At the start of this chapter, Tompkins and his team go through some interviews to find people suitable to be in the new teams, since the old teams had to merge. There was a bit of a problem finding skilled people since all the skilled people had already been chosen in the previous interviews. In …
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Partial Reflection 1
It’s time for the first reflection, I know I’m a few days late, but at least I’m doing better than last semester. For this reflection I will mostly be covering the topics that I learned reading the book Deadline. The first partial covered chapters 1 through 11. So far, I have liked the book. It …
Working from home
The world is in a precarious state right now. People are advised not to go out, even for work. In consequence to this, many companies are allowing their employees to work from home. This has been difficult for some people to adapt, the learning curve may be a bit too steep for them. Working at …
Deadline, Chapter 11
Chapter 11 starts peacefully. Tompkins was enjoying a beautiful morning. He was breathing the fresh air, looking at birds, relaxing stuff. However, things take a complete 180° when he arrives at his office. NNL had gone to the states and the man in charge was now Mr. Belok. He was very different from NNL. NNL …
Deadline, Chapter 10
In this chapter, Tompkins goes to Rome and gets in contact with a lawyer. They talk a bit about Tompkins’ old boss. Apparently, Tompkins really liked his old boss. His old boss arranged for Tompkins to meet with someone, Abdul Jamid. They start to talk about hunches. Hunches are prominent in this book, for example, …
Deadline, Chapters 8 and 9
Chapter 8 is all about deciding how the experiments will be carried out. Tompkins and Lahksa are discussing possible ways to test the experiments and how to make sense of the results. To solve this Lahksa has a solution which is collaborating with Dr. Hector Rizzoli. This doctor has done similar experiments in the past …
Deadline, Chapters 6 and 7
When chapter 6 starts, Tompkins has to decide how he will organize the teams and managers for the 6 projects he has to do. To prepare for that, he reads a book on structural cybernetic management. When you hear those words, you may think that it has to do with some type of futuristic management …
Deadline, Chapters 3, 4 and 5
Chapter 3 starts with Mr. Tompkins waking up in a room he hadn’t seen before, however, he had seen the furniture in the room. Apparently, his new job came with many benefits, one of which was that the job pays really well. After that, Lahksa mentioned more details about Morovia. Morovia somehow had fifteen hundred …
Economics of Software Engineering: Analysis and Estimation
Previously, when I was going to start working on a project for school, I started by deciding the programming language I was going to use, how the classes were going to be structured, and what each member of the team was going to work on. However, after reading about the economics of software engineering, I …
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Deadline, Chapters 1 and 2
The first chapter starts with our main character Webster Tompkins, or Mr. Tompkins, or Mr. T, sitting on the back of an auditorium. He is about to be, as they say it, released to seek opportunity elsewhere (ReSOE). Being laid off is something real that happens often, leaving many people without jobs. There are many …
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