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August 2005 - Posts

• A simple, powerful way to get people and organizations moving

  A post by Martin Fowler triggered me into reading about Open Space. Martin used the approach several times on conferences. I'm interested as I assume sometimes there are situations where it can be a valuable approach for gathering and organizing requirements Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:13 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Engineering, Requirements, Project Management

• Five things wrong with Sharepoint

  Michael Drips has strong opinions on Microsoft SharePoint (but others disagree with him!): It's a crappy mish-mash of multiple technologies. The development team is playing the Longhorn card. There are two SharePoint products, which is confusing. Support Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:21 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Other

• Investing in Requirements

  You invest in something to make it more valuable. Requirements work the same: You are investing in the requirements part of product development to end up with a more valuable product and get it less expensively. Suzanne and James Robertson aim to show Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:56 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Requirements, Project Management

• Underpromise and Overdeliver

  An important aspect of Requirements Management is managing expectations. One of the basic rules that applies there is: Underpromise and Overdeliver . Under promising means that you say Friday when you assume you can deliver on Wednesday. Always build Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:46 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Engineering, Requirements

• Holidays are over, some fun stuff to conclude

  Tired of speeding tickets? This is a compelling reason to tell the officer! . Amazing what you can do with the standard Windows soundrecorder SNDREC32.EXE The world's ugliest dog Read More... Posted Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:57 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Other