Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ~ George Bernard Shaw

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Welcome! Thanks for joining me in a place that merges both personal and professional insight, experience and moments that I choose to share. If you have come this far, you are committed and passionate about creating success. With the right tools in place you are ready to make change. I invite you to get to know me a bit better. I am that person who can help define your path and help you execute the change of course to ensure active results and professional growth. If you read something that sparks dialogue, please do drop me a line, via email or call.

Standardization and Autonomy - Can they co-exist?

Standardization and Autonomy - Can they co-exist?

posted by Dave Dame date-icon October 03, 2014

Companies have two avenues for growth: acquisition, or organic growth. Regardless of how they are growing their increasing size increases the difficulty of the company successfully responding to change. Retaining as much as possible of advantage of that small company’s ability to rapidly pivot can be a key element of a company’s success. In the past, large organizations were seduced by the notion of having a standardized process across all their product teams within the organization. I can understand the appeal of having one “best…

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Organizational Innovation requires Guts and Investment

Organizational Innovation requires Guts and Investment

posted by Dave Dame date-icon September 26, 2014

We all have heard those stories of people on their death bed saying that their biggest regret in life was not taking more chances… I'm sure that there are companies that are no longer around echoing those same words. Medium to large organizations are good at putting out fires or dealing with crisis as death is imminent. Complacency is the silent organization killer. It is not in immediate death, rather a slow death by bleeding slowly until there is no more life in the organization to innovate and compete. Organizations are always striving…

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Five ‘Ws’ of Code Reviews

Five ‘Ws’ of Code Reviews

posted by Dave Dame date-icon November 26, 2009

WHY do we do Code Reviews? There are three reasons for doing Code Reviews: Testing – Does the code do what it is supposed to do? Are there any errors in logic that can be corrected BEFORE we get to the test execution phase of the project? Qualitative Assessment – How well has the code been written? Management Supervision – Is there any code in the program that shouldn’t be there (i.e. fraudulent, malicious or unauthorized code)? WHEN is a Code Review warranted? Research suggests that Code Reviews are up to 60% more effective…

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