[GR-Jug] Firing Your Project Sponsor and other goodies

Wed Feb 25 11:30:19 EST 2004

Especially the first two articles should be of interest to most of you.

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                  Computerworld Application/Web Development
                      February 25, 2004
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In this issue:

Articles:

* Firing Your Project Sponsor
* Iterative Vs. Waterfall Software Development:
  Why Don't Companies Get It?
* IAnywhere Goes Live With Free Developer Software
* Web Retailers Go Open-source
* Development Highlights From Around The Web
* Yahoo Rolls Out New Search In Split With Google
* Military Automates Security Reviews Of Its Web Sites
* Brief: IntelliJ 4.0 Debuts

Letter to the editor:

* CMM Doesn't Measure Programming Talent

Other resources:

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Firing Your Project Sponsor

Few things can bring a project to ruin faster than a bad executive
sponsor. Here are some tips for project managers on how to get a
dysfunctional sponsor out of the way.

http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,90317,00.html?nlid=APP

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Iterative Vs. Waterfall Software Development: Why Don't Companies Get It?

Columnist Bill Walton explores a fundamental misunderstanding of software
development that may be costing your company money.

http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,90325,00.html?nlid=APP

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IAnywhere Goes Live With Free Developer Software

M-Business Anywhere Developer Edition simplifies the development of
database-powered mobile Web applications.

http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,90284,00.html?nlid=APP

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Web Retailers Go Open-source

Fry Inc., an online retail development firm, is offering to eliminate
licensing costs for customers by running on open-source software.

http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,90366,00.html?nlid=APP

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Development Highlights From Around The Web

-- Command Line Tools for Windows Server 2003, Overview
-- Using WebRequest and WebResponse in .NET
-- GZIPping with Java
-- Printer friendly pages using CSS
-- Exception Handling in Web Services
-- Custom Datatyping for XML and XML Schemas

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Yahoo Rolls Out New Search In Split With Google

New search technology will include customization and personalization
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http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,90274,00.html?nlid=APP

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Military Automates Security Reviews Of Its Web Sites

The U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy have deployed Coast's software in an
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Brief: IntelliJ 4.0 Debuts

JetBrains Inc. announced Version 4.0 of its
IntelliJ IDEA Java integrated development environment.

http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,90294,00.html?nlid=APP

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CMM Doesn't Measure Programming Talent

Letter: It establishes predictability, not productivity.

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