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- Project Requirements
- Instantly save $500 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends April 30, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsProject failures-or significant cost and schedule overruns-are often caused by a poorly defined project scope. Improve your project management effectiveness by learning to define...
- Tags: Requirement, Change Management, Productivity, Project Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, It Operations, It service Management
- Training 2008-04-01
- Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs
- Two weeks ago, I published a list of my 10 favorite Windows programs of all time. The response was overwhelming and refreshingly enthusiastic. As the title made clear, that list reflected my personal preferences; I certainly don't expect all my choices to be essential for every Windows...
- Tags: Program, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, List, Requirement, System, Screen Shot, Quick Macros, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- 'Requirements Critic' checks documents for problems
- Requirements Critic ("RC") is a joint project out of our Silicon Valley and Bangalore labs (time difference: An almost perfect 11.5 hours) that's looking for ways to aid the process of requirements development. Its current prototype is a Microsoft Word plug-in that acts sort of like a grammar checker-except it's...
- Tags: Requirement, Requirements Critic, Real Estate, Productivity, Business Operations, Ed Gottsman
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time
- I've been using Windows for nearly two decades, and during that time I've tried hundreds of programs. Most come and go, but a handful have stood the test of time for me by solving a particular problem particularly well. In this article and accompanying gallery, I list...
- Tags: Program, Folder, Password, Page, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Product, Microsoft Windows Vista, Search Technology, Microsoft Corp., Requirement, RoboForm, FeedDemon, FinePrint Software, Process Explorer, Clipboard, Updates, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Why Software Projects Fail: A New Assessment of Risk - Practical Methods to Mitigate Project Failure
- If anyones organization does not do a risk assessment during the project lifecycle, consider adding it at one or more places. Pay attention to the risk aspects previously discussed to anticipate some of the factors that create roadblocks to project success. Define both functional and non-functional requirements for tool selection,...
- Tags: Software, Alpha Software, Requirement, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-01-17
- 10 techniques for gathering requirements
- It's difficult to build a solution if you don't know the requirements. The "elicitation" step is where the requirements are first gathered from the client, and there are lots of ways to go about it. Each technique has value in certain circumstances, and you'll often need multiple techniques to gain...
- Tags: Technique, Requirement, Tom Mochal, Productivity
- Download resources 2008-01-02
- Introduction to Business Analysis
- View Available Dates and Locations In this introductory course, you'll delve into the role and responsibilities of the business analyst-the communication link between all business areas and a critical player in project success. Learn techniques for ensuring project success every step of the way-from identifying and...
- Tags: Technique, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Schaumburg, Requirement, Analysis, Productivity
- Training 2008-01-01
- Writing Effective Requirements
- View Available Dates and Locations Successful projects are built on the foundation of well-written requirements. In fact, many problems of challenged and failed projects can be traced back to requirements issues. In this course, you'll learn to document requirements clearly, effectively, and appropriately to create a...
- Tags: Technique, Requirement, Productivity, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Training 2008-01-01
- Requirements Development and Management
- View Available Dates and Locations Numerous studies have concluded that failure to effectively develop and document project requirements is directly related to project failure. By following the logical methodology for the requirements process presented in this course, you'll learn to develop effective requirements, including business ...
- Tags: Requirement, Tools & Techniques, Research & Development, Data Mining, Marketing Research, Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- Training 2008-01-01
- Cisco ACNS Enables Executives in Europe and Africa to Deliver Timely Video Messages to Employees Without WAN Overload
- The requirements are for targeted fast-turnaround rich media messages from the Cisco EMEA Executive team combining video from different team members, with summaries of important points and with links to more resources. The Cisco EMEA IT Infrastructure team had the challenge of translating these requirements into an architecture that would...
- Tags: Team, ACNS, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Requirement, WAN, Cisco ACNS, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management
- Case studies 2007-12-17
- Open Architecture for the Enterprise, Part 1: Architectural Principles of Open Architecture - Be Cheap, Flexible, and Interoperable in 7 Easy Steps
- Enterprise Open Architecture OA is a pattern of nonfunctional requirements that can help one create and maintain more open and flexible complex systems, and systems of systems. Organizations with large, complex systems are looking to OA to help manage complexity, increase flexibility, and reduce their costs. Satisfying the OA nonfunctional...
- Tags: Requirement, Enterprise Open Architecture
- White papers 2007-12-12
- SLIM - Software Lifecycle Management (zip)
- SLIM - Software Lifecycle Management application was designed to be a lightweight solution to documenting and tracking software requirements and test cases. It aims to establish a full trace of software items in a project. From conception of the project, during the development of the project and the testing phase...
- Tags: Software, Requirement, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2007-10-23
- Managing Requirements Authoring - Click-Through Demo (msi)
- This is a portable, interactive demo that closely simulates the UI and functionality of an actual solution. Installs to your Start menu and includes a presenter script. Scenario Summary: Software development projects can be bolstered by more effective requirements gathering and authoring. With todays distributed development teams often located in...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Requirement, Software Development, Team Management, XML, Telecommunications, Software/Web Development, Management, Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-10-05
- Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)
- Windows Vista includes a new set of features that allow playback software to work with protected media. This DRM infrastructure is bitterly controversial, and it's given rise to an enormous amount of misinformation. No one has been more active or successful in spreading FUD and misinformation about this technology than...
- Tags: Protection, Dell Computer Corp., Media Center PC, PC, Digital-rights Management, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Requirement, Reality, Aero, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Managing Unstructured Data: 10 Key Requirements
- Download this white paper the learn the ten key requirements for any effort, system or technology whose purpose is to protect business data and specifically the documents, presentations, spreadsheets, scanned images, multi-media files, etc., that fill file servers and form any enterprise's valued assets.
- Tags: Requirement, File Servers, Productivity, Asset Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Requirements Management Database (zip)
- The Requirements Management Database is a project management scope tool that helps capture, refine, prioritize, and track the development of a detailed list of product or project requirements in a living document. The output is a Market Requirements Document MRD, a Product Requirements Document PRD, a Request for Information RFI,...
- Tags: Requirement, Requirements Management Database, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-06
- InfoTrends Analysis: The Business Advantages and Requirements of Actionable Search
- As competitive markets continue to demand increasing responsiveness and business agility from organizations, employees will need more effective tools for finding and accessing information quickly and accurately. Search and content federation services represent technologies that can assist employees. This InfoTrends report examines the requirements for optimum effectiveness, including the...
- Tags: Requirement, IBM Corp., Productivity
- White papers 2007-07-27
- Getting Requirements Right in the Analysis Phase
- Compuware Optimal Trace is a powerful requirements capture and management solution that facilitates collaboration between business and technical teams in the gathering and management of changing requirements throughout the software development life cycle. It fully supports the concepts of structured requirements as outlined in this paper. Designed for ease of...
- Tags: Requirement, Analysis, Compuware Optimal Trace, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2007-07-12
- Introduction to Requirements: Critical Details That Make or Break a Project
- Requirements exist for virtually any components of a project or task. For example, a project may require specific methods, expertise levels of personnel, or the format of deliverables. This whitepaper will discuss the various kinds of information technology requirements, their importance, the different requirement types, the concept of requirements engineering,...
- Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Requirement, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-06-28
- The 90 Day PowerSeller Challenge (zip)
- In order to become and remain an eBay PowerSeller, you must achieve and maintain certain requirements. These requirements are what keep 95% of eBay merchants down. These requirements are what separates the haves from the have-nots. You will not be part of that 95% if you read my eBook. This...
- Tags: Requirement, eBay Inc., Planetsms, E-books, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-06-15
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