This chapter discusses the writing process and its key components. It begins by defining writing as a fluid, dynamic process that involves research, planning, drafting, revising, editing, and multiple revisions. Planning strategies like clustering, brainstorming and outlining are presented. The chapter then examines each step in more detail, providing examples and guidelines. For drafting, it recommends writing the easiest parts first and getting feedback from others. Revising involves reworking content, organization and tone. Editing focuses on sentence structure, word choice, punctuation and removing unnecessary words. Figures and tables illustrate examples throughout the process.
Chapter 8 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
To effectively conduct workplace research, one must develop certain skills including networking, reading various sources, conducting observations and tests, interviewing people, distributing and analyzing surveys, organizing information, and properly documenting sources. Effective research is relevant, current, accurate, original, thorough, realistic, and ethical. The research process involves confirming the purpose and audience, consulting resources, evaluating sources, conferring with experts, documenting sources, and continuing to ask questions. Primary research involves direct interaction while secondary research uses existing print and online sources. Proper note taking and documentation of all sources is crucial.
This document provides guidance on writing effective letters for both domestic and international audiences. It discusses identifying the audience and their needs, establishing purpose, including key facts and recommendations, and selecting an appropriate style and tone. The document outlines different letter formats, parts of a letter, tips for appearance and organization, and emphasizes adopting a reader-focused "you attitude." It also provides guidelines for communicating with international readers, such as using common vocabulary and simple sentences. The overall message is that letters remain important for business communication and their format and content should be tailored to the specific reader.
Chapter 11 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses effective design principles for documents and websites. It provides guidelines for organizing information visually, with effective design being visually appealing, logically organized, clear and simple while ineffective design is crowded, disorganized and difficult to follow. It also discusses the basic features of print document design like page layout, typography, heads and subheads, graphics and color. Similar guidelines are provided for writing for and designing websites, including making the site easy to find, navigate and read while keeping it updated. It emphasizes keeping design simple, consistent, clear and using less elements.
Chapter 9 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses different types of summaries and how to write them effectively. It begins by defining a summary as a brief restatement of the main points from a longer document that saves readers time. Due to the abundance of online information, summaries are important for condensing information. The document then discusses the importance of summaries in business settings and provides guidance on what to include in a summary, such as the purpose and conclusions. It also explains how to prepare a summary by identifying key points, organizing them, and putting them in your own words while being accurate to the original content. Different types of summaries are covered, such as executive summaries, evaluative summaries, abstracts, and news releases.
Chapter 3 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses collaborative writing and meetings in the workplace. It provides guidance on effective collaboration, including establishing group roles and responsibilities, providing constructive feedback, and using technology like Google Docs to facilitate the writing process. The key aspects of planning and conducting productive meetings are also addressed, such as creating an agenda and testing equipment beforehand. Overall the document offers best practices for collaborative writing projects and meetings within an organizational setting.
Kolin's Successful Writing at Work - Chapter 4Brooksie Lane
The document discusses different types of electronic communications used in the workplace, including emails, blogs, messaging, and social media. It explains that emails are commonly used to efficiently send and receive information but should maintain a professional tone. Blogs allow employees to write posts and interact with each other or customers. Legal and ethical guidelines for electronic communications include avoiding personal use, taking time to ensure accuracy, respecting confidentiality, and following company policies. Electronic communications can be considered legal records, so care should be taken with what is written.
Chapter 1: Getting Started (Kolin's Successful Writing at Work)Brooksie Lane
The document discusses writing skills that are important for career success. It notes that writing is a key part of every job as it allows employees to communicate and businesses to function. The ability to write well determines one's success at work. Additionally, as employees advance, they will be expected to do more and higher quality writing. Effective writing involves identifying the audience, establishing the purpose, formulating the message, and selecting an appropriate style and tone. Examples of persuasive anti-smoking advertisements targeting different audiences are also provided to illustrate these principles.
