Archive for the 'Analysis' Category

Making It Easier for Doug and Tony

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

When I was a child, one of my favorite TV shows was The Time Tunnel. The concept of being able to go back in time and try to fix the things that went wrong fascinated me. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if someone from the future could come back and fix whatever it is we did wrong?
Maybe […]

Success Criteria vs. Project Analysis Data

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Software Quality Assurance people love measuring things. Test coverage, schedule slip, hours slip, velocity, number of reviews, the existence of reviews, number of defects, the average time it took to resolve a defect, function points, cyclomatic complexity, and of course the famous KLOC. If you got all excited reading these last couple of lines, you must […]

Visualize Your Data

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Data visualization is not a new concept. Anyone who ever prepared a business presentation knows that a colorful diagram expressing the data visually has a much greater impact on the audience.
But data visualization is more than merely a presentation technique. With data visualization you can easily gain new insights, which enable you to take action. Coming up with the same […]

Make Up Your (Customer’s) Mind

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Every now and then, I hear architects and designers arguing that they cannot do a real analysis of the requirements, because the customer does not know exactly what he needs. This is often a reason for keeping things vague in the design of the product, or avoiding delving into the details. More often than not, […]