Tidal Lock
Tidal Lock is the consulting firm of
Timothy Quinn,
a senior technology professional with over 15
years experience in project management and technical deployment. Tim is a Senior Director in charge of mobile application development
at
Transcontinental Interactive,
and the author of the project management blog,
Process Refactored.
Tim has taught at both New York University and the City University of New York.
Developed to manage critical maintenance workflow at the Toronto Star, Starfish is a web- and email-based issue management platform which allows departmental stakeholders to assign, track and manage multiple concurrent tasks. Starfish was deployed in early 2009, and as of late the following year was still managing all internal workflow for Star Media Group Digital.
Additional features include: extensive web-based administrator management; multiple user tiers; robust error management; MediaWiki and Twitter integration.
Project management
PMI-compliant project management is a part of
every Tidal Lock project, regardless of whether a single line
of code needs to be written.
Technical specification
Documentation, even in an agile development environment, ensures
that proper requirements have been captured and technical
challenges considered. Tidal Lock is proficient at business
documentatiom (project proposals, budgets, schedules, project scope),
administrative documentation (status reports, change orders) and
technical documentation (application architecture, information
architecture and usability assessment, technical specification,
test plans).
Web development
Core competencies include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, XML,
RSS, with consultative expertise in ASP, JSP, Flash, Facebook and
mobile development technologies.
Incubation
Tidal Lock invests in unique business applications and opportunities,
contributing technical management and/or web development services.
Please inquire about specific joint venture opportunities.
