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Requirements Managemetss Eclipse PluginRequirements Managements Eclipse Plugin
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?”…
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OpenUP and Eclipse Process Framework
Today there exist many process libraries for software development. As example, we have MSF (Microsoft Framwork), RUP (Rational Unified Process), and OpenUP (Open Unified Process). Most of the process libraries are augmented by process editing tools and process support tools. Process Editing Tools:One of the common problems of process definition is inconsistencies and hence errors.…
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Self-esteem check: Too low, too high or just right?
Self-esteem — Learn characteristics of low self-esteem and benefits of healthy self-esteem.http://health.msn.com/health-topics/mental-health/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100167124 Self-esteem: Boost your self-image with these 5 steps Step 1: Identify troubling conditions or situations Step 2: Become aware of beliefs and thoughts Step 3: Pinpoint negative or inaccurate thinking Step 4: Challenge negative or inaccurate thinking Step 5: Change your thoughts and…
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New Google Group, SPEG
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
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Software Reuse, an Integrated Approach
>>This article is published at SEPG Egypt at http://www.secc.org.eg/ Software reuse is a comprehensive issue; without taking into account all perspectives, it could fail. Here we are trying to look at different angles and highlight several issues. Business View: First, senior management should take reusability into consideration. Loading technical team alone with the reusability efforts…
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Presentation Skills Observation
This is my hints and observations after attending a one day ITIL awareness session and saw many speakers at the same day. Don’t ever joke or even smile. Be very serious. People expect being very serious. Don’t read slides. You are expert in the area of presentation, isn’t you? Keep a distance between you and…
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ITIL Awarness Session by SECC
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…
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Amazing Iceberg
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…
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A Definition of Best Practice
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
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My New Nokia N800
I am fond of Nokia N800 Internet tablet, but it is not yet available in Egypt. I asked friends in KSA, Dubai, and Kuwait with no success. I finally decided to buy one from amazon.com but amazon does not ship outside USA. Look at Nokia N800:http://www.nseries.com/products/n800/#l=products,n800 The solution came finally few days ago from one…
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Fired or Not?
In the case of a manager leaving his position, if you want to know if he is fired or moved to a better position, notice his speech in his farewell: If he is not fired: He speaks about his past achievements with pride. He speaks about his future with enthusiasm and excitement. If he is…
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Process Improvement, a Parallel Documentation Project
One of the pitfalls of applying process improvement is to stay using the same old process and having a parallel project that just produce the required documentation. Project documentation is actually important but it is just documentation. To make things clear, here is an example. If you developed a design document early as opposed to…
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SNEEZES Around the World
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
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8 signs it’s time to change jobs before you get fired
This article about “8 signs it’s time to change jobs before you get fired” is interesting from the point that, these signs – from employee point of view – let him left his company. I know many development managers who suffer from turnover. This article could help them avoid making things that enforce employees to…
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Pidgin, a nice chatting tool
I really hate distractions and interrupts, but nowadays I am very busy that I begin to lose contacts with my close friends. Chatting although annoying to me but at least an initiation channel that could lead to phone calls or meetings. I found pidgin (http://www.pidgin.im/) a nice tool that can read many protocols at the…
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Move Outlook Data Files
If you sadly have to use Outlook. You should save your emails data location to a convenient place so you can easily backup and restore them. Here is a useful link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011124801033.aspx From ahm507.blogspot.com
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Thunderbird and Firefox Profile Location
I like to have all my data at a convenient place, so I can easily backup and restore it. Nowadays email data is crucial to any person. I hate the idea of saving my valuable (I hope so) emails in some cryptic location under C:Documents and Settings. I want to put my profile on some…
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Artistic Style 1.21
http://astyle.sourceforge.net/ Artistic Style is a source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier for the C, C++, C# and Java programming languages. When indenting source code, we as programmers have a tendency to use both spaces and tab characters to create the wanted indentation. Moreover, some editors by default insert spaces instead of tabs when pressing the…
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Fully Elaborated Documents As a Completion Criteria …
In May 1988, Bary W. Bohem published an article about Spiral Model. He described the available, at this time, software models and write some of its advantages and disadvantages. I liked the following paragraph from his article. “A primary source of difficulty with the waterfall model has been its emphasis on fully elaborated documents as…