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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. by Joe Goss
Tags: Excel Spreadsheet, Report, Cell, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2008-06-19
Use an Excel spreadsheet to prototype your reports
Prototyping is a tried and true method for capturing the design details of user interface design. Less-experienced developers sometimes overlook the output requirements of a system when designing it. Report prototyping often reveals holes in the design for both input functions and data processing functions. Joe Goss has discovered a...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Excel Spreadsheet, Data-processing, Joe Goss, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mark Kaelin, Application development, prototyping, reports, excel, screenshots
Image galleries 2008-06-19
Mining project requirements - techniques to use before and after an interview
Tom Mochal recently provided excellent tips on interviewing techniques to gather project requirements. Conducting a good interview 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...
Tags: Technique, Interviewee, Question, Interview, Mentors, Tom, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2008-03-20
Develop a Web site accessible by visually impaired users and comply with the law
At a large public university, I recently assisted a project team in testing a Web-based application we made available to several hundred thousand alumni. Application usability was a key success criterion for the project. Recognizing that numerous alumni might be blind, color blind, or have some other visual impairment, we...
Tags: Alumni, Web, Impairment, Web Site, Tool, Screen Reader, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Productivity, Internet, Marketing, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2008-02-21
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. Your work outside the context of projects helps to identify and resolve issues and concerns, and build positive relationships between IT and customer stakeholders. While stakeholders may have relied...
Tags: Information Technology, Customer, Stakeholder, Strategy, Management, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2008-01-30
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. Countless articles have heralded the destruction of information technology's ivory tower and the resurrection of an IT service closely aligned with the vision and goals...
Tags: Project, Team, Telephone Call, Customer, Team Management, Strategy, Management, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2008-01-10
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...
Tags: Joe Goss
Blog posts 2007-12-04
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...
Tags: Software, Team, Software Development, Use Case, Analysis, Analysis Team, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2007-11-08
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...
Tags: Project Management, Team, Use Case, Requirement, Title, Use Case Title, Requirement Note, Team Management, Management, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2007-10-17
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...
Tags: Project, Team, Requirement, Team Member, Team Management, Management, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2007-09-25
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 is a formalized story that describes how someone procedurally interacts with an existing or proposed system. Here are ten reasons why they should be part of a project managers'...
Tags: Software, Software Development, Use Case, Joe Goss
Download resources 2007-11-08
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...
Tags: Project Management, Use Case, Joe Goss, UML, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
Download resources 2007-10-17
Use an Excel spreadsheet to prototype your reports
Prototyping is a tried and true method for capturing the design details of user interface design. Less-experienced developers sometimes overlook the output requirements of a system when designing it. Report prototyping often reveals holes in the design for input functions and data processing functions. Joe Goss has discovered a very...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Excel Spreadsheet, Data-processing, Joe Goss, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
Download resources 2008-06-19
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. ...
Tags: Technique, Interview, Joe Goss, Productivity, Leadership, Blogging, Management, Internet
Download resources 2008-03-20
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...
Tags: Web, Web Site, Web Page, Joe Goss, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet
Download resources 2008-02-21
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. Your work outside the context of projects helps to identify and resolve issues and concerns, and build positive relationships between IT and customer stakeholders. By sustaining and broadening a customer focus outside...
Tags: Project, Information Technology, Joe Goss, Strategy, Investment, Management, Finance
Download resources 2008-01-30
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...
Tags: Information Technology, Department, Joe Goss, Strategy, Leadership, Management
Download resources 2008-01-10
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. The bulk of this document is a use case example that...
Tags: Team, Use Case, Analysis, Joe Goss, Analysis Team
Download resources 2007-12-04
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...
Tags: Team, Joe Goss, Team Management, Management
Download resources 2007-09-25
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