The document provides tips and best practices for project management of websites built with Drupal. It discusses the importance of planning, communication with clients, using an appropriate development process (agile vs waterfall), estimating timelines, scheduling tasks, prioritizing design, managing client expectations, and Drupal-specific considerations.
Summary
Advanced planning techniques that deliver on promise of empirical evidence based predictability and improve organizational Agility.
Outline
Two things are certain about estimates:
Estimates are always wrong
You will spend more time estimating that you should have otherwise used to do the work instead.
Agile Manifesto Values and Principles do not, not even once, mention “estimates” any where. Yet rapid adoption of estimation techniques labeled as “Agile Estimation” techniques puzzle me. In my experience as practitioner, advisor and coach : I have experienced very limited benefits from estimating and often find that estimates create more harm than good. There are however legitimate business concerns that need active management. Estimates hinder real business agility by servicing temporary comfort through plausible but highly improbable plans.
Following is outline of my talk:
Opening and Introduction
So you think you can estimate: Overview of estimating biases with references to current research in software context.
Anchoring
Impact of irrelevant and misleading information
Temporal distance : The further out in future you estimate the more optimistic your estimate
Relative Size estimation is prone to Directional bias and Assimilation Effect
Sequence reference bias: Biases introduced depending on number sequence used for story pointing
Recollection bias (flawed memory)
Motivational bias
Exposure to biases is unavoidably high and there is no escaping it.
Estimates anchor benefits - Why estimates make me frown?
Applicability of Story point estimates.
Story points are applicable only in fully cross-functional teams that can move a request from Business to Production all by itself. Or in Scaled contexts where teams are fully cross-functional feature teams. In all other cases story points are inapplicable.
In applicability in scaled context with many dependent teams
Introduction to cycle time
How to gather empirical evidence in non-ideal contexts? - Single team
What happens in multi-team environment where teams are cannot be fully cross-functional and have shared dependencies?
I will share principles via case-study where I used cycle time measurements and dependency management board to actively develop empirical cycle time evidence to track a major Game release.
Conclusion
Q&A
Note: This 45 minute talk is fast paced and assumes that participants are sound on their fundamentals.
We use this slide deck to explain the Agile practices that we teach. This is what we call our "Agile Buffet", you don't have to adopt all of these practices but you should understand them so that you can use them as necessary. We are always modifying this presentation, so if you want the most current one, contact us.
Consulting Services companies goes through multitude of challenges in its Sales cycle, Delivery Cycle and over all Competency building and maintaining cycle. In this 2 part blog, I write about the various issues, Well whats the point in discussing problems with out a solution, Worry Not, The blog culminates with a tried and tested solution.
Tried Architecture as Shared Services? Felt like Abstracting the best of the resources, while encapsulating them well within at the same time? Tried creating COE’s? Have the management shot back stating it is overused/abused concept, tried and failed? Yes there are lot of reasons to fail when NOT done right.
This blog entry documents the RIGHT way, tried and tested Recursively
The Product Backlog drives the work of Scrum teams, but keeping the backlog fresh and useful is often a continuing challenge. Is your product backlog healthy, and what are some ways to keep it that way that you can use right away?
Why Training Projects Fail:How to RecoverDavid Goodman
Learn why training projects fail through experiencing four case studies. Can a project and your relationship with your internal or external clients be recovered during a project gone wrong?
Summary
Advanced planning techniques that deliver on promise of empirical evidence based predictability and improve organizational Agility.
Outline
Two things are certain about estimates:
Estimates are always wrong
You will spend more time estimating that you should have otherwise used to do the work instead.
Agile Manifesto Values and Principles do not, not even once, mention “estimates” any where. Yet rapid adoption of estimation techniques labeled as “Agile Estimation” techniques puzzle me. In my experience as practitioner, advisor and coach : I have experienced very limited benefits from estimating and often find that estimates create more harm than good. There are however legitimate business concerns that need active management. Estimates hinder real business agility by servicing temporary comfort through plausible but highly improbable plans.
