‘Assembly Methodology’ posts

Next Generation Mobile Applications

Posted by Optaros on 10 Feb 2009

Mobile Applications are no longer stand alone experiments. As part of our Assembled Web Vision, we help our clients leverage the mobile channel as an integral part of the customer experience that spans web, mobile and offline. As consumer behavior that flows across these modes must be taken as a design assumption now, me2me – | View post »

Recession fears will boost open source business solution adoption

Posted by Optaros on 15 Oct 2008

The news is full of reports on the financial crisis, recession fears and economic downturn symptoms. CEOs and CIOs are preparing for a serious negative impact on their business. Initially the problems were with financial institutions only, but more and more the issues are hitting larger audiences. Will IT buying centers and business managers cut | View post »

Assembling Django Applications into Web 2.0 Solutions

Posted by Marc Osofsky on 24 Jul 2008

What is Django?Django is a python web framework that in their own words “encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.” It was originally developed developed by The World Company to manage their news properties in Lawrence, Kansas. It was open sourced in 2005 and has been gaining traction ever since. Often compared to Ruby on | View post »

Post Merger Integration – Technology Strategy & Planning – Part 2

Posted by Optaros on 08 Jul 2008

Once a detailed transition or integration plan is created, efforts at this point should consider: Efficiency of Architecture: What is needed to bridge a particular gap between the baseline and vision?  Are architectural changes necessary and, if so, how will those changes be executed with little to no disruption to the business?   If integration is | View post »

CIO Open Source Interview Part 6 – OForge

Posted by Marc Osofsky on 07 Jul 2008

Here is a snippet of the conversation I had with Steve Snyder, CIO of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, describing his experience with our open approach and personal use of OForge (our Integrated Assembly Environment tool)  

CIO Open Source Interview Part 4 – Offshore vs. Iterative Process

Posted by Marc Osofsky on 07 Jul 2008

Here is a snippet of the conversation I had with Steve Snyder, CIO of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, describing his experience with our iterative Assembly Methodology versus a more classic waterfall approach used by most offshore consulting firms.

CIO Open Source Interview Part 2 – Packaged Software vs. Assembly

Posted by Marc Osofsky on 07 Jul 2008

Here is a snippet of an interview with Steve Snyder, CIO of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, where he explains why they chose to go with an application assembly approach versus buying packaged software.

CIO Open Source Interview Part 1 – Project Scope

Posted by Marc Osofsky on 07 Jul 2008

I had a chance recently to catch up with Steve Snyder, the CIO of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (an Optaros client). Steve was quite candid in his remarks. In this short clip, he describes the large scope of the project he is undertaking.

Integrated Assembly Environment – Choosing OForge to kickstart your project

Posted by Optaros on 26 Jun 2008

My most recent client engagement was a site redesign and launch for a leading national news paper. There is definitely some sexy technology at work on that site now (Python, Django, Ellington, Apache Solr, Inform, ..), but today I’m choosing to ‘blog about Optaros’ Trac-based software distribution known as OForge. For those who don’t know, | View post »

Software Development Methodology – 7 Lessons Learned

Posted by Marc Osofsky on 12 Jun 2008

Many of our clients complain that IT is holding back their business growth.  This is a harsh indictment, but one that is all too true. Most IT departments struggle to provide the business agility required to support rapidly changing business requirements.  IT organizations are frustrated with broken promises from their vendors because  the vendors are | View post »

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