June 2005 - Harry Nieboer - blog community

A free ebook on Use-Case Points

A free ebook from Shivprasad Koirala on How to Prepare Quotation Using Use Case Points . He published before, I found some articles on c-sharpcorner . Actually, the book is not only on Use-Case Points, it covers guidelines for estimation using Function...

Published 28-06-2005 21:01 by Anonymous

Filed under: Use Cases, Software Engineering, Project Management

A must see: hilarious! Men in Coats

Men In Coats 10 fine minutes I saw them a couple of weeks ago on Dutch television at Jurgen Rayman at the 100th show. Absolutely fabulous. Completely offside this blogs scope, but a must see for all! Some comments (the show runs a long time already):...

Published 28-06-2005 1:03 by Anonymous

Filed under: Other

Must reader for every father working in IT

Raymond Lewallen : Reflecting back on the greatest job in the world

Published 23-06-2005 0:23 by Anonymous

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Tips and examples for artifact types used for (Agile) Modeling

Scott Ambler lists 35 modeling artifact types with examples. He indicates if the technique is simple enough for stakeholders to learn, whether it is usually a paper-based artifact, whether he suggests creating it on a whiteboard, and what type of software...

Published 23-06-2005 0:18 by Anonymous

Filed under: Use Cases, UML, Requirements, Analysis and Design

A command line for the web … YubNub!

YubNub is a command-line for the web . After setting it up on your browser, you simply type "gim porsche 911" to do a Google Image Search for pictures of Porsche 911 sports cars. Type "random 49" to return random numbers between 1 and 49, courtesy of...

Published 19-06-2005 21:26 by Anonymous

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Best practice: code talking!

Steve Hebert's argues that Code Talking is the key to great software "I believe Code Talking may be one of the biggest arguments for pair programming". Do NOT mix this code talking with Cold War communication!

Published 17-06-2005 20:09 by Anonymous

Filed under: Analysis and Design

Do we need design specs anyway?

In a recent post , we saw two very different opinions on the need for functional specs . The Fishbowl: Finding Discord in Harmony gives an unexpected reason NOT to want design specs , when you are starting up an open source project: Most importantly,...

Published 17-06-2005 19:52 by Anonymous

Filed under: Software Engineering, Analysis and Design

Ms Office Open XML Formats and OpenDocument XML format

Brian Jones explains why Microsoft decided NOT to use the OpenDocument XML format and how interoperability issues could be tackled. In the discussions that follow, Microsoft is blamed for creating a new lock-in format. An interesting suggestion in one...

Published 15-06-2005 12:20 by Anonymous

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Do we need functional specs anyway?

Ian Landman noted two very different opinions on the need for functional specifications : “Don’t write a functional specifications document. Why? Well, there is nothing functional about a functional specifications document." (Jason Fried)...

Published 15-06-2005 11:13 by Anonymous

Filed under: Use Cases, Requirements

Tools with UML 2 support

More and more tools with UML2 support are emerging. Currently, however, UML 1.x is still dominating the tools market. Some tools are listed on modelbased.net - UML tools . Some arguments on NOT using UML2 and the (fierce) reaction of Andrew Watson (technical...

Published 14-06-2005 23:25 by Anonymous

Filed under: UML, Requirements, Analysis and Design

A legal guide for bloggers

A legal guide for bloggers (kottke.org)

Published 14-06-2005 23:01 by Anonymous

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Interview with Kelly Goto on her book Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works

In the introduction, it states it’s not a how-to design manual, how-to manual for usability testing, or a technical manual. So what is it? For the interview: Digital Web Magazine - Kelly Goto More info (including reviews and some downloads): http://www...

Published 14-06-2005 22:46 by Anonymous

Filed under: Software Engineering, Other

Taxonomy of dysfunctional clients

Lots of attention is given to what developers do wrong, but is the problem always on their side? Christopher Hawkins, who had to terminate some business relationships with clients gives you insight in the types of clients that are best avoid to begin...

Published 14-06-2005 22:27 by Anonymous

Filed under: Software Engineering, Other, Project Management

Alice in Use Case Land

Doug Rosenburg, writer of a book that really helped me on deciding how to do RUP ( Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: A Practical Approach) wrote the nice story of Alice in Use Case Land which I often refer to when I teach courses The Duchess,...

Published 14-06-2005 13:00 by Anonymous

Filed under: RUP, Requirements

I apparently get on poorly with people like Raymond (who is another tank)

As several of my fellow Info Support bloggers exposed themselves, I can't stay behind either. For any person interested in how I really am: I am a Scorched Earth Tank . When I have a mission, it consumes me; I will not be satisfied until the job is done...

Published 13-06-2005 23:30 by Anonymous

Filed under: Other

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A free ebook on Use-Case Points

A must see: hilarious! Men in Coats

Must reader for every father working in IT

Tips and examples for artifact types used for (Agile) Modeling

A command line for the web … YubNub!

Best practice: code talking!

Do we need design specs anyway?

Ms Office Open XML Formats and OpenDocument XML format

Do we need functional specs anyway?

Tools with UML 2 support

A legal guide for bloggers

Interview with Kelly Goto on her book Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works

Taxonomy of dysfunctional clients

Alice in Use Case Land

I apparently get on poorly with people like Raymond (who is another tank)