Once in a while, I can’t sleep. During those nights of insomnia, I tend to overthink. Among those relfections and constant rolling over in my bed, sometimes I think why am I doing what I’m doing. The novel puts in a clear way the usual reasons why people does what they do. Is for help …
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The deadline Chapter 11
We all love daydreaming and we usually do for any context, including (and lots of times ) for laboral situations. As Mr T. said, it would be the best picture if we have «a supportive manager above and competent people and challenging work below». Once again, we could start deaming how this utopian situation could …
The deadline Chapter 10
It’s Saturday night, who in the world would be reading Management novels by now? After reading the current chapter, my perspective of this book change completely. Having a physics background, I’ve learned that «If you can image something, then you can model it». Till now, in the novel the author have been presented ideas about …
The deadline: Chapter 8 & 9
Well, Here we go again. Along the reading of this novel, It came this idea to me,that Mr. T is some kind of Mr. Scrooge man, who has aparitionsfrom different ghosts of software projects managment.During these chapters I found some interesting ideas I think I should talk at least a little bit. Communication is essential …
The Deadline: Chapter 6 & 7
There’s some point in life, when we have to decide who is gonna be part of our projects.Sometimes, this decision is pretty easy and unconsious, like, choosing a dancing partner, or maybe who will be your team for the nextschool homework. Sometimes this decision implies money, and therefore, huge consequences. Let’s talk about hiring. According …
The Deadline Chapter 3, 4 & 5
Have you ever been on a beach and while you can feel the sand in your toes, you smell a fresh air from the sea and start reading a book, maybe with a cool beer in hand? And then, suddenly, a cold brezze hits your face, your book disappear and your beer is not anymore …
So, Software Eng. has Economics?
As Engineers we create products, develop solutions. These projects not only (could) have a potential benefit for the society development and wellness of the people who would use our products. From this idea, we could endorse an utopical image of the world, where our services are offered as a gift to the world, because, Who …
The Deadline Chapter 1 & 2
Hi again. After a cold winter holiday, bunch of hours of procrastinating personal projects, and working on two novels, I come back to school. New projects, new perspectives, new emotions. This semester, I had to take the «Evaluation Project» lecture and, one of the goals is reading «The Deadline» novel, from Tom DeMarco. After a …
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El sol se levanta un día más y con él todas las bestias salvajes. Las bestias civilizadas se levantan con despertador, con sueños y metas. Se arrebatan la comida en los supermercados, un día antes de navidad. La gente desperdicia tiempo en el tráfico, esperan los viernes, se embriagan los sábados y los domingos van …
Reflexiones finales
¿Hay vida después del diseño? No lo sé, pero si la hay, parece que no sigue ningún patrón. – Delirios de final de semestre. Diseña la mejor versión de ti. No me agrada el titulo de reflexión final. A fin de cuentas, en nuestra vida deberíamos realizar una constante evaluación de nuestros progresos. Somos ( …
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