Thursday, July 26, 2012

Project Failure Guaranteed

by Paul Sheirich

Projects fail for many different reasons, but there are two key stages that can virtually guarantee a project failure if you do not get them right:
  • Requirements
  • Testing
The easiest way to guarantee a project’s failure is to get your requirements wrong. 

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Google – A Leader in New Technologies

Paul Sheirich
By Paul Sheirich

Before too long, if you DON’T wear glasses, you’re simply going to be a two eyed odd ball.

You may have read about it already, but Google is working on a pair of glasses that provide you with a heads-up display, with internet connections that display information important to you such as weather, appointments, or tasks you may have.  Phone connections, tweet, text, or perhaps IM whomever you want to all through being aware of your heads-up display, and commanding your connections by voice. 

The types of interactions you could have start to get mind boggling.

Monday, April 11, 2011

SharePoint® in the "Cloud"

Weighing the costs and benefits of using the cloud version of SharePoint®

by Rich Goddu
 
Most of us rely on a personal computer every day with its “folders” and email access. However, this electronic version of our physical disorganization usually results in more confusion than it eliminates. Someone supposedly on a “distribution list” did not get copied on a meeting invite or a critical slide presentation is running around in at least ten different versions and that’s just for starters. How many times has “the latest list” been circulated in an email via PDF or even Microsoft Word format all at the same time? Microsoft’s SharePoint® can come to the rescue because it is an excellent platform for open team collaboration, document control, workflow, team meetings, and event attendees. It is also fully integrated with existing Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.

SharePoint® from Microsoft is an ideal platform for “cloud computing”. It is not a web application like email or blogging but it has many “out of the box” features that make it an excellent candidate for sharing information across multiple physical locations. Today that usually involves a barrage of emails and attachments with no version control.

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