Welcome to my weblog
Welcome to my weblog, let me introduce myself:My name is Harry Nieboer and I work as a Systems Analist in The Netherlands. My working field is mainly on Systems Analysis, Requirements Management en...
View ArticleTools with UML 2 support
More and more tools with UML2 support are emerging. Currently, however, UML 1.x is still dominating the tools market.Some tools are listed on modelbased.net - UML tools.Some arguments on NOT using UML2...
View ArticleThe full feedback effects
I often discuss the benefits of iterative development with collegues and students.A key benefit (THE key benefit for me) is that you can incorporate your lessons learned from one iteration right into...
View ArticleGartner research on Agile Requirements Definition and Management (RDM)
Gartner has a research report for sale titled Agile Requirements Definition and Management Will Benefit Application Development (report #G00126310 Apr 2005).Gartner Predictions:The cost of quality for...
View ArticleCorporate Usability Maturity
From the "king of usability"Jabob Nielsen (who uses the title "User Advocate") two posts describing the way organizations progress through a sequence of stages as their usability processes evolve and...
View ArticleUser interface books
Some recommended User interface booksFrom Jacob Nielsen (who left out my favourite Alan Cooper)From Gary Perlman (who put Alan Cooper's . About Face on number two of his list)From UsernomicsFrom Peter...
View ArticleEven my mother can use it ...
Lots of lies, lots of fun..."Even my mother can use it.(Read: My mother has a degree in Computer Science and she develops her own apps, and she will find the feature easy to use.) "Top ten lies of...
View ArticleA blogger is ...
A Blogger is someone with nothing to say writing for someone with nothing to doA Blogger is Just a Writer with a Cooler NameA blogger is a stalker's dreamA Blogger is a Term used to describe anyone...
View ArticleThe Five-Step Program For Overcoming Management Lies
Lidor Wyssocky posted a five-step program for overcoming the Management Lies Kathy Sierra posted about. Nice reading.He included a step in case you risk becoming a manager yourself in the future ...
View ArticleNone of the errors found
Lidor Wyssocky (yes the same as in my previous post) runs a Blog on Optimizing Software Development.Lidor warns about using test coverage metrics as they may create the illusion you are doing well,...
View Articlewireframing or prototyping
Currently there are lots of discussions on the use of wireframing with tools such as Dreamweaver of Visio or Powerpoint. Some argue that we should move away from wireframing altogether start...
View ArticlePostings: Analysis and Design
Analysis and DesignMoving on and making place ...Patterns & PatternsSixty-three HabitsDilbert on doing Requirements before DesignThe waterfall process is back!Some OOP and Design Pattern...
View ArticleUsability testing with Children
Usability testing with children is similar in many respects to usability testing with adults.But in order to get the most out of the sessions, and ensure the child is comfortable and happy, there are a...
View ArticleMore Usability Publications and Guidelines
Microsoft has lots of Published Materials from Microsoft's usability community.Among these also Hanna, Risden & Alexander's Guidelines for usability testing with children.Even thought it is an...
View ArticleMaking your software process leaner
Mary Poppendieck had a keynote session on Star East ('The Greatest Software Testing Conference on Earth) with an attention-drawing title:"Your Development and Testing Processes Are Defective"Mary...
View ArticleOpen Source Requirements Management Tool
Recently a free open source Requirements Management Tool was released. It's a release 1.0 version.Open Source Requirements Management Tool is designed to achieve full SDLC traceability for features,...
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Getting Software Projects Back on Track
In the last years I read lots of books on software engineering and consumed hundreds of best practices describing how to get a good start and to keep your project on track. Most software engineering...
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The YAGNI development assistent
From xp.c2.com:YouArentGonnaNeedIt (often abbreviated YAGNI, or YagNi on this wiki) is an ExtremeProgramming practice which states:"Always implement things when you actually need them, never when you...
View Articleone million signatures for one seat
It costs European taxpayers approximately 200 million euros a year to move the European Parliament between Brussels/Belgium and Strasbourg/France. As a citizen of the European Union you can participate...
View ArticleLost in code
On Lidor Wyssocky’s Blog on Optimizing Software Development is a post stating that you should not make your successors feel lost in your code.Lidor uses a metaphoric story about a person being lost in...
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