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Articles by Peter Wayner
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12 dark secrets of AI
With the drumbeat for AI across all industries only getting louder, IT leaders must come to grips with the dark secrets of working with artificial intelligence to glean business insights.
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Pros and cons of low-code platforms
The sales pitch is enticing: Apps with a few clicks. But what are you really setting your organization up for when you buy into low-code development?
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20 reasons why software projects fail
From outsized expectations to fundamental feature changes, software development projects get derailed — or declared failures — thanks to a variety of project management and technical factors.
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11 ways to accelerate your software project
Strategic decisions can help accelerate software projects to capitalize on business opportunities — but IT leaders must be mindful of the traps and tradeoffs.
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11 ways to cut hidden fat from your IT budget
As the economy takes a turn and IT budget forecasts slip downward, it’s time to tighten up your technical stack — before the CFO comes calling.
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11 reasons users still hate your software
Major consumer software, apps and websites give your business users outsize expectations of what your small dev team can do. Here’s how to tackle their (often valid) complaints.
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9 dark secrets of DevOps
Organizations are increasingly turning to DevOps in support of digital transformations. Here is a clear-eyed view of what you are getting into when you do.
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12 dark secrets of technical debt
Software development is never done. Whatever feature requests that fall by the wayside or later crop up become an amorphous, hard-to-define debt with payback rules all its own.
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10 reasons software projects are slower than we expect
Despite efforts to re-engineer software development with new methodologies and tools, projects still warp time lines thanks to bureaucracy, new demands, and the nature of code.
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9 dark secrets of low-code software development
Low-code tools offer the promise of building apps in a snap, but when you look more closely at the platforms, outcomes, and processes, the reality of low code isn’t quite so simple.
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The 12 dark secrets of data science
From hidden costs to highly suspect conclusions, data science is not without its detractions and limitations — despite the ongoing hype.
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13 signs your software project may be doomed
Software projects can get derailed before you know it. Here are the subtle warning signs that your latest app dev initiative isn’t going quite as well as it seems.
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What those developers really mean
Developers speak a language unto themselves. Here’s how to cut through their half-truths and sneaky barbs to know what’s really wrong with your code, timelines, expectations and management style.
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15 Programming Productivity Killers
Meetings, know-nothing managers, productivity metrics -- here's what's threatening to slay the next generation of great software.
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