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  • How Lean Six Sigma affirms agile programming practices
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    How Lean Six Sigma affirms agile programming practices

    Joe Goss examines how the Define Measure Analyze Improve Control and agile software development methodologies address the eight areas of waste defined by Lean Six Sigma.

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    Published:  February 8, 2010, 1:17 AM PST Modified:  February 8, 2010, 1:17 AM PST Read More See more Developer
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    Use an Excel spreadsheet to prototype your reports

    Prototyping is a tried and true method for capturing the design details of user interface design. Joe Goss has discovered a very valuable electronic tool for prototyping reports -- Microsoft Excel.

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    Published:  June 19, 2008, 1:29 AM PDT Modified:  June 19, 2008, 1:29 AM PDT Read More See more Software
  • Mining project requirements – techniques to use before and after an interview
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    Mining project requirements – techniques to use before and after an interview

    Conducting a good interview to gather project requirements can be a daunting task -- particularly if you are interviewing a stakeholder who holds a high position in the organization, or has a reputation for making people uncomfortable. Good preparation and good follow-up are critical factors in a successful interview.

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    Published:  March 20, 2008, 2:08 AM PDT Modified:  March 20, 2008, 2:08 AM PDT Read More See more Networking
  • Develop a Web site accessible by visually impaired users and comply with the law
    Project Management

    Develop a Web site accessible by visually impaired users and comply with the law

    Poorly designed Web pages create a significant challenge to someone who cannot see your Web pages. However, it is easy to make good decisions about page design -- once you understand the Section 508 standards and have some tools in your back pocket. By using the tools outlined, you broaden the audience for your products or services and put your Web site in compliance with U. S. Federal law.

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    Published:  February 21, 2008, 12:26 AM PST Modified:  February 21, 2008, 12:26 AM PST Read More See more Project Management
  • Sustain and broaden customer focus outside of your projects
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    Sustain and broaden customer focus outside of your projects

    As a project manager or business analyst, you have an important role outside the scope of customer projects. By sustaining and broadening a customer focus outside of projects, you and your IT department become your customer's most valued technology advisor.

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    Published:  January 30, 2008, 3:32 AM PST Modified:  January 30, 2008, 3:32 AM PST Read More See more CXO
  • Create and sustain a customer focus within projects
    Innovation

    Create and sustain a customer focus within projects

    Whether the clients you serve are inside or outside your organization, creating and sustaining customer focus is crucial to your success as an IT department. As a project manager or business analyst, you have a unique opportunity to understand your customer needs, and you can lead your IT department in creating and providing valued products and services. Joe Goss explores the actions you can take within the context of a project.

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    Published:  January 10, 2008, 5:51 AM PST Modified:  January 10, 2008, 5:51 AM PST Read More See more Innovation
  • Help your analysis team draft an actionable detailed use case
    Innovation

    Help your analysis team draft an actionable detailed use case

    An analysis team writes detailed use cases to describe the steps and characteristics of business processes. While use cases are often a central feature of a software requirements specification, business analysts often employ use cases in a broader context. In fact, I've used them to describe the steps and attributes of project management processes.

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    Published:  December 4, 2007, 3:31 AM PST Modified:  December 4, 2007, 3:31 AM PST Read More See more Innovation
  • 10 reasons why use cases are indispensable to your software development project
    Developer

    10 reasons why use cases are indispensable to your software development project

    Well-written use case narratives (or simply "use cases") offer the analysis, development, and testing teams an invaluable guidebook. A use case (different from a UML use case diagram) is a formalized story that describes how someone procedurally interacts with an existing or proposed system and they should be part of every project managers' permanent tool set.

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    Published:  November 8, 2007, 12:45 AM PST Modified:  November 8, 2007, 12:45 AM PST Read More See more Developer
  • Categorize high-level requirements into use case titles for better project management
    Developer

    Categorize high-level requirements into use case titles for better project management

    Many business analysts use Unified Modeling Language use case diagrams to identify the actors and their high-level actions in a system. These diagrams help an analysis team clarify and understand the project domain and high-level functions. Unfortunately, UML use cases fail to tell us much about the details of a system. They define "who" and "what" pretty well, but don't tell us "when", "where", "why" and "how". Learn how to transform high-level requirements into a set of story titles that can be applied toward functional requirements.

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    Published:  October 17, 2007, 1:42 AM PDT Modified:  October 17, 2007, 1:42 AM PDT Read More See more Developer
  • Facilitate a meeting to define what success looks like for your project
    CXO

    Facilitate a meeting to define what success looks like for your project

    Although most projects start enthusiastically, optimism fades quickly unless an analysis and design team gets traction and learns where it is going. Working from a project charter, the team's next step is defining typically, "what does success look like". These high-level requirements help clarify the project's vision and give the team a focus. Many business analysts employ group facilitation to elicit these requirements. This blog post summarizes some of the steps you might follow in facilitating such a meeting. This blog entry is also available in PDF form as a TechRepublic download.

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    Published:  September 25, 2007, 1:53 AM PDT Modified:  September 25, 2007, 1:53 AM PDT Read More See more CXO

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