Following is outline of my talk:
Opening and Introduction
So you think you can estimate: Overview of estimating biases with references to current research in software context.
Anchoring
Impact of irrelevant and misleading information
Temporal distance : The further out in future you estimate the more optimistic your estimate
Relative Size estimation is prone to Directional bias and Assimilation Effect
Sequence reference bias: Biases introduced depending on number sequence used for story pointing
Recollection bias (flawed memory)
Motivational bias
Exposure to biases is unavoidably high and there is no escaping it.
Estimates anchor benefits - Why estimates make me frown?
Applicability of Story point estimates.
Story points are applicable only in fully cross-functional teams that can move a request from Business to Production all by itself. Or in Scaled contexts where teams are fully cross-functional feature teams. In all other cases story points are inapplicable.
In applicability in scaled context with many dependent teams
Introduction to cycle time
How to gather empirical evidence in non-ideal contexts? - Single team
What happens in multi-team environment where teams are cannot be fully cross-functional and have shared dependencies?
I will share principles via case-study where I used cycle time measurements and dependency management board to actively develop empirical cycle time evidence to track a major Game release.
Conclusion
Q&A
Note: This 45 minute talk is fast paced and assumes that participants are sound on their fundamentals.
We use this slide deck to explain the Agile practices that we teach. This is what we call our "Agile Buffet", you don't have to adopt all of these practices but you should understand them so that you can use them as necessary. We are always modifying this presentation, so if you want the most current one, contact us.
Consulting Services companies goes through multitude of challenges in its Sales cycle, Delivery Cycle and over all Competency building and maintaining cycle. In this 2 part blog, I write about the various issues, Well whats the point in discussing problems with out a solution, Worry Not, The blog culminates with a tried and tested solution.
Tried Architecture as Shared Services? Felt like Abstracting the best of the resources, while encapsulating them well within at the same time? Tried creating COE’s? Have the management shot back stating it is overused/abused concept, tried and failed? Yes there are lot of reasons to fail when NOT done right.
This blog entry documents the RIGHT way, tried and tested Recursively
The Product Backlog drives the work of Scrum teams, but keeping the backlog fresh and useful is often a continuing challenge. Is your product backlog healthy, and what are some ways to keep it that way that you can use right away?
Why Training Projects Fail:How to RecoverDavid Goodman
Learn why training projects fail through experiencing four case studies. Can a project and your relationship with your internal or external clients be recovered during a project gone wrong?
Evolve or Die: A3 Thinking and Popcorn Flow in Action (#LKCE14)Claudio Perrone
Slides I presented this week for the Lean Kanban Central Europe 2014 #lkce14 conference in Hamburg (and subsequently at Build Stuff in Vilnius) about Lean Management with A3 Thinking and Popcorn Flow. It consolidates some of my latest thoughts on the matter.
You may also be interested in the article that InfoQ published shortly after: http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/11/lean-thinking-change
Making a website is more then making pretty picture and some sales jargon. You have to fully understand the project, your audience, current traffic trends and the even more important – the business goals before every writing a line of code.
Presentation for Agile Australia Conference 2013. Introducing Lean Startup concepts in a way accessible to people used to usual project management methods. With lean startup you don't assume you know the end state required, (as you do with a project), you assume you need to focus on learning to discover the end state to solve the problem you area you looking at.
Seeing Constraints, Kanban Explained by Jon StahlLeanDog
I am passionate about kanban because without a lot of ceremony and time, I can get a team to self organize and communicating at a whole new level. Since constraints become visible, it allows people to be more willing to go out of their comfort zone and thus wear any hat that it takes to produce quality software. Seeing constraints, pulling value and eliminating waste is the goal of practicing kanban. This would be a "kanban explained" session for those who are not familiar with this practice. I use physical boards to illustrate the concepts and encourage good dialogue. We will discuss several types of kanban boards such as WIP, backlog and retrospectives.
This presentation has been tested at many user group meetings, at clients and conferences such as Agile 2009 & CodeMash 2010. The session takes 1 hour to present, 1 1/2 hours to have good dialogue during the presentation.