Chapter 10 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses designing clear visuals to accompany written work. It provides guidelines for choosing effective visuals such as only using visuals that are relevant for the purpose and audience. It describes different types of visuals including tables, figures, graphs and charts. It emphasizes the importance of designing visuals that are easy to understand and free from bias or distortions. Visuals should be properly inserted into the written work and introduced to help readers understand their meaning and significance.
Chapter 8 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
To effectively conduct workplace research, one must develop certain skills including networking, reading various sources, conducting observations and tests, interviewing people, distributing and analyzing surveys, organizing information, and properly documenting sources. Effective research is relevant, current, accurate, original, thorough, realistic, and ethical. The research process involves confirming the purpose and audience, consulting resources, evaluating sources, conferring with experts, documenting sources, and continuing to ask questions. Primary research involves direct interaction while secondary research uses existing print and online sources. Proper note taking and documentation of all sources is crucial.
This document provides guidance on writing effective letters for both domestic and international audiences. It discusses identifying the audience and their needs, establishing purpose, including key facts and recommendations, and selecting an appropriate style and tone. The document outlines different letter formats, parts of a letter, tips for appearance and organization, and emphasizes adopting a reader-focused "you attitude." It also provides guidelines for communicating with international readers, such as using common vocabulary and simple sentences. The overall message is that letters remain important for business communication and their format and content should be tailored to the specific reader.
Chapter 11 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses effective design principles for documents and websites. It provides guidelines for organizing information visually, with effective design being visually appealing, logically organized, clear and simple while ineffective design is crowded, disorganized and difficult to follow. It also discusses the basic features of print document design like page layout, typography, heads and subheads, graphics and color. Similar guidelines are provided for writing for and designing websites, including making the site easy to find, navigate and read while keeping it updated. It emphasizes keeping design simple, consistent, clear and using less elements.
Chapter 9 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses different types of summaries and how to write them effectively. It begins by defining a summary as a brief restatement of the main points from a longer document that saves readers time. Due to the abundance of online information, summaries are important for condensing information. The document then discusses the importance of summaries in business settings and provides guidance on what to include in a summary, such as the purpose and conclusions. It also explains how to prepare a summary by identifying key points, organizing them, and putting them in your own words while being accurate to the original content. Different types of summaries are covered, such as executive summaries, evaluative summaries, abstracts, and news releases.
Chapter 3 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses collaborative writing and meetings in the workplace. It provides guidance on effective collaboration, including establishing group roles and responsibilities, providing constructive feedback, and using technology like Google Docs to facilitate the writing process. The key aspects of planning and conducting productive meetings are also addressed, such as creating an agenda and testing equipment beforehand. Overall the document offers best practices for collaborative writing projects and meetings within an organizational setting.
Kolin's Successful Writing at Work - Chapter 4Brooksie Lane
The document discusses different types of electronic communications used in the workplace, including emails, blogs, messaging, and social media. It explains that emails are commonly used to efficiently send and receive information but should maintain a professional tone. Blogs allow employees to write posts and interact with each other or customers. Legal and ethical guidelines for electronic communications include avoiding personal use, taking time to ensure accuracy, respecting confidentiality, and following company policies. Electronic communications can be considered legal records, so care should be taken with what is written.
Chapter 1: Getting Started (Kolin's Successful Writing at Work)Brooksie Lane
The document discusses writing skills that are important for career success. It notes that writing is a key part of every job as it allows employees to communicate and businesses to function. The ability to write well determines one's success at work. Additionally, as employees advance, they will be expected to do more and higher quality writing. Effective writing involves identifying the audience, establishing the purpose, formulating the message, and selecting an appropriate style and tone. Examples of persuasive anti-smoking advertisements targeting different audiences are also provided to illustrate these principles.
Chapter 10 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses designing clear visuals to accompany written work. It provides guidelines for choosing effective visuals such as only using visuals that are relevant for the purpose and audience. It describes different types of visuals including tables, figures, graphs and charts. It emphasizes the importance of designing visuals that are easy to understand and free from bias or distortions. Visuals should be properly inserted into the written work and introduced to help readers understand their meaning and significance.
