The first of a series presentations / lectures I gave Software Engineering department and students at the Fontys Hogeschool in Venlo, The Netherlands.

1. Vision ~ Knowledge ~ Results
24 February 2010
samenwerking, pragmatische aanpak en innovatie met Java en Oracle
Douwe Pieter van den Bos

2. “Beforehand:
I’m Sorry,
I tend to do stuff a bit different…”
Whitehorses B.V.

4. What seems !
to be the challenge?!

6. Cleaning ….
‘Cause we want our apps to last forever

8. Prettier
Than it really needs to be

10. Problems tend to get solved by IT
Projects are in the IT domain

12. To meet User Requirements …
… Strange solutions are being created

14. More
and
More
And
More
and
More
Power is needed

16. In less and less and less
TIME ( & Money)

17. And we spend this time on…!
Plumbing!

19. Knowledge as Capital Sin nr. 8

21. …..
……..

22. … Is there still some room for Discussion?
Whitehorses B.V.

23. Creativity
is
a
mental
and
social
process
involving
the
genera4on
of
new
ideas
or
concepts.
Wikipedia
Princeton: the ability to create

24. Whitehorses B.V.

26. Don’t
fight
But work together
We all have the same Goal

27. Six Basic
Questions

29. Situation
Problem
Implication
Need-Payoff

31. Find one Common Goal
Within the Project

32. Remember:
Everything
IS
connected

33. Are you
afraid
to
ask
for
directions?

35. The touch of The
Divine?

37. Remember:
It’s a
Democratic
Process

39. What is Important?
And What is not?

40. Whitehorses B.V.

42. Keep
it
clean and
tidy

43. Make it SMALL

44. Create tiny, modular and functional parts.
What is the smallest part you can develop?

45. Choose the Right /
Different Angle

46. Don’t
go for
PERFECTION

48. How
much
Detail
do
we
need?

50. Do You
use The Right
Tools?!

52. Boundaries:
Platform, Architecture,
Business…

53. Vision
! !(and a clear amount of effort)!
Are the only perquisites needed for a good project

54. Whitehorses B.V.

56. Just
Do
IT!

57. www.whitehorses.nl
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