Articles and Opinions
Since 1992, we've been advising companies (of all sizes) about software management and design issues. As we've helped our clients complete project after project in this ever-changing world of computer hardware and software technology, we've also written about it. Here are some of those writings ... many of them taken from our growing library of professional on-demand publications (as referenced in each article).
Paradox® for Windows technical articles ...
Of course, one of our core technical competencies concerns Paradox for Windows and other related “fileserver-based” database technologies. Articles on this subject are here.
Leverage: fully exploiting Microsoft Office®, SAS®, SPSS® and other power-tools ...
Human beings, as a lot, are very creative. We “find a way to do it,” even if it's not the best or most-efficient. Although we have the use of the most-powerful business machine ever invented, we fail to scratch the surface of its potential. We work with large and complex data-sets “by hand.” But it doesn't have to be this way ... Articles on this subject are here.
Software Practices and Management ...
Software-building isn't quite like building-construction, but it's close. Even though a piece of software is only “ones-and-zeros on a hard drive,” it costs a comparable amount of time and money. So... why does your software keep crashing, but your office-building never falls down? (And why didn't they have to build it three times, asking you each time, “is this what you want?”) What are the hard-hat people doing so right, that the software industry is consistently doing so wrong? We've got a few good ideas on that subject, which you can read about here.
Tricks of the Trade ...
When data-processing people are faced with tasks that are big, complex, and mission-critical,
they turn repeatedly to a familiar “bag o’ tricks.”
Let's take a peek inside of that bag...