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- UEFI Support and Requirements for Windows Operating Systems
- This paper provides information about Extensible Firmware Interface EFI support in Windows operating systems. Firmware and system designers can use the guidelines and requirements in this paper to ensure proper functionality of Windows operating systems and improve end-user experiences. This paper does not replace any existing firmware requirements (such as...
- Tags: Operating System, Firmware, Requirement, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2009-04-24
- Analyze Requirements for Complex Software Systems in a New, Holistic Way: A Method to Resolve Conflicting Functional and Non-Functional Requirements
- This paper describes a method for systematically analyzing requirements of an IT system so one can create a component model that addresses the requirements in a holistic way. Explore sample requirements with uses cases and "Stress cases" to identify potential conflicts between functional and non-functional requirements. Stress cases must be...
- Tags: Software, Requirement, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-02-17
- Abundance Wealth Avoids Legal Headaches and Strengthens Customers' Trust With ZL Unified Archive
- Principle of Abundance Wealth Counselors and Chief Compliance Officer, took on the large responsibility of finding the best email archiving solution for the company's requirements. Email compliance had quickly become one of the most important factors in the company's daily operations and a requirement for their continuing success. Principle of...
- Tags: Compliance, E-mail Archiving, Officer, Requirement, ZL Technologies, Abundance Wealth, ZL Unified Archive, E-mail, Online Communications
- Case studies 2009-02-11
- 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
- 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
- Requirements and failure: Interview with CA's SVP of IT Governance
- "Ambiguous requirements create failed projects" is a project failures law of nature. A shocking number of IT projects die an agonizing death because stakeholders didn't properly define requirements. Here's how to avoid the trap. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Project Portfolio Management, Computer Associates International Inc., Requirement, Helge, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- SpiraTeam v2.0.1 (Windows)
- Having to choose between purchasing a requirements management, quality assurance, issue tracking or project management system? Tired of having to manually 'glue' together a patchwork of tools and systems from different vendors? Take control of your project's development and testing lifecycle with SpiraTeam from Inflectra. SpiraTeamÃ?? is an integrated...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Requirement, Inflectra, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Software downloads 2008-11-30
- Battery Technology for Data Centers and Network Rooms: Safety Codes
- This paper describes methods and requirements for providing electrical power to rack enclosures for Information Technology equipment. The need for the rack power system to adapt to changing requirements is identified and quantified and the requirements for a rack power system that can adapt to changing needs are defined.
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Network, Battery, Requirement, Data Centers, Engineering, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2008-10-16
- Requirement Model-Based Mutation Testing for Web Service
- Web services present a new promising software technology. However, some new issues and challenges in testing of them come out due to their characteristics of distribution, source code invisibility etc. This paper discusses the traditional mutation testing and then a new methodology of OWL-S requirement model based web service mutation...
- Tags: Web, Web Service, Requirement, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- White papers 2008-09-30
- Track Project Requirements
- Tracking requirements, one of your projects greatest assets, can get complicated quickly if you are not careful. However, a few simple tools, and the suggestions here, can help you manage them effectively, and preserve their value throughout the entire project. Here's a predefined spreadsheet and tracking document...
- Tags: Requirement, Productivity, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Download resources 2008-09-24
- The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard: An Introductory Overview
- PCI-DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. The primary objective of PCI-DSS is to establish a set of requirements to protect cardholder information. Any merchant or service provider that stores, processes, or transmits cardholder payment data is required to be PCI compliant. In addition, there are requirements for...
- Tags: Payment, Industry, Requirement, Data Security, Skipjack Financial Services, PCI-DSS, Operational Accounting, Business Services, Finance
- White papers 2008-09-19
- FileHold Numbering and Versioning Schemes
- "Out of the box" FileHold provides its customers with many options for document numbering and version control. FileHold has a very flexible and user configurable design to accommodate different industries that have different requirements for numbering schemes. Some numbering requirements are based on historical work methodologies and some are based...
- Tags: FileHold Metadata Field, FileHold Systems, Management, Requirement, Strategy
- White papers 2008-09-17
- Requirements Planning: Overlooked and Undervalued
- This paper takes a high-level look at project requirements and the requirements cycle to help one understand the role of the business analyst in requirements planning. Ah, requirements. How can such a simple word generate so much misunderstanding? When it comes to planning projects and designing solutions, the very word...
- Tags: Requirement
- White papers 2008-09-02
- Using Real Options to Select Stable Middleware - Induced Software Architectures
- The requirements that force decisions towards building distributed system architectures are usually of non-functional nature. Scalability, openness, heterogeneity, and fault-tolerance are examples of such non-functional requirements. The current trend is to build distributed systems with middleware, which provide the application developer with primitives for managing the complexity of distribution, system...
- Tags: System Architecture, Distributed System, Requirement, University College London, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-08-08
- Adopting Agile Development, Part 4: Using User Stories to Define Project Requirements
- In Part 4 of this series, learn about how to define requirements in an agile environment. In all software development projects, everything is based on requirements. Because agile development emphasizes spoken communication over written documents and welcomes changes late in development, traditional methods of writing requirements might not be adequate....
- Tags: Requirement, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2008-07-01
- 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
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