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The Two Solitudes
2007-07-22 08:09:00 For several weeks my colleague David Marsh and I have been discussing the work we do with SharePoint, what the impact of it is, and where web development trends are heading. One topic that kept being raised was the arrival of a new shared development model. Often our work in client projects involves acting as a sort of intermediary between the Information Technology team (whatever its precise title) and the End Users - what you might call the "Two Solitudes". I don't mean to suggest that these two broad groups are in conflict with each other - simply that they have distinct perspectives that are not always reconciled. In most companies, the IT team has long had the primary responsibility for building and maintaining software. As a result of recent web technologies and trends, end users have been handed powerful new tools that make them de facto software developers. However, they are still in the habit of turning to IT whenever there is a problem....
By: Planet MOSS
... la maison aux solitudes ...
2007-01-29 22:37:00 La casa de las soledades ...The house of the lonelinesses ...Burdinne, Hesbaye (B) ...photo © dominique houcmant |
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