How to manage software projects

Tom Evslin is right on with these observations about how to manage software projects. This is just the sort of thing I was trying to do when I led and managed developer teams at HP. Short times between milestones, design for flexibility in the level of functionality, cut stuff to fit the due date. Back then, we called it iD: "incremental development."

HP software purists scoffed at these ideas. They held the view that "it's done when it's done." No amount of explaining the true commercial realities would convince them that due dates had a valid place in development schedules.

One aspect he missed: bribes for meeting milestones ;-)

Categories: software engineering, herding cats.

Security360 replay

There's a replay of today's Microsoft Security360 on phishing here (just the panel) or here (the whole hour). I was on the panel with the chief scientist of RSA and the CSE of Corillian.

Categories: spam, phishing, Microsoft, Security 360, richi.

The Councils Of Advisors

I do a bunch of independent, part-time consulting gigs. To help me get them, I joined The Coucils Of Advisors...

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Appearing on Security360

Categories: spam, phishing, Microsoft.

I'm going to be participating in one of Microsoft's "Executive Circle Webcasts" later this month. For details, see here.

I'm off to Redmond to videotape a panel segment for it next week. The title is "Phishing: Don’t Get Hooked."

On this month's Security360 webcast, host Mike Nash, security executive at Microsoft, identifies emerging technologies and best practices that can help you reduce online fraud and phishing scams. Learn what you can do to protect your customers and employees and prevent your company brand from being hijacked. As with every Security360, this session will include the insights of industry experts, a checklist of recommendations and resources, and a live Q&A.

Insights of industry experts? Yeah, and Richi will be there, too.