http://www.buildmasters.com.au Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:52:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The provision of accurate and timely market data is truly the lifeblood of almost every financial services organisation worldwide. Every day these orgaisation rely on the latest stock prices, financial instrument attributes, corporate action events, rates and analytics in order to make trading decisions, reconcile their accounts and track their ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2009/05/07/market-data-monopoly/ With out 3rd major software release due in 40 days success is really reliant on some pretty effective collaboration between the multiple moving parts that need to come together on the day like one big well-oiled machine. That's why I'm so glad that we setup our 'War Room' meeting. Each morning ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2009/04/29/tales-from-the-war-room/ dataBRIDGE brings you flexibility and freedom to choose the combination of market data services that best fit your business. Historically financial services organisations have been limited in their ability to shop around for market data and acheive value for money from their service providers. Users of Bloomberg Datalicense 'Per Security' ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2009/04/20/buildmasters-databridge/ Question : What happens in the last year of a multi-year, multi-million dollar, multi-release program of development and business change??? Answer : All the hard stuff that has been left to the end has to be delivered in parallel, in overlapping releases and in double quick time before the money runs ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2009/03/23/code-branching-gone-mad/ Ok, don't panic, we haven't gone gun crazy, but we picked up an interesting analogy today from one of our business sponsors. It went something like this : "The Kalashnikov AK47 only has 13 moving parts and is the most successful weapon ever invented, remember this when you start designing ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2008/11/26/a-lesson-from-kalashnikov/ part 1 part 2 part 3 In part 2 of this series, I outlined my requirements for an ideal DAL generator. Well, not having found any tool out there that meets my criteria, I ended up writing the tool myself, meeting all but one of my objectives [I dont handle stored procedures yet].   Sql Server ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2008/09/04/the-search-for-a-c-dal-code-generator-that-actually-works-part-3-the-solution/ part 1 part 2 part 3 Now that I have outlined the reasons why current DAL tools do not satisfy me, I will list my requirements for the ideal DAL code gen tool. The tool should: Generate the DAL for the whole database in one hit, not table by table, generating all non-system tables and ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2008/09/04/the-search-for-a-c-dal-code-generator-that-actually-works-part-2-the-requirements-2/ part 1 part 2 part 3 Besides developers, the database is your company’s greatest asset. The data in your database, your ability to get at it, shape it, analyse it, report on it, turn it in to understandable meaningful information, is what gives your company competitive advantage. I have been designing, using, optimising and programming ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2008/09/04/the-search-for-a-c-dal-code-generator-that-actually-works-part-1-the-problem-2/ Do you have complex legacy systems with extensive database components? Do you need to map out what you have in order to move forward efficiently? This kind of analysis is time consuming and error prone if attempted manually. We have a fast and efficient automated solution that will save you time ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2008/08/21/data-analysis-services/ There are a number of elements to SCRUM that really work well for us. One of the most obvious features is our 'SCRUM Wall', where we 'publish' all the work items that form part of the current sprint to 'The World'. The Wall is primarily for the team, but it’s surprising ... http://www.buildmasters.com.au/2008/08/01/a-victory-for-scrum/