Software Development

Know Your Role and Stick to it…

By Steve Quarles on September 23, 2014 in Software Development

I’m very anxious to continue to follow a Study being conducted by San Francisco State University. They are conducting a study on what makes a successful software development effort. The premise of the study builds on my fundamental belief that technology projects fail because of people and more specifically teams. I personally believe there are […]

Why Building Software is Just Like Building a House

By Steve Quarles on September 12, 2014 in Software Development

If you have ever built a house you know that its not an easy process, and fixing up a house can be even more painful. There was a classic 80’s movie called the Money Pit. Tom Hanks was the owner of an old “fixer upper” and the whole movie focused on him going broke on […]