Kanban, while not a new concept, nor complex - it is often misunderstood by those who don't practice it. Intended audience is for people that understand agile story wall concepts and whole team. The best audience is a Scrum master who will learn how kanban can take their craft to the next level of a self organizing teams by seeing, not hearing about constraints.
The Leader's Guide Workshop - Pivotal Labs TokyoJeana Alayaay
These are the slides that were used for the 3rd Leader's Guide Workshop that was help at Pivotal Japan on Friday, 6/17/16. The content was developed by Janice Fraser, the Director of People for Pivotal. It is based on The Leader's Guide by Eric Ries and is officially endorsed by him.
Practical Product Innovation - Sydney CTO SummitMike Biggs GAICD
Today, constant innovation defines our marketplace. Businesses must respond to customer expectations for better digital experiences. How do leading organisations launch successful new products and respond rapidly to external change? How do they move beyond the simple need to innovate to actively practicing innovation every day?
We will share proven techniques and approaches to product innovation, from co-creation with customers, to workplace 'hack days'. We will show how collaborative design can speed your product to market using stories from the trenches of product delivery.
Presented By Mike Biggs and Ian Kelsall
This is a slide deck I originally presented at ALE2011 in Berlin about A3 thinking and Kaizen in the context of a large Lean & Agile enterprise transition.
At LESS2011 in Stockholm a few weeks later, it was even awarded as overall "best session of the conference" (in addition to "best in the Organisation Transformations category".
(also presented at SDC12 and lssc12)
Nov 2011: I want to humbly dedicate this work to Grant (PG) Rule, who suddenly left this world due to a tragic accident.
Mar 2013: Latest News: As a follow-up to the presentation, I created an iPhone/iPad app (called A3 Thinker)!!. It's a set of brainstorming cards to help people create substantially better A3s. see http://a3thinker.com for details. A set of physical cards will soon follow.
24 July 2013: ...and yesterday I released the Android version on Google Play!
Sep 2013: finally! The formidable A3 Thinker action deck is live! http://a3thinker.com/deck
An Engineer’s Essential Tool in Agile: Design ThinkingSoniaMayPatlan
Many engineers are not connected to customers, resulting in solutions that lack high impact and benefit. But by combining design thinking with Agile, we create innovations that delight our customers. Find out, how a design thinking model called Design for Delight is applied within Agile frameworks to deliver thoughtful and inclusive solutions that can change the world.
Creating a Product Roadmap - Product Strategy SeriesMike Biggs GAICD
How to create a product roadmap using the Roman Pitchler's framework.
The presentation also discusses how and where it fits into the broader process, including some suggested parallel activities which provide meaningful tension.
#PRODMGMT
In this advanced business analysis training session, you will learn Create user story. Topics covered in this session are:
• Create user story
For more information, click here: https://www.mindsmapped.com/courses/business-analysis/advanced-business-analyst-training/
This presentation was provided by Jonathan Clark of Jonathan Clark & Partners, during Session One of the NISO event "Agile Product and Project Management for Information Products and Services," held on May 14, 2020.
تتحدث هذه المحاضرة عن العصف الذهني
Brainstorming
وهي أداة يتم استخدامها بغرض تجميع أكبر قدر ممكن من الأفكار لحل مشكلة أو تطوير منتج أو خدمة.
قمت في هذه المحاضرة بتعريف العصف الذهني او ال
Brainstorming
وشرحت أسباب اللجوء لهذه الأسلوب ووضحت أنواعه الموجودة.
قمت بعد ذلك بتوضيح خطوات العصف الذهني او ال
Brainstorming
متطرقا لأنواع متخصصة من العصف الذهني او ال
Brainstorming
يتم استخدامها في أحوال خاصة.
انتقلت بعدها لشرح استخدام تحليل باريتو عمليا في عمليات إدارة المشاريع وهي 6 عمليات يمكن فيها الاستفادة من تحليل باريتو فيها وعمليات تحليل الأعمال ( 15 عملية ) موزعة على دليل تحليل الأعمال من ال
PMI
( عمليتان) ودليل تحليل الأعمال من ال
IIBA
( 13 عملية ) وتم توضيح كيفية تطبيق ذلك في في التحليل الرباعي
SWOT
وفي إعداد الخطط الاستراتيجية.
