MIS 374 February 11, 2015
About Me
Wes Carberry UT (MIS): 1995 – 1999 Started ERB 333K (Byars): Access/VBA 374 (Jordan): AnyStudent.com Sense Corp: 1999 – Current (Austin*) Developer Business Analyst Architect Project Manager Program Manager/Partner Managing Director - Technology
Experiences
Importance of MIS 374 Project Work -> Consulting Project Work -> Creation Communication Methodology SCOPE CREEP!
Non-Functional Requirements
You Have to Drive Them “Would you like this on one screen or two?” CIO: “I have to support this when you are gone.” “Why doesn’t this work on my iPhone?” 1 A.M.: Ring, Ring
vs. Security Security Lags Technology Windows 3 has 5M lines of code vs. 80M for Windows 8 Facebook has 20M lines of code vs 500M for HealthCare.Gov Today’s Intel tablet has the power of a mainframe of 20 years ago Apollo 11’s Computing Power vs. Productivity typically outweighs security Most secure website – not on the internet BYOD vs.
Offense vs. Defense Offense Defense Other Maintainability, Ability to Upgrade and Portability Don’t let perfect get in the way of good enough Quick, iterative releases Defense Scalability and Security Know your available resources Understand your constraints Other Audit/Control Uptime – “five 9’s”
Organizational Impact Analysis (Change Management)
Even benefits are changes! Which UI Do You Prefer? - A B - Even benefits are changes!
Change Management Approach
Secret to your Success Communication Methodology SCOPE CREEP!
Questions?
About Sense Corp
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MIS @ Sense Corp Create a .NET application that integrates a Java-based Reporting Tool into SharePoint 2010 (Beta) and create a Map tool with Reports Assist with an Assessment determining how a bank should evaluate Loan Accounting software Lead a development team and set Architectural Direction Josh – MIS Work with business to develop requirements and design across multiple projects Staffed as Business Analyst Data Analyst evaluating the quality of information to be provided as reports Seen as an expert in a bank’s lending operations Tiffanie – MIS
MIS @ Sense Corp Develop and Architect with all reporting tools in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant Assist Josh in Architecting solution for SharePoint and Maps integration Attend and present at conferences as Sense Corp “Expert” in Reporting Train classes for Sense Corp and Clients Jonathan – Marketing
Recruiting @ Sense Corp Recruiting for Full Time Positions in Fall 2015 Events throughout the year Karen Smith karen@sensecorp.com