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- Create better applications faster by eliminating incompatible design approaches
- Theremay be things that just work well together. Chocolate and Peanut Butter may bea good example of this, if Reece's is to be believed. However, we all know thatoil and water don't mix well. In our struggle to build large, complexapplications application developers must work hard to find those thingswhich...
- Tags: API, object-oriented, Object-Oriented development, RDBMS, Robert L. Bogue
- Technical articles 2006-10-12
- More effective requirements gathering with Microsoft OneNote
- Therequirements gathering process is very difficult. Getting the information fromthe subject matter experts and packaging it into a coherent set of thoughtsthat the architect and developers can understand is among the hardest parts ofdeveloping software.There'sbeen little help with this process over the past few decades as we've struggledwith other tools,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Microsoft Word, Robert L. Bogue
- Technical articles 2006-10-06
- Convert tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge to ensure better application development
- Anyonewho's ever developed an application from scratch knows that it's difficult to fullyunderstand the objective of the user or subject matter expert, when theydescribe the problem that the code is supposed to solve. It's not a mysterythat the requirements gathering process is a challenge. However, why it's sodifficult to get...
- Tags: knowledge, Robert L. Bogue, loop, application development, Tacit Knowledge
- Technical articles 2006-09-19
- Five questions to ask before buying a new tool
- Before buying a tool, make sure that you understand the problem, all of the alternative solutions to the problem, what else you'll need to implement the solution, and whether it's a problem you should even try to solve on your own. Developing a routine before buying tools will help to...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, PRODUCTIVITY, tool, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Solution, Problem
- Technical articles 2005-09-16
- When you do and don't want Shelfware
- No matter the size of your organization, you can be sure you have old software sitting on a shelf somewhere. Robert Bogue talks about how to reduce the shelfware in your company. Every organization has "shelfware" software that has been put on a shelf. Whether an organization has...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Robert L. Bogue, software, shelfware, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Management
- Technical articles 2005-09-12
- Developing a data communications strategy
- Any data communications proposal can look good on paper until you dissect it by evaluating its reliability, expandability, and complexity. Whether your organization has two sites or two hundred sites, figuring out how to manage the data communications between those sites can be a real challenge. With...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Robert L. Bogue, Service level management, outage, power outage, SLA, scalability, bandwidth, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Strategy, Complexity, Hardware, Reliability, Data Communication, Network Technology, Frame Relay, Networking, It Operations, It service Management
- Technical articles 2005-08-29
- Creating artifacts--what you don't know
- Just as artifacts from ancient times give us information about early man, the documents and presentations you create in IT can give insight into your technology initiatives. We know relatively little about the humans that were roaming the earth thousands of years ago. But because we have the...
- Tags: Strategy, Robert L. Bogue, artifact, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Team Management, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, It Operations, It service Management
- Technical articles 2005-08-26
- Create a path to reach your strategy
- If you're having trouble getting your team to execute on its strategy then you may need to lay out the path in more detail than you already have. Here’s how. Many organizations find developing a strategy a difficult and time consuming process, one that they're so exhausted by...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, strategy, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Throughput, Organization, Management
- Technical articles 2005-08-22
- Getting leadership and management in your organization
- There's a difference in the skills sets for leadership and those for management. Learn the difference and how to incorporate the best of both worlds in your organization. Early in my career, I thought that leadership was what the people at the very top of the organization did...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, leader, leadership, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Organization, Manager, Operations Officer, Management
- Technical articles 2005-08-15
- Open source software on the desktop -- Is it right for you?
