Is it possible for Non-Technical People Manage Software Projects? Yes. For it to be successful, there needs to be a separation of tasksYes. For it to be successful, there needs to be a separation of tasks and an understanding of the basics. Everything else is high level enough that the project manager can be successful enough without having any background in software development or software development projects. Is it easier for projects to be managed by technical project managers? Of course. Having a deep understanding of software development is extremely beneficial in a small team, but can be a
Author: Dino Cajic
Business Leaders vs Software Developers: it’s time for the fight of the century. And both sides will lose. I walk a fine line between both teams and both need improvement. When the software development team is left unmonitored, that’s when real issues start to arise. From the Business Side A ticket is submitted and it takes days, sometimes weeks, for someone to respond to it. What are the software developers even doing? You hear that they’re busy, but busy with what? All you see is that your work is not getting done. You give it a couple of months, but
My Hands Aren’t Short! PHP shorthand operators are amazing! There, I said it. The shorthand operator combines the expression on the right with the assignment operator. The variable that appears on the left-side of the assignment operator needs to appear on the right-hand-side as well in order for you to be able to use the shorthand notation. Let’s take a look at the following code: <?php $x = 1; $x = $x + 1; echo $x; ?> PHP assigns the integer value 1 to the variable $x. In the second statement, $x + 1 is evaluated. $x contains
If you’re working for a company where the PM is the boss, run. You’re not going to work in a more toxic environment than that. Cross if off your career list and never reflect back on it. The Project Manager should not be viewed as the boss in a software development team. Software Development teams are functional teams with each person serving a specific role. The project manager manages the project, which means that it’s their responsibility to keep the project on track. What else do Project Managers do? Developer Support They support developers when they need information from the
Why is QA important? This is a cautionary tale. Having no defined QA process is a disaster waiting to happen. It won’t just occur once, it will constantly keep occurring. The only thing that will change is the severity of the disaster. Sometimes you’ll have a mini-disaster and other times you’ll bring down the entire production environment. Enough of the gloomy intro, let’s look at the tale from the IT crypt that I’ve actually been a part of. I’ve worked for a company that had no QA process whatsoever. It was left up to the developer to decide how much
You have your million dollar idea. You just need someone to build it. Partnering up with a software development agency seems simple enough. Finding the right software development company is a different story altogether. Research It starts with a Google search. Narrow your search to 10 development agencies. Look at their reviews and make sure that nothing stands out. Review their company page. An agency that doesn’t take pride in their work will reflect it on their portfolio. Review their work. Look for detailed customer testimonials. When a client is satisfied with the work produced, they are excited about providing
Any business that you start will go through a negative earnings period: you’ll spend a lot more than you earn. I started a business in 2012 called First Choice Wheels and Tires (Cyber Rims Inc.). The first month brought in a whopping $274: we sold 1 wheel. The second month brought in $5000.00. The third month $10,000. After 2 years, we were averaging $100,000 per month. I wont go into specifics here, since this is not what this article is about, but we closed the business in 2019. What is important to note is that we were breaking even and/or
How Many Operators do You Want Already? PHP Array operators are operators that are used on arrays. Who would have guessed? The first operator that we’ll look at is the + operator. You would think that this operator would be used to merge two arrays, taking elements from both arrays and merging them into a new array, but that is not the case. If you were to output the result of the code above, you would quickly see that the result is: The + operator creates a new array that combines key/value pairs. Elements with numeric
A String can operate? The PHP string operator, also known as the concatenation operator, allows us to join two strings together. Strings need to be joined for various reasons, such as injecting a variable, or even splitting a long string so that it’s more readable in your IDE. Let’s take a look at the following sentence (string): “I am sick and tired of creating operator tutorials.” We can echo it out or assign it to a variable. We can also split the string up using the concatenation operator and have as many strings as there are characters in it.
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of suggestions. If I want a suggestion I will search for it myself. Reading about Mindfulness has enabled me to analyze the thoughts and feelings that I would normally just broadly categorize as “anxiety causing” and move on. Unfortunately, there is no moving on. Unless you figure out the root cause of why you feel the way you feel, it’ll linger with you for years. If you spent a day in my shoes, you would think that I am surrounded by thoughtful, caring people. So why then do I feel anxious when