November 2005 - Harry Nieboer

The 8 Types of Navigation Pages

Jared M. Spool and Christine Perfetti catalogued the patterns they saw when they watched users search for their desired content. They concluded there are essentially 8 Types of Navigation Pages a user can run into, when searching content-rich sites: 1...

Published 30-11-2005 0:17 by Anonymous

Filed under: Analysis and Design, User interface design

Google wants to organize the world's information

"It seems no one is safe: Google is doing Wi-Fi; Google is searching inside books; Google has a plan for ecommerce. Of course, Google has always wanted to be more than a search engine. Even in the early days, its ultimate goal was extravagant: to organize...

Published 29-11-2005 23:55 by Anonymous

Filed under: Other

Measuring Requirements Management

This paper is a report on the presentation of a measurement plan which was developed to help a company satisfy the KPA of requirements management for the repeatable level, level two, of the CMM. SENG 623 Requirements Management Metrics Plan Report

Published 27-11-2005 22:51 by Anonymous

Filed under: Software Engineering, Requirements

Reading list from Joel for a Software Management Training Program

Joel Spolsky published a (first-draft) Reading List for a three year management training program. On the list are several of my favorites, like "The Mythical Man Month", "The inmates are running the Asylum", "Peopleware" and "Crossing the chasm". Several...

Published 24-11-2005 0:48 by Anonymous

Filed under: Software Engineering, Project Management

The spiral user-experience model

Nice new buzzwords and a post worth reading . The Kick Ass Curve describes the curve people go through with new products and services starting from the point where 'it sucks' ( Suck Threshold ) to the point where people become passionate ( Passion Threshold...

Published 22-11-2005 21:54 by Anonymous

Filed under: Software Engineering, Requirements, User interface design

Value-Centered Design

Value Centered Design recognizes that the point of our work is to generate value. And not just bottom line cost savings, or top line sales through new products. True value comes at the intersection of business goals and human needs: return on investment...

Published 17-11-2005 0:50 by Anonymous

Filed under: Software Engineering, Requirements, Analysis and Design, User interface design

Cross-feature testing

Testing the features of a product is precise job. But for testing all features of a product, serially executing all tests is not enough. As the Braidy Tester explains, any experienced tester knows that the interaction between features is where the gnarly...

Published 17-11-2005 0:20 by Anonymous

Filed under: Testing

Ray Ozzie from Microsoft is blogging again

Ray Ozzie is blogging again (on msn spaces). In his introductory post he references an old post from 2002 where he explained that he wanted to learn more about the medium, and that blogging might represent a new and more effective model of interaction...

Published 16-11-2005 23:53 by Anonymous

Filed under: Other

Another one on Estimating with Use Case Points

Mike Cohn wrote on Estimating With Use-Case Points for the Methods & Tools newsletter. A had a previous post on a free book on Use-Case Points .

Published 16-11-2005 23:53 by Anonymous

Filed under: Use Cases, Requirements, Project Management

Dilbert's pointy haired manager on Agile programming

Published 16-11-2005 23:42 by Anonymous

Filed under: Other

Ivar Jacobson leads an effort to deliver a lightweight unified process to the Microsoft Solutions Framework.

Jacobson said the first fruits of his company's (Ivar Jacobson Consulting LLC, of Alexandria, Va.) relationship with Microsoft will be through the delivery of the Essential Unified Process (Essential UP, a simplified or lighter-weight alternative to RUP...

Published 15-11-2005 22:26 by Anonymous

Filed under: RUP, Software Engineering

Bad processes, good processes and good software

Ivar Jacobson's presentation “ What CMMI cannot give you: good software ” features a short story about a Foolish Farmer and his Thirsty Cow. Jacobson uses this story to help illustrate a significant difference between bad processes and good...

Published 15-11-2005 21:54 by Anonymous

Filed under: RUP, Software Engineering

Set your wake-up time a half hour earlier tomorrow ....

There was a very cautious man who never laughed or cried. He never risked, he never lost, he never won nor tried. And when he one day passed away his insurance was denied, For since he never really lived, they claimed he never died. Don't let this happen...

Published 14-11-2005 23:54 by Anonymous

Filed under: Other

Trekkies consider themselves less geeky than …

The Geek Hierarchy by Lore Sjöberg Q: What about computer programmers, sysadmins, tech writers and so forth? A: Occupations didn't make it in, because in the author's experience they don't really matter. Java programmers who are into LARPing aren't seen...

Published 14-11-2005 0:41 by Anonymous

Filed under: Other

LOTS* of resources for web design

Resources For Web Design

Published 14-11-2005 0:24 by Anonymous

Filed under: Analysis and Design, User interface design

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The 8 Types of Navigation Pages

Google wants to organize the world's information

Measuring Requirements Management

Reading list from Joel for a Software Management Training Program

The spiral user-experience model

Value-Centered Design

Cross-feature testing

Ray Ozzie from Microsoft is blogging again

Another one on Estimating with Use Case Points

Dilbert's pointy haired manager on Agile programming

Ivar Jacobson leads an effort to deliver a lightweight unified process to the Microsoft Solutions Framework.

Bad processes, good processes and good software

Set your wake-up time a half hour earlier tomorrow ....

Trekkies consider themselves less geeky than …

LOTS* of resources for web design