Mike Krzyzewski: “‘The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.’” From ahm507.blogspot.com

http://www.cesar.org.br/files/file/SCRUMxCMMMI_IEEE-final03.pdf Abstract  –  Over  the  past  years,  the  Capability  Maturity Model  (CMM)  and  Capability  Maturity  Model  Integration (CMMI) have been broadly used for assessing organizational maturity  and  process  capability  throughout  the  world  [20]. However, the rapid pace of change in information technology has caused increasing frustration with the heavyweight plans, specifications, and other documentation imposed…

The Top 10 Open-Source CRM Solutions – Inside CRM From ahm507.blogspot.com

10 Best Open Source ERP Software From ahm507.blogspot.com

This is a web site that has a list of open source functional testing tools. See at:http://www.opensourcetesting.org/functional.php From ahm507.blogspot.com

Open Source Workflow Engines in Java Shared via AddThis From ahm507.blogspot.com

Top 10 Java Workflow Engine Shared via AddThis From ahm507.blogspot.com

Generally Google Reader is my best and only feed reader. It has tons of features that makes you enjoy reading your feeds. Recently, Google Reader added “Send To” feature that makes sharing the posts you like is so easy.Have a look at Google Reader’s “Send to” Feature From ahm507.blogspot.com

Carl Sagan: “‘Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.’” From ahm507.blogspot.com

I was suffering too much from Windows File Explorer. I always open many views to handle file. Spend much time in going to folders to do repetitive tasks. I was sure that there is a better solution. After some research and trail to some tools, I found a great tool called, FreeCommander.I actually tried it…

-The camp? I swear that I would sacrifice my life for the camp! The camp means everything to me and to all its inhabitants. The camp is our soul. Our life and it will stand high and proud forever, it has always been so anyway. Everywhere in the camp you find someone looking for a…

Blat – A Win32 command line SMTP mailer. Use it to automatically eMail logs, the contents of a html FORM, or whatever else you need to send. Enjoy it at http://www.blat.net/ From ahm507.blogspot.com

It is a presentation I prepared and conducted internally at my current employer. It helped me a lot to understand Service Operation. It is amazing how much you learn when you educate others.It is located at: ITIL v3 Service Operation Presentation From ahm507.blogspot.com

Google just opened a new web site building system called Google Sites. I created my own website their, and I am very lucky to reserve the “ahammad” name. Please visit http://sites.google.com/site/ahammad/ The Google site has a very good editor, you can organize your pages in categories and can attach files also. It is a groups…

1- XML based SRS The SRS Eclipse plug-in is meant to provide an intuitive means to edit an XML based Software Requirements Specification. The xml schema derives from the growing consensus that requirements can effectively be identified through Use Cases. The use case strategy of asking “What do you need to accomplish with this system?”…

I have just created a new google group to share software process engineering and management issues. To join, visit http://groups.google.com/group/speg. You can also use the box below for subscription. Email: From ahm507.blogspot.com

Yesterday, SECC organized a session about ITIL in ITIDA building in Smart Village, Cairo, Egypt. Here are some of my personal notes, I just wrote it as it may be useful to someone else. ITIL have certified training for individuals, no certification per the organization. However, you can be certified by ISO20000. ITIL will help…

Many problems that could seem simple actually very big and requires a lot of efforts to be resolved. In some other cases, complex problems could have simple solutions. I saw this picture, or some one like it, at a presentation about ITIL organized by SECC at ITIDA building in SmartVillage yesterday. See http://www.secc.org.eg/ > The…

The application of common sense; not rocket science Proven and practical activities which are in common use Replace “Chaos”, “random results”, or “best effort” with “order”, “predictable quality” and “optimization” And by the way, when was the last time you needed an ROI justification to apply common sense? Copied from PinkElephant.com public presentation. From ahm507.blogspot.com

This is very interesting article about sneezes in different cultures. I enjoyed it. http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~tokyo3/e/sneeze_e.html It is very interesting for me to find other cultures says something like Muslims in case of someone sneezed. It is something like international culture. In English, “God bless you” or “Bless you”. From ahm507.blogspot.com