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Selecting Agile or Waterfall (ie: Classic) Methodologies

Posted July 18th, 2008 by Matt Morgan

Jonathan Babcock has written an interesting article about the factors behind selecting Agile or Classic PM/BA methodologies. His article includes a chart which compares the two methodologies in a two-by-two matrix which looks at the type of organization contrasted against the top of projects and which methodology makes the most sense.
An excerpt from the conclusion:

Obviously, […]

Risk-Based Quality Management

Posted April 24th, 2008 by Tracy Lynne Dedore

Risk-based quality management is a new approach to risk mitigation in the end-to-end quality effort which has a critical linkage to requirements and requirements traceability.
In developing requirements, you have to consider both the business and the IT risk of implementing new capabilities. The notion of being able to capture both dimensions of risk, by […]

Defining an Application for Facebook (Part 1)

Posted March 31st, 2008 by Chris Gurney

I’ve had a desire to write a Facebook application for a while, but really lacked a fun idea to get myself going.
Luckily, such an idea manifested itself one day, while I devoured all-you-can-eat sushi with my best friend Kevin.
As we neared the end of our maki masterpieces, I was coming dangerously close to exceeding my […]

The Need for Customer-Driven Software Development

Posted March 24th, 2008 by Steven Davis

The role of product and project manager has never been as important as it is today, and it’s likely the importance will increase. The challenge to do “more with less” has been the standing order for many years. However, it’s particularly acute in today’s environment with economic pressures, global competition, technical advances and customer demands. […]

Good Requirements are more than just Accurate

Posted March 3rd, 2008 by Matt Morgan

Jonathan Babcock has posted a very interesting blog entry on the “precision” problem in the requirements definition process. Jonathan draws an interesting distinction between “accurate” requirements vs. “precise” requirements.
To quote his post:
Natural language is inherently ambiguous
The odds are stacked against the BA when it comes to writing requirements that are both accurate […]

You say you want a revolution? Check out VokeStream!

Posted February 29th, 2008 by Matt Morgan

Ok, the IT industry is an interesting collection of deeeeeeep topics and caverns of information. Industry analysts (such as Voke, Forrester, Gartner, IDC, and others) spend a fortune trying to catalog research, industry news, and product analysis. Up to now, this has resulted in what is often referred to as the “endless […]