Earlier issues of the month

• August, 2004 -- Are software upgrades uncontrollable? -- comments on some recent very costly and highly visible fiascos.
• May, 2004 -- What Ever Happened to the Work Week? -- Why is everyone working 60-hour weeks?
• April, 2004 -- Are Organizations Losing Interest in Process improvement? -- If so, why and what can we do about it?
• March, 2004 -- PowerPoint: the 21st Century Kleenex -- Naive media are confusing the public and aiding a vendor who needs no help.
• February, 2004 -- Straight Talk on Unit Testing -- Clearing up some silly claims and bizarre misconceptions.
• November, 2003 -- What Ever Happened to Systems Analysts? Who should gather, document, and organize the requirements for a new application system? What do systems analysts do? Where do they come from? Have modern methodologies eliminated a need for them?
• October, 2003 -- Requirements Shortcuts for Packaged Application Software Product System Solutions -- Responding to readers' feedback and questions on the requirements series we began in May.
• September, 2003 -- Objects before Strings -- Preocupation with character strings can distract from object-oriented design. (Second of the three-part series on C-string handling triggered by Koenig & Moo's article)
• August, 2003 -- Coping with C's character strings A long-standing programming problem that keeps reappearing. Is it fair to blame the language for bugs in software products? (First of a three-part series.)
• July, 2003 -- Avoiding false system outputs -- Clearing up a common misunderstanding.
• May, 2003 -- Requirements are not Discrete -- nor are they Non-Functional -- The requirements crisis keeps getting worse.
• Earlier months .

The Lighter Side

• The crossword puzzles are back!
• More wisdom from our vendors.

Last modified 19 September 2004