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21 June 2008
Estimating Like Pro
On Wednesday, June 18th, I had the honor of presenting our approach to software estimation at the Central Virginia Chapter of the Project Management Institute. Hard-won over the past 10 years, it helps unite both plan driven and agile approaches for estimating software development projects. Owing to serendipity (and 10 years of preparation), overall the […]
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19 May 2008
The Triple Constraint
In interviewing potential Project Management candidates for our clients’ initiatives as well as our own, there are a number of key touchstone questions that we use to assess the experience and capability of potential new hires. Generally speaking the one question that can lead to an organic set of follow up questions that provide a […]
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19 May 2008
Hiring Agile Coaches
About us
ALTERthought is a strategic technology consulting company and concept development lab. We specialize in business process re/engineering, technology strategy, and solving the complex design, development, and project management challenges of innovative distributed systems.
Job Description
ALTERthought has a ground-floor opportunity for an Agile Coach/PM to work with technology and business leaders in order to advance ALTERthought’s […]
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19 May 2008
Hiring Groovy/Grails Developers
Job Description
ALTERthought is seeking energetic and talented associates driven to deliver solutions for a variety of client distributed systems and web applications, including Web 2.0 initiatives. This position requires someone to bring resourcefulness, experience and a passion for online technology solutions for start-up, emerging mid-market, and established Fortune 500 clientele. As a member of the […]
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1 August 2007
Grails Vs. Rails - the Thrilla in Manila: A Study on Platform Productivity
“Down goes Frazier (Ruby on Rails), down goes Frazier …” If the numbers we are tracking regarding an ongoing Enterprise Groovy/Grails initiative continue to pan out; as a business person, I will have a clear statement in the Rails/Grails debate: “I want all Grails, and I want it all the time.”
Our client is a Fortune […]
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24 July 2007
ALTERthought is sponsoring BarCampRDU
Our team will be one of the sponsors for the 2007 edition of BarCamp in Raleigh-Durham to be held on August 4, 2007 at RedHat’s Raleigh campus. We were attendees last year and found the sessions to be invigorating and exciting - demonstrating the emerging vitality of the RDU area for emerging technology and business […]
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19 July 2007
Ruby on Rails the Revolution?
I just jumped into the wayback machine and was inspired to think about technology adoption using a framework for the stages of political revolution - first shown to me by my high school History teacher and the school’s soccer coach, Larry Bosc. So, in addition to the way Geoffrey Moore canonized the technology maturation […]
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5 July 2007
Go-Railers in the Midst …
Dian Fossey would be proud. The comments and feedback I’ve received regarding my last post ranged from the contemplative: “excellent (though painful to read)…” to the vitriolic: “retarted.” Suffice it to say, I was impressed with the throng of Railers defending their (our) beloved framework (and more importantly “movement”) like Sigourney Weaver defending African Mountain […]
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2 July 2007
Blasphemy: The Case Against Ruby on Rails
In our last post I fawned over Ruby on Rails (RoR) like a schoolboy smitten by the new girl (let’s call her Ruby) at school. So, like the schoolboy’s heart wrenching realization that he mistook Ruby’s “hello, world” smile for a tender “will - you - be - my - boyfriend” countenance, I present a […]
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27 June 2007
Ruby on Rails as a Platform of Choice? The Case for Rails.
I’ll preface this post, by stating there are people infinitely more qualified in our company to discuss the technical merits of Ruby on Rails (RoR) as a framework choice. I write this post from the various perspectives of the “president,” “idea guy,” the sometimes “project manager,” and the “unresponsive stakeholder.”
There is much hullabaloo about RoR […]
