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• Trouble with Software Outsourcing? Bazinga! Not in Bolivia

  While in Bolivia recently visiting one of our software outsourcing partners, I noticed a QA manager who was wearing a T-shirt with the word “Bazinga!” blazed across the front; the word looked familiar, but I couldn’t place it so I asked her if that meant something in Spanish.  Her reply:> CONTINUE

• A Software Outsourcer’s Wine Review: Hungarian Bull’s Blood

  One of the great advantages of my job is getting to meet software outsourcing partners in faraway places all over the world. To be sure, part of these trips is purely nuts-and-bolts stuff: assessing staff, management, facilities, and programming operations, for instance. But where it really gets interesting is learning> CONTINUE

• Excellence, Focus and Environment: Part 5 of Elements of a Successful Programming Culture

  In case you’ve innocently clicked here unaware that you’ve stepped in the middle of a conversation, this is the fifth in a series of posts where I’m discussing the elements necessary for a successful programming culture. (Check out Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 or Part 4) As I’ve stressed> CONTINUE

• Communication, Empowerment and Selectivity: Part 4 of Elements of a Successful Programming Culture

  This is the fourth post in a five-part series (check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) where I’ve been examining what it takes for a software programming or development organization to cultivate the right kind of company culture. As I’ve said previously, creating the proper culture is crucial> CONTINUE