Current papers
A new approach to vendor engagement
Category: Current papers | Author: Craig Errey | Date: 24/05/2008
In this article, Craig discusses how to manage the risks of buying enterprise application technology and engaging System Integrators. It's a guide for private enterprise and Government and will help you avoid that sinking feeling you get when you realise that your vendor and integration partner can't actually deliver what you asked for.
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Self managing teams - feasible or fantasy?
Category: Current papers | Author: Craig Errey and Erin Turner | Date: 24/05/2008
The idea of a self managing team (SMT) is appealing to most managers and organisations, but they turn out to be quite hard to set up and sustain. There is considerable research on the topic, but such teams mostly appear in 'ideal' situations and for short periods of time. Not very helpful for the 'normal' business.
Craig and Erin discuss the theory and practice of self managing teams and recent PTG experiences - Self managing teams don't have to be a fantasy.
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Management by Objectives and IT projects
Category: Current papers | Author: Craig Errey | Date: 01/11/2006
Management by Objectives is used by many managers to monitor and manage people's activity. However, this method requires that the outcomes of the activities are measurable on an ongoing basis, which isn't true in the case of many IT projects. Craig Errey explains how Management by Objectives can be applied to IT projects.
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The Psychologist as business analyst
Category: Current papers | Date: 29/09/2006
Craig Errey explains how Business Analysts need all the skills of a psychologist to correctly capture and document business requirements, concluding that it would be better to employ a psychologist as a BA...and the play on 'analyst' was not lost on him either!
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Visual and natural programming for non-programmers - a false hope?
Category: Current papers | Date: 29/09/2006
This paper will provide a crash course of the basic concepts behind programming in order to show that it is a non-trivial activity and, that in order to programme, you need to think in a certain way to successfully describe what you want to do so the computer can carry out your instructions. Is visual programming a false hope? Perhaps, but we're looking at it from a very different perspective.
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The pattern perspective
Category: Current papers | Author: Jalal Radwan, Systems Engineer | Date: 01/09/2006
Systems Engineer Jalal Radwan explains what a pattern is, how they are useful for UI design, and how patterns allow you to create predictable applications that really work for users.
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