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Communicating with the Younger Generation

20 April 2009

project communications managementYou may know ASAP, B2B, FAQ, IMHO and WBS. How about 10q, BTW, ROFL, TGIF and W8?

My younger sister, in her mid 20s, used to send text messages and e-mails using some of the abbreviations above. In contrast, I still subscribe to the old school of writing. So, when she started working for IBM, I told her to get her act together. Thankfully, she did. Now, we have Twitter!

As managers, leaders or parents, however, we still need to effectively communicate with the younger generation every day. If we want to gain a better understanding of their world, we need to know some of their lingo—regardless of how much they debase proper English usage. In doing so, we can increase our effectiveness in managing, leading and guiding them in the right direction.

Check out Wiktionary for more info.

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Three Tricks to Tame the Time Tyrants

19 March 2009

The Power of LessIn his book The Power of Less, Leo Babauta advocated doing less to get more done. By applying three simple tricks from the book, you can tame the biggest time tyrants of our day—multi-tasking and e-mails.

Define your three most important tasks (MITs) each day. Do not do anything else until you have completed your MITs—no e-mails, no phone calls, no Twitter.

Even computers slow down when performing multiple tasks simultaneously. What makes you think that you can do a better job? Work on your MITs, and only your MITs, one task at a time.

Check your e-mails after your morning break and process it to empty. Do it, delete it, delegate it or delay it. For the latter, add it to your to do list so that you can remove it from your inbox. Do the same thing after your afternoon break.

Try it. It works.

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Compuware’s Optimal Trace

1 March 2009

Compuware's Optimal TraceCompuware’s Optimal Trace enables project teams to capture, view and manage requirements.

With its collaboration features, Optimal Trace enables CIOs and senior managers to standardize requirements management across all projects within the organization. It also allows project managers to align the requirements of various stakeholders and to facilitate collaboration across multiple teams locally or remotely. As a business analyst, you can easily capture business and user requirements using Optimal Trace and present the same for implementation by the information technology team. The software development team can then translate functional and non-functional requirements into tangible technical solutions.

A project will not be complete without the involvement of the quality management team. With Optimal trace, QA analysts and testers can review requirements early in the project life cycle even prior to user sign-off. After the requirements have been baselined, the quality management team can then finalize their test plans and test cases.

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