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Project Management For Beginners? 168

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @08:32AM from the what-one-ought-know dept.

lawpoop writes "At my current workplace, I'm tasked with creating a rather complicated and metastasizing web-database application. I've mostly been the sole 'IT guy' at my workplaces in the past, so I've never had to, nor taken the time, to learn proper project management routines — code comments mostly got me through it. Now for this project, it's getting somewhat hairy and I'm sensing that I need to start doing things in a more organized manner. What resources would you direct me to? Books? (I wouldn't mind buying one good one.) Websites? What do proper 'specs' look like? Must I use UML (seems complicated and unintuitive) or a simpler ER diagram? For this job, I just need to provide better estimates for completing features, but what will I need if/when I would be working with a team?"

Comment Gaming man gaming! (Score 1) 302

by billrad on Tuesday February 17, 2009 @05:49PM (#26894185) Attached to: How Do I Put Unused Servers To Work?

Sell half of them, and buy a truckload of coke and doritos, install Counterstrike, Day of Defeat, Urban Terror and Call of Duty on the others. Buy a catheter and lock the door...

Comment Why LINUX hasn't cought on... (Score 1) 696

by billrad on Thursday December 18, 2008 @02:59PM (#26163265) Attached to: 2009, Year of the Linux Delusion

1. Because Windows has become the baseline 2. Because Macs are expensive 3. Because Windows desktop program presentation "seems" more coherent, smooth, tight (fonts, etc) even after much customization, which most people will never do. 4. Because Windows comes loaded on most Desktops 5. Because most people don't care about design origins, security advantages, etc. When was the last time Grandma's machine was hacked? 6. Because most people have been socialized to the ways of windows, and culture doesn't change overnight. shall I go on?

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