Building innovation pipeline with service design methodsELEKS
Building innovation pipeline with service design methods by Oleg Slyusarchuk — Global Head of Product Design, ELEKS (Chicago, USA) and Uliana Bashchuk — Senior Experience Designer, ELEKS.
About Oleg:
Oleg lives in Chicago, US, and leads an award-winning team of 65 designers in the EU, US, and the UK in a Ukrainian-based software company ELEKS. He has experience in design for 19 years, he is a lecturer, and certified design manager by Nielsen Norman Group. His focus is establishing business design processes and growing up design services in different markets. Responsible for design consultancy and advisory as a door opener for product development.
About Uliana:
Uliana is a UXQB-certified professional for usability and user experience. Throughout the designer, career has finished over 30 projects in various domains like oil&gas, retail, education, human resources, etc., and participated in numerous presale activities.
Presentation is about▼
☑ Service design for a governmental organization
☑ Design of business processes. Values of user research and stakeholders facilitation
☑ Building and validation Services for Software innovation companies
Evolve or Die: A3 Thinking and Popcorn Flow in Action (#LKCE14)Claudio Perrone
Slides I presented this week for the Lean Kanban Central Europe 2014 #lkce14 conference in Hamburg (and subsequently at Build Stuff in Vilnius) about Lean Management with A3 Thinking and Popcorn Flow. It consolidates some of my latest thoughts on the matter.
You may also be interested in the article that InfoQ published shortly after: http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/11/lean-thinking-change
Making a website is more then making pretty picture and some sales jargon. You have to fully understand the project, your audience, current traffic trends and the even more important – the business goals before every writing a line of code.
Presentation for Agile Australia Conference 2013. Introducing Lean Startup concepts in a way accessible to people used to usual project management methods. With lean startup you don't assume you know the end state required, (as you do with a project), you assume you need to focus on learning to discover the end state to solve the problem you area you looking at.
Seeing Constraints, Kanban Explained by Jon StahlLeanDog
I am passionate about kanban because without a lot of ceremony and time, I can get a team to self organize and communicating at a whole new level. Since constraints become visible, it allows people to be more willing to go out of their comfort zone and thus wear any hat that it takes to produce quality software. Seeing constraints, pulling value and eliminating waste is the goal of practicing kanban. This would be a "kanban explained" session for those who are not familiar with this practice. I use physical boards to illustrate the concepts and encourage good dialogue. We will discuss several types of kanban boards such as WIP, backlog and retrospectives.
This presentation has been tested at many user group meetings, at clients and conferences such as Agile 2009 & CodeMash 2010. The session takes 1 hour to present, 1 1/2 hours to have good dialogue during the presentation.
Kanban, while not a new concept, nor complex - it is often misunderstood by those who don't practice it. Intended audience is for people that understand agile story wall concepts and whole team. The best audience is a Scrum master who will learn how kanban can take their craft to the next level of a self organizing teams by seeing, not hearing about constraints.
The Leader's Guide Workshop - Pivotal Labs TokyoJeana Alayaay
These are the slides that were used for the 3rd Leader's Guide Workshop that was help at Pivotal Japan on Friday, 6/17/16. The content was developed by Janice Fraser, the Director of People for Pivotal. It is based on The Leader's Guide by Eric Ries and is officially endorsed by him.
Practical Product Innovation - Sydney CTO SummitMike Biggs GAICD
Today, constant innovation defines our marketplace. Businesses must respond to customer expectations for better digital experiences. How do leading organisations launch successful new products and respond rapidly to external change? How do they move beyond the simple need to innovate to actively practicing innovation every day?
We will share proven techniques and approaches to product innovation, from co-creation with customers, to workplace 'hack days'. We will show how collaborative design can speed your product to market using stories from the trenches of product delivery.
