Tâm Nguyen (pronounced "Tom Wyn") provides consulting services to startups and small to midsize companies on technology selection and technical program management, helping to quickly bring high quality software products to the market. He has over 18 years of experience in software Research and Development, and has held senior technical and management positions at IBM Research and IBM software divisions, and at various startups, including Senior Director of Software at ReplayTV, VP of Engineering at EXP Systems, and Chief Architect at LogLogic. Tâm received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and started his career at IBM Research, where he invented a multimedia hub and led the development of the prototype into a product. He also architected and led the development of Net.Data, IBM's first web access product for the DB2 database. At ReplayTV, he negotiated with Panasonic's QA team to accept ReplayTV for shipment under its premier brand. Tâm Nguyen
Tâm Nguyen (pronounced "Tom Wyn") provides consulting services to startups and small to midsize companies on technology selection and technical program management, helping to quickly bring high quality software products to the market. He has over 18 years of experience in software Research and Development, and has held senior technical and management positions at IBM Research and IBM software divisions, and at various startups, including Senior Director of Software at ReplayTV, VP of Engineering at EXP Systems, and Chief Architect at LogLogic. Tâm received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and started his career at IBM Research, where he invented a multimedia hub and led the development of the prototype into a product. He also architected and led the development of Net.Data, IBM's first web access product for the DB2 database. At ReplayTV, he negotiated with Panasonic's QA team to accept ReplayTV for shipment under its premier brand. Challenges in Implementing Agile
Agile development methodologies put forth a set of guidelines for helping to navigate the complex world of software development. For agile to be truly effective, it needs to be supported throughout the organization, and encourages reaching out to the customers. In working with the agile projects at different companies, I found challenges in getting [...]
Quality Costs
While Ford announced that “Quality is Job One,” it is Toyota and Honda that continue to build the most reliable cars year after year. Many, if not all, software companies want to build a quality product, few actually do build products that meet their own internal management quality expectation and external customer’s satisfaction. The [...]
What’s Required of Requirement Management?
Good Requirement Management is perhaps the most important factor in many projects’ successes or failures. Some research had mentioned that it can be as high as 65%. Requirement specification greatly affects the scope of the project, which in turn affects the resource and time required. In this blog, I will share my thoughts and [...]
