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Project Management: Avoiding the Perils of Scope Creep

By Dick Weisinger

Scope creep, requirement creep, function creep and feature creep — whatever you call it, it is the bane of many a project.  It’s what happens when a project isn’t completely or properly defined at the start and requests for new…

GIS + Enterprise Software: Geospatial Information Improves Processes and Increases Operational Efficiencies

By Dick Weisinger

Utility companies are increasingly using geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities and extensions in their enterprise software applications.  GIS enables land-based display, mapping, and schematic views of electricity, gas, water, and district heating distribution, and wastewater collection networks.  Utilities have found that geospatial information and…

Three Trends Transforming PLM: Cloud, Mobile, IoT

By Dick Weisinger

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the process of managing the lifecycle of a product from initial idea, through engineering design and manufacture, to in-field usage and maintenance, and final to disposal and/or destruction.  PLM has traditionally been used in markets…

Venture Spending: Cloud Computing and Mobile Top Sectors

By Dick Weisinger

A recent survey by Deloitte of global venture capitalists asked what technologies they were most excited about and those which worry them. Some of the findings of the report include: Cloud computing remains the top technology investment sector, a distinction…

Software Development: Google’s Code Base Spans More than 2 Billion Lines

By Dick Weisinger

Google online services are powered by more than two billion lines of code, says Rachel Potvin, Google executive.  The services include things like search, maps, Google+, calendar, Gmail and YouTube.  All that code is stored in a single repository and…