Presented By Mike Biggs and Ian Kelsall
This is a slide deck I originally presented at ALE2011 in Berlin about A3 thinking and Kaizen in the context of a large Lean & Agile enterprise transition.
At LESS2011 in Stockholm a few weeks later, it was even awarded as overall "best session of the conference" (in addition to "best in the Organisation Transformations category".
(also presented at SDC12 and lssc12)
Nov 2011: I want to humbly dedicate this work to Grant (PG) Rule, who suddenly left this world due to a tragic accident.
Mar 2013: Latest News: As a follow-up to the presentation, I created an iPhone/iPad app (called A3 Thinker)!!. It's a set of brainstorming cards to help people create substantially better A3s. see http://a3thinker.com for details. A set of physical cards will soon follow.
24 July 2013: ...and yesterday I released the Android version on Google Play!
Sep 2013: finally! The formidable A3 Thinker action deck is live! http://a3thinker.com/deck
An Engineer’s Essential Tool in Agile: Design ThinkingSoniaMayPatlan
Many engineers are not connected to customers, resulting in solutions that lack high impact and benefit. But by combining design thinking with Agile, we create innovations that delight our customers. Find out, how a design thinking model called Design for Delight is applied within Agile frameworks to deliver thoughtful and inclusive solutions that can change the world.
Creating a Product Roadmap - Product Strategy SeriesMike Biggs GAICD
How to create a product roadmap using the Roman Pitchler's framework.
The presentation also discusses how and where it fits into the broader process, including some suggested parallel activities which provide meaningful tension.
#PRODMGMT
In this advanced business analysis training session, you will learn Create user story. Topics covered in this session are:
• Create user story
For more information, click here: https://www.mindsmapped.com/courses/business-analysis/advanced-business-analyst-training/
This presentation was provided by Jonathan Clark of Jonathan Clark & Partners, during Session One of the NISO event "Agile Product and Project Management for Information Products and Services," held on May 14, 2020.
تتحدث هذه المحاضرة عن العصف الذهني
Brainstorming
وهي أداة يتم استخدامها بغرض تجميع أكبر قدر ممكن من الأفكار لحل مشكلة أو تطوير منتج أو خدمة.
قمت في هذه المحاضرة بتعريف العصف الذهني او ال
Brainstorming
وشرحت أسباب اللجوء لهذه الأسلوب ووضحت أنواعه الموجودة.
قمت بعد ذلك بتوضيح خطوات العصف الذهني او ال
Brainstorming
متطرقا لأنواع متخصصة من العصف الذهني او ال
Brainstorming
يتم استخدامها في أحوال خاصة.
انتقلت بعدها لشرح استخدام تحليل باريتو عمليا في عمليات إدارة المشاريع وهي 6 عمليات يمكن فيها الاستفادة من تحليل باريتو فيها وعمليات تحليل الأعمال ( 15 عملية ) موزعة على دليل تحليل الأعمال من ال
PMI
( عمليتان) ودليل تحليل الأعمال من ال
IIBA
( 13 عملية ) وتم توضيح كيفية تطبيق ذلك في في التحليل الرباعي
SWOT
وفي إعداد الخطط الاستراتيجية.
Building innovation pipeline with service design methodsELEKS
Building innovation pipeline with service design methods by Oleg Slyusarchuk — Global Head of Product Design, ELEKS (Chicago, USA) and Uliana Bashchuk — Senior Experience Designer, ELEKS.
About Oleg:
Oleg lives in Chicago, US, and leads an award-winning team of 65 designers in the EU, US, and the UK in a Ukrainian-based software company ELEKS. He has experience in design for 19 years, he is a lecturer, and certified design manager by Nielsen Norman Group. His focus is establishing business design processes and growing up design services in different markets. Responsible for design consultancy and advisory as a door opener for product development.
About Uliana:
Uliana is a UXQB-certified professional for usability and user experience. Throughout the designer, career has finished over 30 projects in various domains like oil&gas, retail, education, human resources, etc., and participated in numerous presale activities.
