Posts Tagged ‘IT industry’

  

Are You Silver Bullet Proof?

I recently attended a presentation titled “Are You Silver Bullet Proof?” at the ICE Technology Conference by Sharon Stanbury and Joni Mines of the City of Edmonton. As non-I.T. people, they revealed an interesting perspective on how enterprise I.T. departments and the business should work together. They started by introducing two myths concerning I.T.:

Myth […]

What is ITIL Service Management?

I recently attended a three day course on ITIL Service Management and wanted to share what I learned and what my impressions of ITIL were.
ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library - is a library of books that defines a framework of processes for IT and provides guidance regarding their implementation. ITIL was created by the […]

Producing Good Software is Hard

This is a public service announcement to all project managers, business analysts, others working in the I.T. industry, and the general public: producing good software is hard. The next time you wonder why the software you are using crashed, or why your software development project is behind schedule, or why your software doesn’t meet the […]

My Vision for IT

I’ve recently updated my vision for this website, which I’ll restate here:

Help software developers learn and grow as professionals.
Increase the level of professionalism in the IT industry.
Make the IT industry a more enjoyable and rewarding field to work in.

Why did I create a vision statement for my website? When I started my website I created […]