Comments for agile design, build and delivery. http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com a blog about agile project management, software development and business analysis. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:29:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Santa Claus CSM – Adopts Agile for the new decade. by Norma http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/12/16/santa-claus-csm-adopts-agile-for-the-new-decade/#comment-156 Norma Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:29:57 +0000 http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/?p=363#comment-156 I thoroughly enjoyed your NEWS item. Thank you for sharing. I thoroughly enjoyed your NEWS item. Thank you for sharing.

]]> Comment on Get your head out of your Ass and into the Cloud by Adam Feldman http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/11/30/get-your-head-into-the-cloud/#comment-154 Adam Feldman Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:57:40 +0000 http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/?p=322#comment-154 Hi There, Regarding cloud adoption, just read an interesting article over at TechCrunch about 30K users from the City of LA have now migrated to Google Apps. Take a look; http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/14/city-los-angeles-google-apps/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)&utm_content=Google+Reader Adam Hi There,

Regarding cloud adoption, just read an interesting article over at TechCrunch about 30K users from the City of LA have now migrated to Google Apps. Take a look;

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/14/city-los-angeles-google-apps/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)&utm_content=Google+Reader

Adam

]]> Comment on Free Agile Project Management Software. Reasons for and against. by Adam Feldman http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/11/15/freeagileprojectmanagement/#comment-153 Adam Feldman Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:40:02 +0000 http://brightgreenprojects.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-153 Florian - Thanks for the links. My question is a little more high-level. What is your business model? How do you turn open source into a profitable business? What are your revenue streams? Are you offering training, consulting etc? Florian – Thanks for the links. My question is a little more high-level. What is your business model? How do you turn open source into a profitable business? What are your revenue streams?

Are you offering training, consulting etc?

]]> Comment on Free Agile Project Management Software. Reasons for and against. by Florian http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/11/15/freeagileprojectmanagement/#comment-152 Florian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:36:43 +0000 http://brightgreenprojects.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-152 By the way, feel free to contact me offline if you want (you have my email address). I'll be happy to get you in touch with people who made the choice of going open-source. By the way, feel free to contact me offline if you want (you have my email address). I’ll be happy to get you in touch with people who made the choice of going open-source.

]]> Comment on Free Agile Project Management Software. Reasons for and against. by Florian http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/11/15/freeagileprojectmanagement/#comment-151 Florian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:32:47 +0000 http://brightgreenprojects.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-151 Dear Adam, Thank you for your answer. Open source can also work very well on niche markets. You can have a look at http://libre.adacore.com which contains various resources that can help answer your question. In particular, have a look at the FAQ (http://libre.adacore.com/libre/gnat-faq/) and the comparison chart (http://libre.adacore.com/libre/comparisonchart/). Dear Adam,

Thank you for your answer. Open source can also work very well on niche markets. You can have a look at http://libre.adacore.com which contains various resources that can help answer your question. In particular, have a look at the FAQ (http://libre.adacore.com/libre/gnat-faq/) and the comparison chart (http://libre.adacore.com/libre/comparisonchart/).

]]> Comment on Get your head out of your Ass and into the Cloud by Alex Bruskin http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/11/30/get-your-head-into-the-cloud/#comment-150 Alex Bruskin Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:16:15 +0000 http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/?p=322#comment-150 Hello Rowan- We outsourced our accounting system as well, it is not exactly hosted in the SaaS sense but this is definitely not us who is responsible for its maintenance. We are in the PLM business, doing very specialized services and application development - you can find me at LinkedIn to see the details. Our development team is located in Russia, while our consultants/implementers may be in Europe and the US. I am myself traveling all the time - basically we are fully distributed company. I might be too conservative, but I do not completely trust the network and generally the equipment. We do keep paper copies of the most important documents and do regular local backup for all development work and the Salesforce database. Therefore, we always have access to data and do not have single point of failure anywhere. Couple of glitches of Google this year just entrenched me in the conviction not to be too dependent on its services or anybody else. Hello Rowan-

We outsourced our accounting system as well, it is not exactly hosted in the SaaS sense but this is definitely not us who is responsible for its maintenance.

We are in the PLM business, doing very specialized services and application development – you can find me at LinkedIn to see the details.

Our development team is located in Russia, while our consultants/implementers may be in Europe and the US. I am myself traveling all the time – basically we are fully distributed company.

I might be too conservative, but I do not completely trust the network and generally the equipment. We do keep paper copies of the most important documents and do regular local backup for all development work and the Salesforce database. Therefore, we always have access to data and do not have single point of failure anywhere.

Couple of glitches of Google this year just entrenched me in the conviction not to be too dependent on its services or anybody else.

]]> Comment on Get your head out of your Ass and into the Cloud by Galen M. http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/11/30/get-your-head-into-the-cloud/#comment-149 Galen M. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:50:54 +0000 http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/?p=322#comment-149 Hi Rowan, Thanks so much for the feedback, I'll take a look at your blog post on working with distributed teams. Hi Rowan,

Thanks so much for the feedback, I’ll take a look at your blog post on working with distributed teams.

]]> Comment on Get your head out of your Ass and into the Cloud by Rowan McCann http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/11/30/get-your-head-into-the-cloud/#comment-148 Rowan McCann Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:46:37 +0000 http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/?p=322#comment-148 Hi Galen, We already had a pretty extensive professional network, and out of this we managed to locate a UI designer in Australia and developers in India and London. We've written another blog on working with distributed teams that you may find useful: http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/10/21/7-tips-for-working-with-distributed-teams/ Hi Galen,

We already had a pretty extensive professional network, and out of this we managed to locate a UI designer in Australia and developers in India and London.

We’ve written another blog on working with distributed teams that you may find useful: http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/10/21/7-tips-for-working-with-distributed-teams/

]]> Comment on Get your head out of your Ass and into the Cloud by Mrinal http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/11/30/get-your-head-into-the-cloud/#comment-147 Mrinal Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:28:33 +0000 http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/?p=322#comment-147 I think Iterative development is quite risk free to undertake development especially if you are looking at ever changing business requirement. How easy is to undertake in a virtual development environment is always debatable I think Iterative development is quite risk free to undertake development especially if you are looking at ever changing business requirement. How easy is to undertake in a virtual development environment is always debatable

]]> Comment on Get your head out of your Ass and into the Cloud by Rowan McCann http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/2009/11/30/get-your-head-into-the-cloud/#comment-146 Rowan McCann Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:26:35 +0000 http://blog.brightgreenprojects.com/?p=322#comment-146 Hi Alex. It's great to hear from someone who also has their head in the clouds :) I'd like to know why you are wary of Google apps? We have completely outsourced our financial/accounting system to a 3rd party for now. What is your company doing? Hi Alex. It’s great to hear from someone who also has their head in the clouds :) I’d like to know why you are wary of Google apps?

We have completely outsourced our financial/accounting system to a 3rd party for now. What is your company doing?

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