The higher a bad leader climbs, the more people below see exactly what kind of ass they truly are. – Ancient office proverb Leadership is one of those topics everyone claims to understand, yet very few actually demonstrate. What’s fascinating, and occasionally exhausting, is how often people assume that a bigger title automatically means deeper […]
Read MoreI know that you believe that you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant – Anonymous The biggest challenge with requirements is finding the right balance between academic purity, practical usability, appropriate granularity, and of course, timing. In other words: […]
Read MoreSoftware segregation is one of those architectural concepts everyone claims to understand until you ask them to actually do it. In theory it’s simple, prevent a failure in one part of the system from dragging the rest of the system into the abyss. In practice, many teams treat segregation like a decorative sticker they slap […]
Read MoreYou’ve got the confidence of a lion and the audacity of a squirrel… but you can’t own this. – Anonymous This question keeps coming up, so let’s settle it. The Software Requirements Specification defines the WHAT; the behaviors, constraints, and obligations the software must satisfy. It’s the launch point for every downstream activity: algorithms, architecture, […]
Read MoreTo the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the Systems Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. – Anonymous I’ve spent a couple decades watching systems engineering mutate across industries like some kind of evolutionary experiment nobody asked for. So here’s […]
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