The document provides guidance on job searching, networking, résumés, interviews, and transitioning to civilian employment. It describes the steps employers take to hire, including defining job qualifications, advertising openings, reviewing applications, interviewing candidates, and making an offer. It then outlines the steps job seekers should take, such as analyzing strengths, enhancing their image, searching in the right places, assembling a dossier and portfolio, writing résumés and cover letters, interviewing, and accepting or declining offers. Specific tips are provided for each step in the process.
Chapter 16 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
The document discusses best practices for presentations at work. It covers the differences between writing documents and presentations, types of presentations including informal briefings and formal presentations. It provides guidance on analyzing your audience, components of presentations, using presentation software, rehearsing, reducing nerves, and guidelines for delivering presentations. Evaluation forms are also discussed.
Chapter 14 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
The document discusses short reports and provides guidelines for writing effective short reports. It describes the purpose and common types of short reports, including periodic reports, sales reports, progress reports, employee activity reports, trip reports, test reports, and incident reports. It provides examples of each type of report and outlines best practices such as being concise, objective, and tailored to the intended audience. The document emphasizes that short reports should be well-organized, clearly written, and visually designed to effectively communicate essential information.
Chapter 13 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses the key characteristics and types of proposals. It begins by defining a proposal as a detailed persuasive plan of action submitted for approval. Proposals can vary in size and scope, from sales letters to lengthy documents, and are intended to solve a problem or need. They must understand the audience's perspective and demonstrate the ability to effectively address their issues. Common types of proposals include solicited, unsolicited, internal and external proposals. The document provides guidance on writing successful internal, sales, and research proposals and emphasizes that proposals must be realistic, persuasive, ethical and visually appealing to gain approval.
Chapter 12 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses writing instructions and procedures. It begins by defining instructions and procedures, noting that instructions explain how to perform a task step-by-step while procedures outline policies an organization expects employees to follow. It emphasizes that instructions should be accurate, consistent, thorough, clearly written and effectively illustrated to ensure safety, efficiency and convenience. The document then covers assessing the audience, using visuals and word processing tools, outlining instructions, and writing procedures.
Chapter 15 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
Long reports are major projects in the workplace that require in-depth research on a key problem. They have a broader scope and more extensive research than short reports. Long reports are organized into several parts, including a front matter with items like a letter of transmittal and table of contents, the main report text with an introduction, body, conclusion, and recommendations, and a back matter with references and appendices. Effective long reports require thorough planning, research, and collaboration with supervisors and colleagues.
The document discusses best practices for writing business messages. It recommends that business writing be concise, persuasive, economical, and audience-oriented. It outlines a writing process that includes analyzing the purpose and channel, profiling the audience, and adapting the message for the task and audience. Specifically, it advises writers to focus on audience benefits, develop a "you" view, use conversational language, employ positive language, and avoid negative expressions that imply hidden meanings. The overall message is that following a clear process and keeping the audience in mind can help writers create effective business communications.
This document provides an overview of informal reports, including their formats, functions, patterns, and delivery methods. It discusses the direct and indirect patterns for organizing reports and provides examples of each. The document also covers guidelines for developing informal reports, such as determining the problem and purpose, gathering data, organizing data, and writing and revising drafts. Additionally, it provides tips for various types of informal reports, including information reports, progress reports, justification/recommendation reports, and minutes of meetings.
Chapter 5 E messages and digital media.pptxssuserc89259
The document discusses electronic communication tools used in business. It notes that mobile communication and cloud computing are two prevailing technological trends, requiring today's workforce to stay constantly connected. The skills expected of business communicators include transmitting information electronically and using communication technologies like email, instant messaging, and social media. Both electronic and written messages have advantages in business. Electronic messages allow for instant delivery while written messages carry more weight in some situations. Proper etiquette and best practices are discussed for professional use of emails, instant messages, texts, blogs, and Twitter in business.
e-mail writing is the most common of writing and perhaps one of the least practiced skills in en English learning program. This is an online course intended for intermediate and upper-intermediate speakers of English who seek to improve their writing skills.
