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Category Archives: Project Management
Success with Matching Engines – what does that look like?
Implementing a Matching Engine application presents a host of challenges. If you’re responsible for such a project then you need to give serious consideration to a number of critical system components. Here are just a few of the questions … Continue reading
Posted in Business Rules, Messaging, Models, Project Management, Regression, Risk Management, Routing Rules, Rule Engines, Test Automation, Testing
Tagged automated, complexity, data set, downstream, engine, false positives, freeze, implementation, legacy design, matching, overlap, overlapping, problem space, regression, release, requirements, result set, rework, rule management, rules, slice and dice
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Improving operational efficiency – Kanban and Basecamp
We’re big fans of Basecamp here at Red Hound. We use it to collaborate on projects, to run our management activities, drive our recruitment and even for booking and approving leave. I wanted to share with you our recent experiences … Continue reading
Posted in Business Rules, Kanban, Project Management
Tagged Basecamp, Kanban, unplanned, workflow
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A Problem Shared
Do you work in a highly fluid IT environment? Do you work in or manage a geographically disparate virtual team? Do you struggle with building in and maintaining the quality of your developments and releases? Then this article could be … Continue reading
Posted in Agile, Project Management
Tagged agile, pair programming, peer review, working practices
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The next time I implement a time-sheeting system
I will not punish my consultants for being billable on client site by requiring them to log into a VPN, use IE6, use ActiveX downloads, or place other cruel and unusual barriers to them billing time. I will not make … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Project Management
Tagged consulting, time-sheeting, timesheeting
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The Tyrant System
It’s time to name something in the enterprise integration landscape: the tyrant system. The tyrant system is where your project dreams go to die. The tyrant system does not answer to anyone. The tyrant system has releases once in a … Continue reading
Posted in Enterprise Integration, Project Management, Vendors
Tagged change management, Enterprise Integration
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Successfully Managing Business Analysts
I am very passionate about the work that the Business Analyst (BA) does – I should be, I’ve been one for long enough. The role of the BA is critical to the success of any project. If the delivered system … Continue reading
Posted in Project Management
Tagged BA, Business Analysis, Business Analyst, Buy-In, Delivery, Documentation, Knowledge Retention, Management, Project Scope, Requirements Capture, Requirements Documentation, Requirements Matrix, roadmap, Target Object Model, Vision
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