06016 More Performance Anxiety: More About Performance

The previous article on Improving Product Performance must have hit home, because I received more responses to it than any other issue. This reinforces my belief that product performance is an area where there is very little guidance out there. Not only do developers struggle with performance and scalability, often flying blind, but it spills over ...

06015 Performance Anxiety: Improving Product Performance

One aspect of a software product which every company that develops software struggles with, all with very little outside guidance and standards for support, is product performance. A user's impression of how fast your product moves from screen to screen, how quickly it calls up lists of records, how seamlessly it performs tasks when you ...

05019 The Host With the Most: Hosting Software

Many companies today want to package their software product as an Application Service Provider (ASP), or hosted, offering. Hosting your software brings a number of advantages to your business. But hosting software is not for the faint of heart. Read on to understand the dynamics, the limitations, and the considerations involved in successfully hosting software. Continue Reading...

05017 Working the Plan Using a Plan That Works

Software development organizations struggle mightily with planning their development efforts and sticking to the plan. Some Development departments fail to plan at all, other than following constantly changing, seat-of-the-pants estimates, much to the chagrin of the rest of the company that depends upon their output. Others have solid plans that they can follow and use ...