Category Archives: Software Management

Writing a Good Job Description for Hiring Core Java Developers

Posted on December 30, 2015 by rilardi

As a Development Manager or a Team Lead, you often need to write up Job Descriptions which include a brief description of the Team, and the Role’s responsibilities. Some people also include a description of the company, but I usually … Continue reading →

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SFEMS – Stable, Flexible, Extensible, Maintainable, Scalable

Posted on June 15, 2013 by rilardi

For the last 8 years that I have been giving my architects, tech leads, and developers their yearly performance reviews, I have been using the acronym “SFEMS”. Arguably you can say I should just be telling my architects and maybe tech leads that … Continue reading →

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Question Posed: Cultivating Good System Architects

Posted on April 19, 2013 by rilardi

While on my latest trip to London, I was posed the question: “What does it take the cultivate good System Architects within you organization?” As I’m currently sitting in the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse waiting for my flight back to the … Continue reading →

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Pair Programming

Posted on January 6, 2013 by rilardi

My favorite agile software development method, is Pair Programming. It is a technique where two programmers will work together at a single computer, working on the same project or component. One is known as the Driver, the person who is actually … Continue reading →

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Helping your developers to maintain other people’s code

Posted on July 29, 2012 by rilardi

What is so difficult about maintaining another developers code? How can you as a development manager or architect ensure that all developers on your team can maintain any other team member’s code? These are the two questions I want to … Continue reading →

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How We Develop Software – Creating a New System/Application Platform

Posted on July 1, 2012 by rilardi

As follow up on my last post on “SDLC Methodology Styles”; in this article we are going to discuss my method of creating a Foundation Platform for the development of a new System or Application. It is my opinion that … Continue reading →

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How We Develop Software – SDLC Methodology

Posted on June 22, 2012 by rilardi

What I want to discuss in this article is my own mytholody for Software Development. I am going to do a few segments on this topic, but starting with this post, I want to specifically discuss how I believe the … Continue reading →

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