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David Letterman had his top ten list that he ran through each night. I, too, have a top ten list, but it is a compendium…
With age, one grows contemplative. In 46 years in the embedded business I have seen innumerable projects go awry, some of which have been my…
As we close in on the top reason firmware projects get into trouble, this week I’ll cover the honorable mention. 2 – Quality gets lip…
They say trouble comes in threes, and the number three reason on my list of why projects go south indeed leads to a bundle of…
In The Sign of Four we learn that Sherlock Holmes has a cocaine addiction. I have seen number 4 on my list of the top…
Confucius said: “To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue.” Be sure to not practice my number 5 of the top ten reasons…
As of last week we’re at sixes and sevens in my Top Ten mistakes I see made in embedded projects. Today, number 6: 6 –…
Those who don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it, and for the last several weeks I’ve been itemizing the top ten ways…
Over the last two weeks I have written about my list of the top ten reasons that projects go sour. (See the list at the end…
Last week I wrote about the first of the top ten reasons I see for embedded projects crumbling into disaster. Here’s number 9. The Beatles…
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