- Thinking of switching to open source? Don't underestimate what the true acquisition cost will be. There are few topics more heated than the discussion surrounding Open Source vs. Microsoft. This discussion typically focuses on the difference between Linux and Windows as an operating system. This is,...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Software, Desktop, OpenOffice, Open-source Software, Microsoft Corp., Training, Workforce Management, Open Source, Human Resources
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- Develop a strategy for requirements gathering
- There's more to requirements gathering than getting an initial framework. Understanding the differing goals of the requirements process is an important key to understanding how to get requirements done right. In most mid-sized IT organizations the process of gathering requirements is a little more advanced than scribbling a...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, strategy, requirements process, SMB Strategies Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Solution, Requirement, Financial Services, Productivity
- Technical articles 2005-08-01
- Four things you're missing in your backup strategy
- Backup Strategies aren't always about when to backup and what to backup. They are often about how to create the right systems to allow you to discover problems when they occur. When most people think of a backup strategy they think about tape rotation and backup schedules. While...
- Tags: Backups, Robert L. Bogue, backup, backup strategy, disk, strategy, tape, SMB Strategies Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc.
- Technical articles 2005-07-25
- Four steps for reducing project risk
- Risks in a project are inevitable. However, carefully collecting, evaluating, prioritizing, and controlling risks can increase the chances of success for your next project. Whether it's small or large, complex or simple, every project has risk. It's our job as managers to do our best to not only...
- Tags: Strategy, Robert L. Bogue, SECURITY, risk, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Project, TechRepublic Inc., Goal, Management
- Technical articles 2005-07-18
- A single Goliath or best of breed
- No single off-the-shelf system will exactly meet all of your organizational needs. The trick is finding the set of solutions that meet your organization's needs and that work well with each system within that set of solutions. When most people set out to purchase a new enterprise system,...
- Tags: Goliath, Robert L. Bogue, SMB Strategies Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Solution, Product, Team Management, Strategy, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance
- Technical articles 2005-07-11
- Sell the strategy before selling the tactics
- You need to sell the strategy of technological innovations both to your group and to the organization as a whole. From there, each tactical battle is easier. The organization will already know the expected result and can visualize the success of each tactic resulting in the goal or goals they...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, strategy, vision, SMB Strategies Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Goal, Management
- Technical articles 2005-06-30
- Finding the right role in IT
- People's positions do not necessarily reflect current roles in the organization. In placing employees in a role, it is important to assign them to tasks that fit their capabilities. Whether you are a CIO, director, manager, supervisor, or worker, you have a set of strengths and weaknesses that are uniquely...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, information technology, SMB Strategies Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Position, Strategy, Workforce Management, Management, Human Resources
- Technical articles 2005-06-27
- Efficient development means knowing when to learn a new tool and when not to
- Itseems like everyone likes a full toolbox.Whether you're an auto mechanic with thousands of dollars in hand tools or anIT professional who knows every database technology ever written, tools are agood thing. Knowing how to use a tool can be the difference between strugglingwith something and being able to knock...
- Tags: tool, Robert L. Bogue, snow
- Technical articles 2006-07-13
- How to create a technology replacement strategy
- Developing a technology replacement strategy is an essential part of managing the IT budget. Evaluating operating costs versus acquisition costs can lead to a standardized replacement strategy. When you are considering the cost of your organization's technology, you must consider its life cycle and make allowances not...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, Manufacturing, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Strategy, Cost, Acquisition, Device, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
- Technical articles 2005-06-20
- Remain productive by honoring commitments
- Meeting commitments is the heart of every organization. Failing to meet commitments can cause huge ripple effects that are felt throughout the organization, no matter what its size. Have you ever wondered what happened to that high performing team that you had just a few months ago? Have...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Robert L. Bogue, Sales strategy, Sales force management, Operational accounting, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Commitment, Organization, Payroll Department, Accounting Department, Sales Team, E-mail, Service Level Management, Team Management, Sales, Online Communications, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Finance
- Technical articles 2005-06-13
- Managing the cost of complexity
- Managing complexity in the environment is key to maintaining low costs. Managing complexity requires an honest evaluation of not only the acquisition cost but the costs associated with the long term impact of the solution. The need for balancing the level of complexity in your systems and networking...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, Ethernet, LANs, Microsoft Windows, NETWORKING, Network technology, Servers, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Cost, Response, Solution, Complexity, Environment
- Technical articles 2005-06-06
