SVN Relocate Command

svn switch --relocate http://old_svnserver/svn/repo/trunk http://new_svnserver/svn/repo/trunk .

What is your idea of a successful project characterised by?

I’ll extrapolate some of the ‘objective’ and ’subjective’ points for this discussion. I think it’s important to recognize and acknowledge these two categories of criteria in order to maintain and grow your organizations promises as they pertain to it’s offerings. Objectively - meeting deadlines, completing under budget, (completing at all or in some cases, stopping at the right time), low defect rates, customer financial ROI are all objective type criteria that “contribute” to the success story - if you will. Subjectively - the people factors such as raw emotions pertaining to satisfaction, confidence, delightment, excitement and happiness are equally if not more important than the objective criterias and also contribute to the success story. Scoring high in both these categories, which grows your success story, is critical.

The question beyond ‘my idea of what a successful project is characterized by’ then becomes - how do you measure and properly interpret ’success’ from what you know at the end of the project in terms of money spent, time taken etc. as well as what everyone involved thinks and feels about the project, how it went and what had been delivered? It’s important to be able to tell a good story at the very end.”

Firstly, A Little About Myself

My name is Troy Davis and I am a Technical Evangelist. I am a technology professional in Calgary and during my career here, I have contributed to the success of a large number of web projects in the marketing and oil and gas arenas. On these accounts, I’ve lead innovative development strategies and ensured seamless integration of forward-thinking technologies. I have managed to attract some attention here in town; just two years ago I made an appearance and speech at a national web technology seminar.

I am an alumnus of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary, Alberta with a major in Information Systems Technology and a background in application and web software development. I’ve worked as a wireless java application developer, project manager, systems / business analyst and web application developer at several top technology firms in and around Calgary.

Now enough about me. This is my first blog post on davisplanet.net. Stay tuned for much more interesting posts soon …