DSS
Ltd.
Software
Technologies, Standards, Security, and Architectures
Schrodinger’s cat and
Willson’s company IT Professional ServicesThe following listing
of IT professional services have all been provided by DSS Ltd. since its
incorporation in 1981; and shows the philosophy behind the service. Project LeadershipHR is in
the business of selecting applicants through sorting them and whittling the
ever-increasing number of them in a
fair manner . To do this large
organizational HR is increasingly turning to applicant and candidate gateways
that use big data and artificial intelligence techniques to sort, prioritize,
and select applicants. The resultant
resume race now has the applicants
using big data and AI to sort, prioritize, and focus their experience
to gateway resume parsers. I will
have my AI parsed submission match your AI parsed gateway and another brick in the wall occurs. If only team building was about putting
pegs in holes and not matching animal chemistry. Projects advance through selected
leadership techniques and team chemistry just like most multi-human
activities. IT ArchitectureIT architectures are
like battle plans. They are excellent
until the battle starts and the software gets developed. However, robust architectures do provide
the vision and goals where the software shoe horning to make it work is more easily identified then relying on
say human memory. AnalysisTechnical analysis is
performed as second nature in most assignments and engagements. It provides the boundaries of business
solutions when capturing requirements.
Business analysis and technical analysis are sometimes separated;
however, unless there is an education need in performing either analysis in
depth, then the analysis needs to be tempered with organizational cultural
disruption to be downstream useful. Technical WritingThere are many
different kinds of technical writing.
Each kind of writing depends on the audience for the end
deliverable. Most technical writing
does not provide understanding to everyone and as a result has devolved into
UX layers between software artifacts.
For a selection of technical writing of DSS (excluding client funded
documents) visit http://www.dssltd.com/whitepapers.htm
Security, Governance, and StandardsI know
and like standards and mostly follow them.
So the standards that I follow include: ITIL, COBIT 5, TOGAF, ODATA, CMM, standards
of other professional bodies including:
ISACA, ACM, Microsoft and PMI.
There are of course many others that I use when required. I find standards are like muscle memory . When I run I don t want to have to look at
each step and calculate current pace, elevation, footing conditions, knee
bend, leg cycle time, air, heart rate, gain and loss since last step,
etc. I want to think about the goal
and relative position not the steps.
Standards become part of every project and/or activity just as to run
and race requires making tracks and steps.
So I mostly follow them; and try to make conscious decisions when I
don t. I even document these decisions
in order to make them down stream standards.
I find litigation helps in doing this.
Of course everyone likes their own standards best. TrendingThe following listing
is some of the trends in the general software technology area that the
company is monitoring. Data ScienceThe AML suite of software features is sure
sweet. You can take a dataset (or data dump) formatted as a CSV and derive a
Web Service that ETLs, evaluates, scores, predicts, and generally massages
and extends the original data with or without coding in say SQL, R, and/or
Python. This has a wide range of applicability to many real world problems in
subject areas such as the environment API component AssemblingJust
started to develop with PowerApp / Flow for Cyber Security; however, found
this template for creating new JIRA issues using a mobile PowerApp. Will the
desk top ever be the same for all those now working in the field on mobile
this and that? All you JIRA administrators - check it out at https://web.powerapps.com
and enjoy! This was more work using Blend and Visual Studio; so am
personally enjoying PowerApps. AboutClient ValuesLooking for a client that values commitment to delivery of his/her
expectations; that wants system solution deliveries that are both timely and
creative; that contributes sweat equity in the agile sprints that marry
legacy technology with emerging mobile and cloud based market
differentiators; and, has integrity in all their business relationships
including their employees, their developers, and their contractors. We offer
experience and leadership on a range of technology stacks including Microsoft
s .NET and AZURE along with open source CKAN, LINUX, WordPress in both an
OPEN DATA space and a secure commercial data space. We also offer experience
in ERP systems, security, and functional leadership. IncorporationDSS Ltd was founded on June
13, 1981 in
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John Willson 2018/12/14