Under most models of software development of any significant scale, user sign-off of requirements is a must before the development can continue. Even agile methodologies that involve a customer representative in the development team needs to have a set of at least significantly complete requirements before development can begin. Requirements form the ......

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Scenario/History There is a bug in our Premise Utility that causes streetid’s to be set to 0 whenever the an existing premise record is saved. StreetId’s are integral to accurate location information when dispatching ambulances, so getting a fix done was high on the agenda. The problem is that for whatever reason the bug cannot immediately be fixed ......

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2008 the SDSI work year was pretty quiet. Most of our energies were turned toward getting all sites live ASAP being able to concentrate on chasing other contracts, with QAS/QFRS live. Engineering work was pretty minimal, except for the occasional bug fix or new feature driven by changing business requirements. We had responded to requests for tender ......

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One of the big challenges any developer faces is knowing how to successfully progress up the ladder. What do we do to make ourselves stand out, and how do we get the skills we need to move to the next level. For me, this is a problem. Thus far in my career, I’ve relied on what I consider the most important attribute: hard work. I believe the best way ......

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As this is my first post in this blog, it’s probably best I introduce myself. I’m Rob Gray, a team lead at Spectrum Data Systems International (http://www.sdsi.com.au). We are the Australasian vendor Tritech’s (http://www.tritech.com) VisiCAD computer aided dispatch system for emergency services. We’re a small team but we’re passionate about what we ......

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