This document discusses green computing and reducing the environmental impact of computers and electronic devices. It notes that typical desktop computers and monitors use 100-150 watts of power, and printers can use up to 100 watts. Leaving devices on when not in use wastes energy. Manufacturing computers uses toxic chemicals like lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium. The document recommends reducing energy use by using power saving modes and turning devices off when not in use. It also suggests reusing, refurbishing and properly recycling electronic waste to reduce environmental pollution.
The document provides guidance on writing effective emails. It discusses the importance of proper email etiquette and outlines the basic parts of an email, including the anatomy of an email, email etiquette, dos and don'ts, and tips for writing clear, concise emails. The objectives are to learn the basic parts of an email, recognize appropriate email etiquette, and understand the basic elements that all emails should include in order to make a good impression.
This document provides guidance on writing positive business letters and messages. It discusses the importance of business letters and outlines writing plans and tips for different types of business letters, including requests for information or action, direct claims, replies, and adjustments. Sample letters are provided and analyzed to demonstrate effective and ineffective approaches. The document emphasizes keeping messages short, being spontaneous, sincere, specific, and selfless in order to convey goodwill.
The document discusses best practices for front-end Django developers, including organizing templates with a base template and blocks, using template tags and filters appropriately, structuring CSS and JavaScript with namespaces, leveraging tools like HTML5 Boilerplate, Compass, Modernizr, and best practices for data handling, testing, and performance.
Ideazfirst will represent training & email etiquette. Please email us with your name and company name to sales@ideazfirst.com for a downloaded copy of this presentation.
Green computing aims to reduce the environmental impact of computing through more efficient use of computing resources and environmentally friendly design and disposal of computer technologies. It seeks to minimize energy consumption and promote renewable energy sources, reduce paper usage, and ensure easy recycling of electronic equipment. The goals of green computing are to reduce hazardous materials usage, maximize energy efficiency over the lifetime of products, and promote recyclability. Recent implementations of green computing principles include search engines like Blackle that reduce energy usage and very low power computers like the Zonbu and Fit PC. The future of green computing is expected to see more eco-friendly components and emphasis on energy savings across enterprises.
This document discusses revising and proofreading business messages to improve conciseness. It provides tips for eliminating wordiness including reducing wordy phrases and outdated expressions. Examples show revising sentences by using more precise verbs and vivid adjectives. The document also discusses proofreading techniques such as using proofreading marks and having others check work.
- Email is a quick way to communicate in writing over electronic systems and has become a major form of modern communication, especially in business by allowing messages to be sent and received over great distances at high speeds.
- Email messages should be concise, with 4-5 paragraphs at most to get the message across in the shortest possible space.
- Proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation are important in email as they show attention to detail and professionalism, just as you would use in a formal letter.
- The "cc" and "bcc" fields should be used courteously to include people who need to know about but not act on the contents of the email.
Tips for Managing a Mainframe Internal Recovery Projecticu812
Originally published in the Winter 2007 issue of the Disaster Recovery Journal, this article by Mike Smith offers suggestions for managing the implementation of an updated Data Center / Internal Recovery project.
This document discusses techniques for collecting data during software engineering field studies. It describes both direct techniques that involve direct interaction with participants, such as interviews, questionnaires, and observation. It also covers indirect techniques that collect data through artifacts of the participants' work, such as analyzing documentation, logs, and source code. For each technique, the document discusses advantages, disadvantages, and reporting guidelines to provide context on how the data was collected and analyzed. The goal is to help researchers select the most appropriate techniques and effectively report the results of their studies.
The document provides guidance on job searching, networking, résumés, interviews, and transitioning to civilian employment. It describes the steps employers take to hire, including defining job qualifications, advertising openings, reviewing applications, interviewing candidates, and making an offer. It then outlines the steps job seekers should take, such as analyzing strengths, enhancing their image, searching in the right places, assembling a dossier and portfolio, writing résumés and cover letters, interviewing, and accepting or declining offers. Specific tips are provided for each step in the process.
Chapter 16 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
The document discusses best practices for presentations at work. It covers the differences between writing documents and presentations, types of presentations including informal briefings and formal presentations. It provides guidance on analyzing your audience, components of presentations, using presentation software, rehearsing, reducing nerves, and guidelines for delivering presentations. Evaluation forms are also discussed.
