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On a LimbThe risk of poor quality software with Professor Herb KrasnerSend us a textIn our inaugural episode, we welcome Professor Herb Krasner, Founder and former Chairman of the Software Quality Institute at the University of Texas. Together, we delve into the concept of technical debt and the significant risks that poor-quality software presents to the global business landscape. We explore the critical need to proactively address technical debt to prevent costly operational and reputational issues. Professor Krasner shares his insights on potential solutions that can help businesses avoid a crisis, offering valuable expertise on navigating this complex challenge. Don’t mi...2024-07-1628 min
Bridging Business & ITS3 Ep3: 2022 PMI Global Summit Presentation - The Biggest Constraint in IT Projects is the Human BrainIn December, 2022 the Project Management Institute held their Global Summit Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada . Of the more than 250 talks and break out sessions, about 10% were featured live. These were selected to showcase the most important issues in project management. As fate would have it, Dave was asked to give one of those live talks.It's widely known that IT projects fail at an alarming rate. What's not widely known is that the cause of 75% of those failures is our inability to communicate. What's even less well known is that the cause of that inability is the...2023-02-011h 05
Embedded InsidersHow Much Are You Willing to Pay for Bad Software?Send us a textWith time to market pressures constantly increasing, technology organizations are moving away from traditional waterfall development workflows and towards Agile/DevOps software development practices. Originally introduced in enterprise, IT, and data center contexts, these methodologies have made their way into embedded engineering organizations, but at the potential expense of software quality. Can embedded tech companies, especially safety- and security-critical ones, afford to sacrifice quality for speed? Brandon and Rich debate.Later, the Insiders are joined by Yannick Moy of AdaCore to discuss how the MISRA C coding standard, which was originally...2021-02-2629 min