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Category Archives: Book
Outline Updated
I just posted an updated outline. This update organizes the book into 4 Parts: Getting Started, Managing People, Managing Projects, and Managing Technology, plus a preface and appendices. I also ditched the cutesy names (like, “Everything you wanted to know … Continue reading
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New Section: XML Technology, Part 1
I just posted a new section, XML Technology, Part 1. It’s the first of at least two sections that provide an overview of XML Technology for managers. Here’s a link:XML Technology, Part 1 This section also contains a few bibliography … Continue reading
New Section: Elements, Part 2
I’ve just posted the second half of the Chapter titled: The Elements of Technical Writing. I also posted an update to the first section. Here are links to both: Elements of Technical Writing, Part 1 Elements of Technical Writing, Part … Continue reading
New Section: Elements, Part 1
I’ve just posted a new section, which is the first part of a chapter titled: The Elements of Technical Writing. It’s available at: Elements of Technical Writing, Part 1 I’m still not sure if this is too much or too … Continue reading
Some thoughts and questions
First off, I apologize for missing a week of sections. I over-committed myself last week and into this week, and I’ve had trouble keeping up. But, I’ll be back with a new posting in a few days and will be … Continue reading
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New Section: Evaluation, Part 4
Here is the 4th, and for the moment last, part of the Employee Performance Evaluation chapter. Since posting the last two sections, all of this chapter has been significantly updated, so I’m refreshing all four sections. I also am posting … Continue reading
New Section: Evaluation, Part 3
I just posted the third part of the Employee Performance Evaluation section (actually, it will probably turn into a chapter, since the total, including an un-posted section, is about 12 pages long when rendered into pdf). There will be a … Continue reading
New Section: Evaluation, Parts 1 & 2
I’ve just posted the first two parts of a section on Employee Performance Evaluation. This is less than half of the full section, but I think the two main sub-sections are readable as is. Because this is pretty long, I’ve … Continue reading
New Section: Living with Technology
I just posted a new section titled Living with Technology. It’s somewhat different from previous sections. It’s a set of guidelines that I’ll fit in somewhere in the larger technology section. It’s not as complete as some of the other … Continue reading
More on Wikis: Wikis for Requirements
I’ve been working on a section about gathering requirements when you’re acquiring technology, and it occurred to me that this might be another place where a Wiki could be useful. The basic idea would be to use the Wiki as … Continue reading