Posted in Managing engineers, Strategy on Jan 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Very large companies have very large software projects. It is not uncommon to find projects with hundreds of developers with schedules lasting years. Such projects cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Sometimes the projects go wrong. The companies put more people on the project, meaning more money. The deadline slips, the project is extended more […]
Posted in Software, Managing engineers on Oct 9th, 2007 3 Comments »
A micro-multinational is a company with less than 500 employees with offices in more than two countries. Managing software development in a micro-multinational is not a trivial matter. Without proper tools, a company can burn all of its energy just putting out the fires caused by miscommunication. The proper tools can mean the difference between […]
Posted in Management, Start ups, Managing engineers, Strategy on Aug 31st, 2007 No Comments »
The markets are a sea of change, and the change comes faster with each passing year. The value of a company is no longer based on its ability to produce a particular product. Rather, the value is now based on the company’s ability to produce new products. You still need a factory to build products; […]
Posted in Managing engineers on Aug 24th, 2007 No Comments »
We must strive to think of our companies in dynamic rather than static terms. I have written earlier about the transition of a company’s organization, management and culture as it grows past the critical 100th employee mark and beyond. We must think of our individual employees in dynamic terms as well. Typically we hire someone […]