Nowadays, System Engineers are placed in the centre of two antagonist flows: microelectronic systems are increasingly complex whilst the time budget for development is constantly shrinking. Even if ...

Last week, I wrote several blog entries that discussed old and obsolete ideas contained in the popular and successful Reuse Methodology Manual (the RMM), which ushered in the SOC era back in 1997. I ...

The formal documentation for the phases of the system development life cycle. It defines the precise objectives for each phase and the results required from a phase before the next one can begin. It ...

In today’s IT alphabet soup, why would something as ordinary sounding as “customer experience” become a hot topic? Haven’t “customers” always experienced using computer systems? So what’s different?

There are many software development methodology approaches that have been proposed for developing web application projects. Each methodology has different approaches and implemented for different ...

A quality software development methodology lends consistent structure and strategy to your projects. By standardizing the steps required to bring a great idea to market, your team can edge ahead of ...

Touted as the world's biggest agile software project, the £2.4bn Universal Credit programme was supposed to showcase how the software methodology could be used on a grand scale. But two years after ...

The command-and-control hierarchical organization of large companies is rapidly giving way to a more biological metaphor, one in which a corporate nervous system senses important signals from the ...

Can't decide between heavyweight and lightweight development methodologies? A lot depends on the size of your team, your project, and the client's needs. These tips can help you make the right choice.