Presentation is about▼
☑ Service design for a governmental organization
☑ Design of business processes. Values of user research and stakeholders facilitation
☑ Building and validation Services for Software innovation companies
Beyond Budget and Scope: Managing Client Expectations and Delivering ValueVanessa Turke
Many projects begin with by ambiguous needs, unclear priorities, mind-changing customers, and of course, a tight deadline. There are tools to monitor budget and schedule, but failure to manage client expectations often results in frustrating miscommunications and serious consequences for projects and business relationships.
Lean UX - Applying Lean Principles to improve
User Experience in Agile environment. It accomplishes this by getting out of the deliverables business and instead focusing on successful experiences.
Process and flows of an IT Project - presentation.pdfCasey Ordoña
Webinar Session (New Era University, College of Information Science & Tech) - Process and flows of an IT project - 2022 Apr 08
attended by 280 students.
Objective: Provide students an overview of how IT Projects advance today's real world.
Get a head-start and effortless transition as you join an organization.
INTRO
Understanding the process and flow of an IT Scheme will enable you to know your advantage in project development. Project Managers, IT Leads, and C-Level Executives expect your best foot forward when joining a company. Obj: Provides students a top-level view on how an IT project moves in the real world in order to get a head-start and easy transition as you join a the working world.
I know that most of you are graduating students or nearing the internship programs, some of you might be in between or are considering becoming a freelancer which is a smart move considering the advent of the remote work in the “new normal” then you will certainly benefit from this topic.
My favorite thing abt my work is simplifying complex information.
So I divided the phases and flows into 5 levels
Now keep in mind, it can be as extensive depending on the complexity of an IT proj but this is roughly the breakdown of each stage.
Let’s have a look at:
- what happens in each phase
- what are the processes and tools are,
- who are involved/ ppl you’ll be meeting,
- what you should do and how you can be useful!
General introduction to agile practices like Scrum and Kanban. Also covers what situations Agile is best at, what situations Agile doesn't help with, and what an Agile team should look like. This deck is a general intro to Agile for OpenSource Connections clients.
Product Management 101: Techniques for SuccessMatterport
This is a snapshot from a living document. To see the current document, please go to https://goo.gl/yFFrml.
Topics covered include:
- Resources
- General Overview
- The Role of Product Management
- Characteristics of Great Project and Product Managers
- Problem Space and Solution Space
- Customer Personas
- User Stories
- Product Documentation
- Agile Product Development
- Succeeding with Agile from The Lean Playbook
- Analytics, Customer Engagement, & Monetization
- Pricing Strategies
- Overall Leadership and Organizational Development
- Final Guidelines and Recommendations
Project Plan Development - A FlackVentures Training ExampleKate Pynn
Project planning is the construction of a dynamic agreement across diverse functional groups involved in a project. This agreement specifies:
Goals and deliverables of the project
What is being developed
Major activities that will be performed to achieve those goals
The assumptions that were made
Major risks, as they become known
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
For more information, visit-www.vavaclasses.com
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
How to Create Map Views in the Odoo 17 ERPCeline George
The map views are useful for providing a geographical representation of data. They allow users to visualize and analyze the data in a more intuitive manner.
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
For more information, visit-www.vavaclasses.com
Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
1. Project Management for Fun and Profit Crystal Williams VP Professional Services work habit
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10. Process Your process is your toolbox. Keep it light enough to be agile, but it should provide structure. Process should minimize the “…and what now?” and the “where is that file?” and the “when is it due?” questions. If it doesn’t, re-examine until you have a structural ecosystem that works. If it gets in the way, don’t be afraid to try something lighter.
11. Process Someone should be the “owner” of every piece of the project. If you don’t know who it is, it’s probably you.
13. Agile VS Waterfall Neither is appropriate for ALL projects or all developers, so be careful.
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16. Agile VS Waterfall Agile: User-centric social networking sites Web Apps Waterfall Corporate Sites and other informational sites, even with interactivity
17. Agile Requires EXTREMELY talented and motivated developers Constant access to design resources . Progressive clients who are willing to invest continuous resources in the project and actively THINK about the direction . If you lack any of the above, plan well, lock it down with wireframes and milestones and proceed.