Chapter 14 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
The document discusses short reports and provides guidelines for writing effective short reports. It describes the purpose and common types of short reports, including periodic reports, sales reports, progress reports, employee activity reports, trip reports, test reports, and incident reports. It provides examples of each type of report and outlines best practices such as being concise, objective, and tailored to the intended audience. The document emphasizes that short reports should be well-organized, clearly written, and visually designed to effectively communicate essential information.
Chapter 13 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses the key characteristics and types of proposals. It begins by defining a proposal as a detailed persuasive plan of action submitted for approval. Proposals can vary in size and scope, from sales letters to lengthy documents, and are intended to solve a problem or need. They must understand the audience's perspective and demonstrate the ability to effectively address their issues. Common types of proposals include solicited, unsolicited, internal and external proposals. The document provides guidance on writing successful internal, sales, and research proposals and emphasizes that proposals must be realistic, persuasive, ethical and visually appealing to gain approval.
Chapter 12 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
This document discusses writing instructions and procedures. It begins by defining instructions and procedures, noting that instructions explain how to perform a task step-by-step while procedures outline policies an organization expects employees to follow. It emphasizes that instructions should be accurate, consistent, thorough, clearly written and effectively illustrated to ensure safety, efficiency and convenience. The document then covers assessing the audience, using visuals and word processing tools, outlining instructions, and writing procedures.
Chapter 15 of Kolin's Successful Writing at WorkBrooksie Lane
Long reports are major projects in the workplace that require in-depth research on a key problem. They have a broader scope and more extensive research than short reports. Long reports are organized into several parts, including a front matter with items like a letter of transmittal and table of contents, the main report text with an introduction, body, conclusion, and recommendations, and a back matter with references and appendices. Effective long reports require thorough planning, research, and collaboration with supervisors and colleagues.
The document discusses best practices for writing business messages. It recommends that business writing be concise, persuasive, economical, and audience-oriented. It outlines a writing process that includes analyzing the purpose and channel, profiling the audience, and adapting the message for the task and audience. Specifically, it advises writers to focus on audience benefits, develop a "you" view, use conversational language, employ positive language, and avoid negative expressions that imply hidden meanings. The overall message is that following a clear process and keeping the audience in mind can help writers create effective business communications.
This document provides an overview of informal reports, including their formats, functions, patterns, and delivery methods. It discusses the direct and indirect patterns for organizing reports and provides examples of each. The document also covers guidelines for developing informal reports, such as determining the problem and purpose, gathering data, organizing data, and writing and revising drafts. Additionally, it provides tips for various types of informal reports, including information reports, progress reports, justification/recommendation reports, and minutes of meetings.
Chapter 5 E messages and digital media.pptxssuserc89259
The document discusses electronic communication tools used in business. It notes that mobile communication and cloud computing are two prevailing technological trends, requiring today's workforce to stay constantly connected. The skills expected of business communicators include transmitting information electronically and using communication technologies like email, instant messaging, and social media. Both electronic and written messages have advantages in business. Electronic messages allow for instant delivery while written messages carry more weight in some situations. Proper etiquette and best practices are discussed for professional use of emails, instant messages, texts, blogs, and Twitter in business.
e-mail writing is the most common of writing and perhaps one of the least practiced skills in en English learning program. This is an online course intended for intermediate and upper-intermediate speakers of English who seek to improve their writing skills.
This document discusses green computing and reducing the environmental impact of computers and electronic devices. It notes that typical desktop computers and monitors use 100-150 watts of power, and printers can use up to 100 watts. Leaving devices on when not in use wastes energy. Manufacturing computers uses toxic chemicals like lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium. The document recommends reducing energy use by using power saving modes and turning devices off when not in use. It also suggests reusing, refurbishing and properly recycling electronic waste to reduce environmental pollution.
