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I had an interesting conversation with a senior director on this subject and captured his thoughts on this
https://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/technical-debt-and-the-cultural-gap/%5B/url%5D
November 24, 2015 at 1:47 am
I know of a case where support for a system was outsourced. Ran fine for years...until it didn't.
All of a sudden it became apparent that the outsource resource no-longer...
November 23, 2015 at 3:13 pm
If you are talking about early adoption of the latest version of SQL Server then having a comprehensive set of functional and non-functional tests will mitigate those risks.
If you are...
November 23, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Problem is with companies like mine, that's good for the team and not good for the business. Needs to be both to succeed in their eyes.
Yes but if you start...
November 22, 2015 at 8:42 am
I'm finding that as an early adopter that there are an awful lot of people who claim they are doing something but when they are scrutinised its all smoke and...
November 22, 2015 at 7:16 am
Someone has to be the early adopter. Today's so what was yesterday's OMG.
Business is about calculated risks and a bit of a gamble. Low cost experimentation has to...
November 20, 2015 at 9:04 am
If you want to save serious money in a large organisation forget the the technology. Look to the various business processes and strange behaviours that are accepted as the...
November 20, 2015 at 8:59 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/19/2015)
Good note, but I wouldn't disparage someone as an actor meaning they have no knowledge. A certain former guitar player from Queen is a PhD...
November 19, 2015 at 11:05 am
Ian Scarlett (11/16/2015)
November 17, 2015 at 2:19 pm
I still haven't seen anything that says the other manufacturers aren't doing it. If anything VW are cleaner than the average.
I can imagine a senior manager insisting that system...
November 16, 2015 at 6:35 am
Jeff Moden (11/10/2015)
It does, indeed. It sounds like it could become a full time job just keeping such tests up to date almost as if it were an application...
November 11, 2015 at 5:23 pm
I've done a fair bit of software archaeology and what I have found is that quick fixes are built upon quick fixes. This isn't to imply that this is...
November 10, 2015 at 12:23 pm
As much of the stuff I use is in the Linux world the command line features heavily in !y day to day role. To be honest it did before...
November 9, 2015 at 3:18 pm
The problem with vehicles is the long fix cycle which in some cases is infinite i.e. won't ever be fixed.
We've seen the size of the problem that Volkswagen are facing...
November 2, 2015 at 1:25 am
The problem is always convincing the decision makers to make the correct choice:-
Thing that you...
November 2, 2015 at 1:19 am
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