Month: July 2010

• July 25, 2010Blog, Professional Status

  Does South Africa need professional Software Engineers?

  by Prof Barry Dwolatzky Professional Engineers are formally recognised in terms of South African law. We have Electrical Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Civil Engineers and other branches of Professional Engineering. Should […]

• July 18, 2010Blog, ICT Sector

  Mandela Day – Working together is the key

  by Prof Barry Dwolatzky Today is the 18th July – Mandela Day. To mark Nelson Mandela’s 92nd birthday we’ve all been asked to volunteer 67 minutes of our time doing […]

• July 12, 20102010 World Cup, Blog

  World Cup ticket chaos – in search of facts

  by Prof Barry Dwolatzky I’ve been told (by an angry reader) to “check my facts” before posting stuff on my blog. The facts in question relate to a posting on […]

• July 6, 20102010 World Cup, Blog

  SWC Impact on Innovation & Capability Building in SA

  What "new use" would you bring to the infrastructure legacy of the SWC?

• July 4, 20102010 World Cup, Blog, Improve Performance

  Development of World Cup software shows success of balancing Agility and Discipline

  by Prof Barry Dwolatzky   Since my visit to the FIFA World Cup “IT Control Centre” (ITCC) last week [see elsewhere on this blog], I’ve thought a lot about the […]

• July 4, 20102010 World Cup, Blog, Improve Performance

  Football and Software Development are both team sports

  by Prof Barry Dwolatzky   The 2010 World Cup started on June 11th with the mouth-watering prospect of seeing the greatest players on earth doing battle on the football fields […]