The document provides guidance on writing effective emails. It discusses the importance of proper email etiquette and outlines the basic parts of an email, including the anatomy of an email, email etiquette, dos and don'ts, and tips for writing clear, concise emails. The objectives are to learn the basic parts of an email, recognize appropriate email etiquette, and understand the basic elements that all emails should include in order to make a good impression.
This document provides guidance on writing positive business letters and messages. It discusses the importance of business letters and outlines writing plans and tips for different types of business letters, including requests for information or action, direct claims, replies, and adjustments. Sample letters are provided and analyzed to demonstrate effective and ineffective approaches. The document emphasizes keeping messages short, being spontaneous, sincere, specific, and selfless in order to convey goodwill.
The document discusses best practices for front-end Django developers, including organizing templates with a base template and blocks, using template tags and filters appropriately, structuring CSS and JavaScript with namespaces, leveraging tools like HTML5 Boilerplate, Compass, Modernizr, and best practices for data handling, testing, and performance.
Ideazfirst will represent training & email etiquette. Please email us with your name and company name to sales@ideazfirst.com for a downloaded copy of this presentation.
Green computing aims to reduce the environmental impact of computing through more efficient use of computing resources and environmentally friendly design and disposal of computer technologies. It seeks to minimize energy consumption and promote renewable energy sources, reduce paper usage, and ensure easy recycling of electronic equipment. The goals of green computing are to reduce hazardous materials usage, maximize energy efficiency over the lifetime of products, and promote recyclability. Recent implementations of green computing principles include search engines like Blackle that reduce energy usage and very low power computers like the Zonbu and Fit PC. The future of green computing is expected to see more eco-friendly components and emphasis on energy savings across enterprises.
This document discusses revising and proofreading business messages to improve conciseness. It provides tips for eliminating wordiness including reducing wordy phrases and outdated expressions. Examples show revising sentences by using more precise verbs and vivid adjectives. The document also discusses proofreading techniques such as using proofreading marks and having others check work.
- Email is a quick way to communicate in writing over electronic systems and has become a major form of modern communication, especially in business by allowing messages to be sent and received over great distances at high speeds.
- Email messages should be concise, with 4-5 paragraphs at most to get the message across in the shortest possible space.
- Proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation are important in email as they show attention to detail and professionalism, just as you would use in a formal letter.
- The "cc" and "bcc" fields should be used courteously to include people who need to know about but not act on the contents of the email.
Tips for Managing a Mainframe Internal Recovery Projecticu812
Originally published in the Winter 2007 issue of the Disaster Recovery Journal, this article by Mike Smith offers suggestions for managing the implementation of an updated Data Center / Internal Recovery project.
This document discusses techniques for collecting data during software engineering field studies. It describes both direct techniques that involve direct interaction with participants, such as interviews, questionnaires, and observation. It also covers indirect techniques that collect data through artifacts of the participants' work, such as analyzing documentation, logs, and source code. For each technique, the document discusses advantages, disadvantages, and reporting guidelines to provide context on how the data was collected and analyzed. The goal is to help researchers select the most appropriate techniques and effectively report the results of their studies.
Reduce the Internal and External Interruptions and Improving Communications u...IRJET Journal
This document discusses techniques for improving time management in agile software development projects. It proposes using an enhanced version of the Pomodoro Technique to reduce interruptions and improve focus.
The Pomodoro Technique involves focusing intently on a task for 25 minutes, then taking a short break. This is repeated for a set number of intervals. The document suggests interruptions can waste a significant amount of a developer's time by forcing them to switch contexts.
An enhanced version of the Pomodoro Technique is proposed to further reduce disruptions from communications tools, notifications, and coworkers. Effective time management is important for software teams to deliver projects on schedule and maximize productivity.
Agile software development is an iterative approach that promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development, rapid response to change, and close collaboration. It values individuals and interactions, working software, customer collaboration, and responding to change over processes, documentation, contract negotiation, and following a plan. The Agile Manifesto introduced these values in 2001 to provide an alternative to failure-prone processes. Agile methods help teams deliver working software frequently in short iterations to better satisfy customer needs.
