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User Requirements - The Lesser Known Facts

User involvement in requirements engineering is given great importance. But requirement engineers need to keep in mind that users cannot always specify all the requirements they need. They need to be innovative in finding out the unconscious and undreamt of requirements, which will most likely be not specified by the...

Tags: Requirement, Accord Software & Systems

White papers 2009-01-01

Requirement Management Tool (ReMa)

One of the biggest challenges to any program specially aimed at developing a system to satisfy the objectives of DO-178B and DO-254 Level B criticality is meeting the objectives of DO-178B and DO-254 and most importantly show evidence to this compliance. There are several ways in which a development team...

Tags: Team, Compliance, Requirement, Tool, Accord Software & Systems, Team Management, Productivity, Management

White papers 2009-01-01

ReMa to the Rescue

ReMa is a Requirements Management software tool developed at Accord, which was used to manage the design and requirements of NexNav. The NexNav software and the programmable FPGA were developed for Level B criticality where every design, requirement, and configuration management objective of DO-178B and DO-254 had to be satisfied....

Tags: Software, Requirement, Accord Software & Systems, ReMa, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2009-01-01

Importance of Requirements Engineering in Making Your Project a Success

"I'll go find out what they want, and the rest start coding." This caption from a cartoon is very close to the way some software organizations still treat the requirements specification process. In many companies, requirements management is a difficult challenge. They focus their efforts on design, development and testing...

Tags: Accord Software & Systems, Requirements Management, Team Management, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2009-01-01

Why ReMa

Research indicates that more than 50% of all projects fail because they do not meet customer requirements. Outlining requirements is a crucial phase in any project/product development. The leading causes of project failure due to poor requirements are incomplete, missing or ambiguous requirements and poorly managed requirement changes. In present...

Tags: Management Tool, Requirement, Accord Software & Systems

White papers 2009-01-01

Measurable and Testable Requirements

A stitch in time saves nine says a proverb. It explains a lot about the cost of fixing the bugs in software development. The cost of fixing an error is lowest in the first phase of software development i.e., requirements. This is because there are very few deliverables at the...

Tags: Requirement, Error, Accord Software & Systems, Software Development, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Management

White papers 2008-01-01

Project Planner Personal Edition 4.5 (Windows)

Project Planner Personal Edition 4.5 lets you track and manage your projects the way you always wanted. It offers you several views (Gantt, Network, Resource, Estimation, Risk, Plan) to get a broad understanding of where your project is heading. Several improvements based on customer feedback include support for reading MS...

Tags: Project, Accord Software & Systems, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2004-06-22

Smartworks - Project Planner Reader 1 (Windows)

Project Planner Reader is a free reader and viewer for reading files created by Smartworks Project Planner 4. It frees you from having to use project-management software to share project plans among users. Now your customers can view the progress of their projects in terms of Gantt charts, network diagrams,...

Tags: Gantt Chart, Accord Software & Systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2003-11-20

Project Management Tutor 1.0 (Windows)

A freeware to introduce basics of project management. Highlights and explains all the jargons a project manager need to know in order to manage projects successfully. An ideal tool for a novice project manager. Covers basics, project life cycle, common mistakes made by project managers and gives pointers to various...

Tags: Project Manager, Microsoft Windows, Accord Software & Systems, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Software downloads 2003-09-17

Meeting Manager 1.0 (Windows)

Meeting Manager is a SmartWorks plug-in that can be used to schedule and keep track of meetings and resources in an organization. This tool will help you organize meetings, inform attendees and track post-meeting action points till closure. Meeting rooms and resources can be scheduled to avoid clashes.

Tags: Resource, Accord Software & Systems, Meeting Manager, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2003-08-08

Smartworks-PE 4.5 (Windows)

Smartworks-PE Personal Edition is a cost effective business productivity tool which helps you to manage projects, track issues and measure the progress in each of your business activity. Smartworks-PE includes award winning project planner and Smart tracker plugins to help you manage your business. Smartworks-HO Home Office: If you are...

Tags: Business Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Edition, Accord Software & Systems, Smartworks-PE 4.5, Strategic Planning, Collaboration, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2003-03-05

Additional Resources

Here we go again: European Commission complains about IE integration in Windows

Here we go again: European Commission complains about IE integration in WindowsHypocrites?Where's their complaint against Apple for including Safari with OS X? I get that it's become the cool thing to hate MS, but making yourselves look like hypocrites doesn't get you any plus points.To hell with those tarts...Europe...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, EU Countries, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE Integration, European Commission, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Might Office be where Microsoft gets socked with Chinese antitrust charges?

Might Office be where Microsoft gets socked with Chinese antitrust charges?So now removing your own product is anti-competitive???[i]limiting consumer choice by restricting the availability of Windows XP on new PCs[/i]What? Seriously... what? Was Chevrolet being anti-competitive when they stopped making the Camaro?Besides, if you believe all the anti-Vista FUD, I...

Tags: Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., antitrust, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

When will textbook publishers get a clue?

When will textbook publishers get a clue?I buy all my books onlineI mostly use half.com, which is part of eBay. But there's also:http://www.allbookstores.com/This is an aggregator, so it searches a bunch of sites.Here's how much you can save: My "Advanced Suse Linux" book retails for $146.95 at school...

Tags: Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Office, textbook, Textbook Publishers

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Microsoft going it alone? Not exactly

Trying to parse Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' every utterance in search of clues about what Microsoft is doing next is a dangeous game. (Remember the recent Windows 7 date confusion spurred by a recent Gates' utterance?) On May 6, headlines across the Web declared that Gates told...

Tags: Facebook, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-07

GWGK/TUC Mini Camp

View Available Dates and LocationsGWGK: This advanced Authorized Cisco course covers the in-depth and important topics needed to implement Cisco Voice Gateways and Gatekeepers in Enterprise or Service Provider environments with CallManager and Cisco Unity. Learn to install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco voice gateways and ...

Tags: H.323, Fault-tolerance, Router, Network, PBX, Cisco Systems Inc., PSTN, HQ, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications

Training 2008-01-01

BEA faces rough crowd

BEA Systems reported better than expected third quarter results, but all the company got was skepticism about the way it came up with its earnings tally, hackles about its software license growth and questions on why the company thinks it is worth $21 a share. Simply put,...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Analyst, Outlier, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-16

Did anyone really expect the iPhone NOT to have a serious security vulnerability?

Did anyone really expect the iPhone NOT to have a serious security vulnerability?Shut up, fool.ntTriple Ditto: Shut up, fool!!! ntntDitto: Shut up, fool.ntI'll 'fourth' that. Shut the hell up you moron ...Hey little boy...why don't you and No Axe get a room and leave...

Tags: Operating systems, Hacking, Nothing, Apple iPhone, operating system, SHUT UP, security, Aviel D. Rubin

Discussion threads 2007-07-23

2007 Acura RL

Photo gallery:2007 Acura RLThe 2007 Acura RL occupies an odd place among its competitors. As the top of Acura's model line-up, it should be the best the brand has to offer. But the cabin isn't particularly luxurious, the body style unremarkable, and the performance mediocre. However, it comes loaded with...

Tags: Acura, Acura RL, CMBS, brake

Product reviews 2007-06-27

PC makers may miss out on holiday joy

PC makers may miss out on holiday joyThe atmosphere was VERY different for Windows 95, the best launch ever forMicrosoft. It has been down hill ever since, with 98 considered a bug fix, and ME nothing new, even breaking things. Windows 2000 was mostly positive, but nothing like Windows 95....

Tags: Operating systems, Software Support, GUI, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-11-04