If only it weren't for the customers. Or the project manager. Or my own boss. Everyone finds fault with my beautiful embedded solution. One function is difficult to use, another is missing entirely, the input field should have a blue background, the...
Project Management
What project teams can learn from extreme sailors
What makes a team successful? Anyone with a healthy sense of their own limitations asks themselves this question. Analyzing a highly successful sailing team provides some interesting answers. I think you've all heard similar phrases: "We expect that...".
Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Of Victims and Perpetrators: Jobs and education, along with tax cuts, rank high on the list of our politicians' election promises. But I'm more inclined to believe in the combined efforts of Santa Claus, Father Christmas, and the Easter Bunny than in the fact that these promises will actually be followed by action...
Requirements management – Elementary decision-making process
You surely remember the crucial sentence in the article about requirements management: "Requirements management stands or falls with the decision-making process." This supports the handling of a requirement from its initial capture to the decision as to whether the requirement...
What makes a good project manager
Looking in the Mirror: What qualities and skills does the perfect leader possess? I explore this question in depth, examining the human side of project success. Who is a leader? In the Middle Ages, this question didn't arise, as the status of...
Trend Guides
We track down the latest industry trends for you, interview experts, and take a practical look at future-oriented technologies. The following trend guides are available for download as PDFs: Internet of Things (August 2016). Here, we have attempted to illustrate the scope of the topic...
Trend Guide „IoT – Internet of Things“
Read on! IoT - Internet of Things: Table of Contents Orientation in the maze of terms IoT: Breeding ground for new opportunities and risks Industry 4.0 revolutionizes value creation Infrastructures, products and services Security: Data theft in the cloud Data manipulation (Big Data)...