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What If You Could Play Your Way Into A Coding Job?
What If You Could Play Your Way Into A Coding Job?
No interviews, no ridiculous test problems, just a world of problem solving challenges in a fun, game environment…
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What do you do if your system architecture project is plagued by scope creep?
The critical challenge in setting boundaries is to create a shared understanding of costs and tradeoffs. • Keep it simple - favor clarity over exhaustive detail when describing issues and tradeoffs. • Keep it objective - provide data and meaningful measures to support costs and benefits, not just opinions. • Keep it moving - establish a set of mutually agreed upon guidelines for how to present information and make decisions. A change control board can be a benefit, but they will become just another source of delays without structure and a grounding in the facts.
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You're navigating system architecture delays. How do you handle stakeholder expectations effectively?
We have all seen projects, big and small, fail due to a lack of realistic assessments. A few examples from the headlines: The FBI's Virtual Case File--delays and overlooked technical challenges led to its collapse after years of work. The NHS's National Programme for IT (NPfIT) suffered from scope creep and underestimated complexity, costing billions before it was abandoned. The U.S. Air Force's ECSS fell into the same trap, resulting in a $1 billion project failure. The Lesson? Face reality from the start or face the consequences.
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Your system architecture is facing evolving component dependencies. How do you ensure seamless integration?
Mission-critical systems are often legacy systems because they handle vital business functions and resist change. Years of experience show that even small changes can have significant, unforeseen consequences. When component dependencies evolve, it’s essential to conduct a thorough impact analysis, not just for compatibility but also for how new components interact with the fragile layers of legacy architecture. Otherwise, performance bottlenecks, data inconsistencies, and unexpected system failures are common when new components clash with older frameworks. Legacy systems form the backbone of an organization, but are often built on outdated technologies that weren’t designed to accommodate today’s rapid pace of innovation.
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RFID Essentials
O'Reilly Media
See publicationRadio Frequency Identification (RFID) is rapidly changing the way businesses track inventory and assets. From Wal-Mart and Tesco to theU.S. Department of Defense, early efforts are already showing benefits,but software, integration, and data processing for RFID still present achallenge. If you are a developer or an architect charged withdeveloping an RFID system, this book is for you. Drawing on extensive experience, Bill Glover and Himanshu Bhatt provide you with essential information on this…
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is rapidly changing the way businesses track inventory and assets. From Wal-Mart and Tesco to theU.S. Department of Defense, early efforts are already showing benefits,but software, integration, and data processing for RFID still present achallenge. If you are a developer or an architect charged withdeveloping an RFID system, this book is for you. Drawing on extensive experience, Bill Glover and Himanshu Bhatt provide you with essential information on this emerging technology.
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