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The new Business Analysis BenchMark report… Requirements Matter

This year’s Business Analysis Benchmark report has been published, a survey on the impact of mature requirements management. I always find it a good read, and not just because I know the author. It really backs up what BAs everywhere are trying...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 10:58 AM by David Wright
Ah, Software…

Still my favorite two quotes about what we do every day: “We need to know the fundamentals and formulas by which software behaves. What are the laws and principles we can count on in creating it? The problem is that software is not a thing, not...

Published Mon, Sep 21 2009 10:57 AM by David Wright
How to avoid the benefits of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS)

FLOSS offers many benefits over software that has a sole proprietor and is funded by royalties. Examples of sole proprietor software are packages such as Microsoft Office where there is a single entity which either owns or is relicensing the exclusive...

Published Sat, Sep 19 2009 9:06 AM by Rusell McOrmond
It’s the Deliverable (that matters), not the Task - Part 2

Last post I described both the development/maintenance methodology and the project management methodology. It is the planning of the project where the two intersect. The prime PM artifact for creating a plan is the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), defining...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2009 10:57 AM by David Wright
The next stage in the copyright revision process: getting political

Today is the last day make your written submissions in the 2009 copyright consultation, but this does not mean the process is over. In fact, we should be winding up towards the next stage in the process and not winding down. There are two sets of things...

Published Sun, Sep 13 2009 9:04 AM by Rusell McOrmond
Creators protecting our public domain

Tomorrow, Sunday September 13′th, is the last day make your voice heard in the 2009 copyright consultation. One of the key ways in which copyright is balanced between the interests of past creators and future creators is through the limited term...

Published Sat, Sep 12 2009 9:03 AM by Rusell McOrmond
My written submission to the 2009 copyright consultation

This afternoon I sent in my submission to the consultation . Today is September 11′th, and Sunday September 13′th is the last day make your voice heard in the 2009 copyright consultation. There are so many more things I would like to say on...

Published Fri, Sep 11 2009 9:02 AM by Rusell McOrmond
It’s the Deliverable (that matters), not the Task (Part 1)

Delivering an IT solution is still a very complicated activity (becoming actively complex if it takes too long), and will likely be so for some time to come; so, it makes sense to simplify it whenever and as much as you can. This is where slavish adherence...

Published Fri, Sep 11 2009 10:56 AM by David Wright
New copyright bill obsolete before it is written?

Sunday September 13′th is the last day make your voice heard in the 2009 copyright consultation. One of the goals set by the Ministers is that a new copyright act should stand the test of time given technology and business methods change fairly...

Published Thu, Sep 10 2009 8:58 AM by Rusell McOrmond
Copyright Consultation: Strange bedfellows and the not so Special 301 report

There are now only 4 days left to make your voice heard in the 2009 copyright consultation. I was about to write about the policy and statistical laundering which can be seen with the 1996 WIPO treaties as well as the Special 301 report. This is a report...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2009 6:02 AM by Rusell McOrmond
The IT Team: ratio of Analysts, Developers, Testers

Rule of Thumb: One Architect/Analyst can generate enough work for two Developers and one Tester, structure your project teams in this ratio. Your Business Analysts are the face of your project to the widest number of business people. It is their job to...

Published Tue, Sep 08 2009 3:37 PM by David Wright
Copyright Consultation: WIPO treaties

There are now only 5 days left to make your voice heard on this critically important issue. In recent years two different governments tabled copyright bills: the Liberal Bill C-60 on June 20, 2005 and the Conservative Bill C-61 on June 12, 2008. (Note...

Published Tue, Sep 08 2009 10:36 AM by Rusell McOrmond
Copyright Consultation: the tail trying to wag the dog.

In yesterday’s article , as well as my submission to the consultation , I suggested that the recording industry is like the tail trying to wag the dog in the copyright consultation. The recording industry represents one of three copyright holding...

Published Mon, Sep 07 2009 10:38 AM by Rusell McOrmond
Copyright Consultation: Is a copyright consensus, or at least compromise, possible?

You might not know that the Canadian government is holding a copyright consultation . This is, after all, the summer when peole are on vacation or otherwise occupied by other things. Even though this reduces who could participate, we have already seen...

Published Sun, Sep 06 2009 10:39 AM by Rusell McOrmond
The typical IT Project: “…, Build for Re-Use”

OK, your project turns out to be one of the 25% or less that will need to build new software because nothing exists that you can re-use or buy. 5) Once a decision to build is recommended and accepted, detailed requirements must be defined to the level...

Published Tue, Sep 01 2009 3:43 PM by David Wright

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September 2009 - Enterprise Insights

The new Business Analysis BenchMark report… Requirements Matter

Ah, Software…

How to avoid the benefits of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS)

It’s the Deliverable (that matters), not the Task - Part 2

The next stage in the copyright revision process: getting political

Creators protecting our public domain

My written submission to the 2009 copyright consultation

It’s the Deliverable (that matters), not the Task (Part 1)

New copyright bill obsolete before it is written?

Copyright Consultation: Strange bedfellows and the not so Special 301 report

The IT Team: ratio of Analysts, Developers, Testers

Copyright Consultation: WIPO treaties

Copyright Consultation: the tail trying to wag the dog.

Copyright Consultation: Is a copyright consensus, or at least compromise, possible?

The typical IT Project: “…, Build for Re-Use”

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