Agile software development is an iterative approach to development that promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development, rapid response to change, and close collaboration. It focuses on individuals and interactions, working software over documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and responding to change over following a plan. The key principles are satisfying customers through early and continuous delivery, welcoming changing requirements even late in development, frequent delivery of working software, close daily cooperation between business and development, face-to-face communication, and adapting to change through self-organizing teams.
This report proposes implementing a collaboration solution to improve information sharing, communication, and productivity within the company. It identifies key needs like increased workforce productivity, faster product development timelines, and streamlined communication. The current system of information storage in directories and informal knowledge sharing is inefficient. A collaboration environment could capture knowledge, facilitate project management and processes, and integrate with existing applications. This would help onboard new employees more quickly, reduce time spent searching for information, and empower employees and teams to work more effectively together.
1 five methods_of_notetaking.docx_updated_7-09carolbillingcwi
The document describes 5 different note-taking methods: the Cornell method, outlining method, charting method, mapping method, and sentence method. Each method is explained in terms of its layout, organization, advantages, and disadvantages. The Cornell method involves dividing the page into two columns and using cues to summarize concepts. The outlining method uses indentation to show relationships between topics. The charting method arranges notes into labeled columns. The mapping method uses graphic representations. And the sentence method writes each idea on its own line.
This paper describes how an enterprise architecture engagement for a large, complex domain was able to reduce the time for architecture definition and signoff from 18 months to 6 months. Key acceleration factors included leveraging existing conceptual artifacts, defining a common language via a semantic data dictionary, resolving problems at the conceptual level when possible, and using the conceptual agreements to efficiently define lower levels of detail. UML modeling was effectively used to generate artifacts for each cell of the Zachman Framework and maintain consistency, allowing for quick transitions between levels. Stakeholder management and signoff was facilitated by UML's ability to communicate concepts concisely and prove the feasibility of solutions.
Enterprise Architecture in today's economyRichard Freggi
This paper describes the approach and techniques used to accelerate Architecture definition. It focuses on “real world” practical applications of three critical factors:
• Engagement approach, including use of the Zachman Framework and the choice of Artifacts
• Techniques to speed up Artifact generation using UML (Unified Modeling Language)
• Techniques to manage stakeholders and obtain sign-off
An overview of the Agile Manifesto and why Agile SDLC is super important to excellent project management practices. Agile Software development is dominating the game these days. Whether you're going responsive, managing ecommerce, magento, or iphone apps Agile practices will help your efforts succeed.
11 Reasons Oracle E-Business Suite projects fail and how to fix themeprentise
As a mission critical system, considerable time and attention should be devoted to maintaining, improving, and optimizing your Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) system. While most tasks are relatively routine in nature, sometimes—either due to organizational changes, the need to upgrade, or due to changes in management and regulatory reporting requirements—a change is needed in your EBS system that requires the initiation of a more complex project.
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This assignment has several different pieces that complete a proje.docxchristalgrieg
This assignment has several different pieces that complete a project management assignment. I’ve included how many pages each section is required to be and all the details for each section of the project to complete the entire paper.
At the end of this paper, I’ve included what the project is about and the proposal. Go off this proposal to create the entire paper.
PROJECT CHARTER (1 and 1/2 pages)
There are many different parts and documents that comprise a project. In this activity you will create a project charter for your course project. The project charter is a document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and provides a summary of the project’s objectives and management. A project charter template is provided for you.
This assignment will construct another part of your course project. A Project Charter Template is provided for you. When completing the project charter refer to the sample in Chapter 3 of your textbook. Your finished product should contain all of the usual elements of a project including:
• Project title and date of authorization (date in month/day/year format)
• Project manager’s name and contact information (professional contact information – does not need home address)
• Summary schedule or timeline, including planned start and end dates (in month/day/year format); milestone summary with milestones and scheduled dates of submission (in month/day/year format)
• Summary budget or estimated cost allocation (with $ preceding all monetary amounts)
• Project objectives
• Success criteria (how the project will be evaluated)
• Summary of management approach for the project
• Roles and responsibility matrix
• A section for key project stakeholders to sign off on the charter
• A comments section for stakeholders to provide important comments related to the details
PROJECT SCOPE & TIME MANAGEMENT (1 and 1/2 pages)
By the end of this assignment, you should be able to draft a scope statement for the project you selected in Module 1 and construct a simple Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for your planned project.