18. And even with agile, wireframes are a good place to start – you just get to responsibly override them if needs change. (you can do the same with waterfall if it makes sense for all involved)
19. Estimating Estimating is hard. CivicActions just released a lovely tool, maintained by Owen Barton, from their own process at: http://civicactions.com/estimating-worksheet They also provide some excellent advice. Some of my favorite points…
20. From CivicActions… “ Think about, and state each assumption you make when estimating.” “ Estimate each area of work (engineering, theming, configuration, communication) separately, and make sure you include adequate time for communication, both with the client to clarify the requirements, and also internal communication between team members.” “ If the work includes new, untested code, e.g., writing a new module or including a (non-standard) contrib module, add time in the estimate for unit testing which could include the writing of simpletests and flag this to the QA team as a place that will require additional QA.”
21. “ Vary the amount or research with the size of the line item - if you are not sure about something, but it would only take 5 hours to build from scratch, just put 5 hours - if you need to integrate with some 3rd party system, and it might be a weeks work make sure that you understand the requirements very well (ask the client questions to clarify where needed) and research things fully.” “ Never (ever!) estimate 'to' a budget - your estimates for each line item should disregard any information we have about the available budget. Instead think purely in terms of how long it will take to get the job done. If the hours exceed the budget we will discuss a reduced feature set (at least initially) with the client. If the overall costs look like they will massively exceed the budget then ask the client to prioritize first and estimate a subset of the items.”
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23. Design Design matters. A lot. Most people won’t know the site is built on Drupal – nor will they care. They will, however, notice the design and usability of the site. Invest in these things – budget and schedule for them. Push for best practices and innovative designs with your clients. Just because there IS a default design for an element in Drupal doesn’t mean it’s appropriate to use it. Improving the overall aesthetics of sites built on Drupal is crucial to the growth and sustainability of the platform and the community, and few have more power to make that change than the project managers.
26. Great Projects do Not Happen In Spite of Bad Clients Good projects can, but truly world-class work that you want to show everyone takes clients who ‘get it’ – and are stable enough to support their end of the deal. Know who to say “No” to .
27. Warning Signs “ I don’t care, just get it done” “ I don’t need project management” “ I need it this week” “ I could get a freelancer for $__” “ My neighbor says…”
28. Good Clients Know They’re Investing Some Basic Qualifying Questions Immediate goal or critical business issue. Is there a good reason for this project? Can they articulate it? Budget: what is this budget for the project or the estimated cost of the solution? Have they budgeted ample funds for their scope? Ambition is good, all clients SHOULD want a little more than they have funds for. Timeline. When does the project need to go live? Is it reasonable? Is there an external event that drives that date? Key metrics of success? Who decides them? It’s important for all involved to have a solid idea of the goals for the project – otherwise they will not be reached.
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32. How to Say No Sometimes you have to say no. This doesn’t have to be a painful thing. Voice your concerns early – and calmly. Have good reasons and appeal to business reasons that matter to them. Example: Forked Modules Protect your team – this sometimes involves heavily managed expectations, which usually means lots of saying ‘no’ Be ready to offer alternative options – be HELPFUL LISTEN to their reasons and understand the pain they need met – their request may not be reasonable, but there may be other alternatives.
33. “ Bless and Release” When all else fails – it’s OK to end it. Bad business is bad for ALL of your business. Letting one client pollute the overall mindset of your team is toxic . Be open with the client about where and why your business relationship isn’t working. If compromises can’t be met – work out a way to refer them to someone who might be better suited, but keep the communication open.
34. Drupal Specifics Know your modules. This takes time and constant investment – but it’s crucial for project planning. Consider setting up a regular time for your team to review what’s new and good (or not so good) out there Consider balancing your development load across developers and non developers for site configuration tasks. Get a consistent method for initial site configuration. Work closely with IA/UE Designers so that they know what’s possible with Drupal. The taxonomy system and Views make functionality possible on Drupal sites that would be prohibitively expensive to build elsewhere. Know how it works. Give Back.