Built Meets Your Expectations
By billpennock at 15 October, 2011, 12:00 am
How to assure that the program you want to have built will cost more than you expect, be less than you wanted, and take much longer than you wanted to finish?
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