Any business / any organization has its key business processes that create the products or services that make that business / organization “be”. Without these products / services the organization would not exist. The more these products / services address “must have” requirements of its customers with the agility to continuously evolve them to address customer needs and wants, the more successful that organization is.
It used to be said “It’s not a matter of if you will be hacked. It’s when.” But, now it has progressed to “What?”
In other words it was not a question of whether or not you would be hacked, it was given you would be. The real question was just when was it going to happen. But, now that question is no longer operative. The information security community is generally conceding that you have been hacked whether you know it or not. Continue reading
Namcook Analytics LLC provides estimating, benchmark, and assessment services for corporate and government clients. The benchmark data is collected using a unique and proprietary method developed by Capers Jones to eliminate “leakage.” Most civilian software projects do not collect complete data. The most common omissions are unpaid overtime, project management, and the work of specialists such as technical writers and quality assurance. Continue reading
It all – or almost all – started with the telegraph: SOS, an alleged acronym for Save Our Souls.
Why not our bodies, first? It can be argued.
Then came the Radio and the – obviously unfortunate – “MayDay” screams. Continue reading
I’ve been doing offshore business for all my work-life.
I don’t intend to bore you with my curriculum vitae. And I don’t intend to lead any of you into numerical analyses such as budget, investments, ROI, and so on. Continue reading