proposal

Rewriting a system from scratch: what do you include in proposals?

Let's say I have an older system/framework that's showing its age a bit, but will soon be leveraged to do much more than it was first intended to do. It's a web app that didn't have a lot of common codebehind in it, so I've proposed that it will be less man-hour effort in the long run to rebuild it using more forward-looking code, with a...

Eclipse type proposal change from 3.4 to 3.5 - configurable?

If I already have the types imported, in Eclipse 3.4, I get concrete default classes, but in 3.5 I just get the interface for java.util.Collections. For example, hitting ctrl+space here: Map map = new ctrl+space On 3.4, i get offered HashMap(), on 3.5 Map() (which then gets defaulted to a new impl with methods templated). For List, on...

Estimation technique for small business owners with small budget

Summary We are start up and we provide software development services. We develop windows, web, services and mobile applications. We were aware of agile and we are scrum certified developers . We do user story based estimation and task planning. No issues. Issue We are approached by many small customers. Customers says very high level...

How to write and propose a RFC?

I found that IMAPv4 has a shortcoming: It forces users to download whole body (text/html + attachments). How to write and propose a RFC to address the issue? Please kindly share if you had experience of previously writing technical documents, proposals, especially RFCs. Thank you in advance. ...

Client asked for internet radio on his website

Hi guys, I have a freelance job for a php site. The client isn't a tech savy guy he says he would like to have internet radio on his website as well. Now the thing is that when we speak of internet radio what are we actually talking about? My client himself has no idea of what internet radio is aside form listening to streaming mp3s on a...

Computer Networks Thesis Idea?

I am trying to find a topic for my thesis research! Is there anyone that can give me an idea for a good topic? My major is about computer networks. I am getting a masters degree. ...

Project proposal woes and opinion

Last week I submitted a proposal for update work on a website that I originally wrote 11 years ago. Apparently, the CIO hired college students over those years to maintain the site and now it needs more of a professional touch. I had met with the team, discussed in depth what the site needed and the technologies I would use to do the w...