Post on 25-Feb-2016
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Building Applications in a Day…or LessBy Ano Tisam
Overview Short Story Current ICT Environment How software is normally built? How we build software?
Current ICT Environment No Buy in to ICT policy => Where? …and Why? No Strategic Plan => How? No Programmes & Projects => What? What happened? Chaos Ministries doing their own thing
Ad-hoc IT procurement and projects Duplication of effort due to decentralisation of systems,
OPM ICT unable to coordinate effectively due to resource constraints
Rely on Foreign Consultants backed by donors Local IS/CS grads out of work in their fields
USP IS/CS Graduates Job Placements
IT Related WorkNon-IT Related Work
Job placement of USP IS or CS grads from 2001-2010
Jobs by IndustryIT IndustryBankingEducation/TeachingOther
Foreign vs. Local Foreign Tourism $50,000 Annual $10,000
Local MFEM $4000 Annual $0
o Average Govt cap exp: $354,363 per software projecto 100% sent overseas
Government ContractsFor software development goes overseas
VivikiReason why we built.
How is software usually built?Web Applications
Build Database Layer Modelling entities and their relationships
(ERD)
Build Logic Layer Model processes/business logic
Build a User Interface Layer Modelling user interaction with system
Tried many Alternatives Various tools and methodologies have
been created to deal with complexity Coding frameworks e.g. CodeIgniter, Ruby
on Rails, .NET Development Methodologies e.g.
Waterfall, SCRUM, Lean IT, Extreme Programming
IDE’s, Code Gens Object-Oriented Programming