A project scope statement is a document that specifies the requirements for your project. It defines the features and functions that are to be implemented in the project. It also describes any specific processes that must be used in the project. A project scope statement includes detailed characteristics, deliverables, and success criteria.
A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) or Process Breakdown Structure (PBS), as noted in your text, helps assure project managers that all products and work elements are identified, to integrate the project with the current organization, and to establish a basis for control. The WBS is a hierarchical structure that facilitates evaluation of cost, time, and technical performance at all levels in the organization over the life of the project.
Your text includes examples of Work Breakdown Structures in Chapter 4. There is also a WBS template loaded for you.
Work Breakd ...
Documentation Workbook Series. Step 3 Presenting Information (Technical Writing)Adrienne Bellehumeur
This booklet is part of Step 3 Presenting of the five-step documentation process (Step 1 – Capturing Information, Step 2 – Structuring Information, Step 3 – Presenting Information, Step 4 –Communicating Information, Step 5 – Storing and Maintaining Information). This booklet provides some basic tips, techniques, approaches and exercises for understanding and practicing effective technical writing.
The document discusses key aspects of project management using an Agile approach. It defines what projects are and aren't, and describes different common project approaches like Waterfall and Agile. It outlines the Scrum process used in Agile, including sprints, product and sprint backlogs, and roles like the Scrum Master and Product Owner. It emphasizes values like commitment, openness, focus and courage needed to implement Agile successfully in a business.
Mighty Notes transforms mere "note-taking" into an efficient system that brings increased clarity and understanding to business meetings, workshops and lectures.
It's simple to use and the results are remarkable…
The document argues that documentation, though often seen as a waste of time and money, is actually an investment that saves both. Minimal but effective documentation, such as data diagrams, screen flows, and mockups, can significantly reduce development time by clarifying requirements and preventing incorrect assumptions. While creating documentation takes some effort, it ensures the final product meets expectations and avoids costly reworks, making it worthwhile except for the smallest of projects.
Applied Research
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STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Obtain approval by submitting a detailed project proposal to the Program Director
prior to registering for this course. This proposal may be submitted anytime after
the first session of the first semester of enrollment.
2. Follow procedures as detailed in the course syllabus.
3. Document weekly progress once the project begins. Submit copies of updated plans,
reports, and project management documentation weekly to the instructor once the project
begins.
4. Attend and participate in all administrative, professional, or fact-finding meetings as
required by the organizational mentor and/or faculty.
5. Fully comply with appropriate institutional policies and procedures while at the
organization, during the project, including confidentiality issues.
Student Responsibilities – continue
6. Utilize appropriate professional behavior, dress, and communication.
7. Maintain ongoing weekly contact with the faculty advisor once the project begins in order to
review the required project management documentation.
8. Present a verbal presentation of the project’s outcomes to the faculty advisor/instructor and
Program Director at the end of semester prior to grade submission deadlines.
9. Present a final written project report to the faculty advisor/instructor prior to grade
submission deadlines. Since this report must be finally submitted to the Program Director, a
second copy may be requested by the faculty advisor/instructor.
Contents of the written report for industry project.
Initiating
Kickoff Meeting Plan
Business Case
Business Case Financial Analysis
Project Charter
Planning
Team Contract
Scope Statement
Statement of Work
Stakeholder Analysis
Software Project Management Plan
Work Breakdown Structures
Gant Chart
Network Chart
Project Costs Overview
Risk assessment
Pareto Diagram
Quality Assurance Plan
Project Organizational Chart
Responsibility Assignment Matrix
Resource Histogram
Stakeholder Analysis for Project Communications
Executing and Controlling
Gant Charts
Network Charts with written analysis
Project Costs Reports and Budget Reports
Earned Value Analysis and supportive charts
Weekly Status Reports
Milestones Report
Closing
Lessons Learned Report
Final Project Documentation
Appendices
Systems Documentation as needed.
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