This presentation was first delivered to
the BCS SIGIST meeting on 11th February 2003.
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UML Testing Strategies Parts 1 and
2
Written by Isabel Evans of IE Testing
Consultancy (see Links page) and Richard Warden this
two part series first appeared in Testing Times, published on Unicom's web
site.
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Download the PDF version of Part 2.
Wicked Problems - the real challenge
to progress in IT?
Why is it that the IT industry
consistently over runs projects on time, budget and quality? How is it that
supposedly well-established IT organisations run so many process that rate 1 on
the SEI CMM? It is as though there is some invisible block to progress. This
paper describes that block - we keep trying to solve the wrong problems.
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The 1996 Motivational Survey -
Summary
This is a three page summary of the 1996
survey.
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The 1996 Motivational Survey - Full
Report
This is the original 91 page report
containing over 30 charts describing unique and important insights into the
world of work motivation in IT. If motivation, productivity and staff retention
are issues in your organisation this survey may give you essential
pointers.
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The 1994 Motivational Survey
Report
This survey looked at the motivation of
IT quality practitioners. It was a ground breaking survey in UK as it was the
first to use the Job Diagnostic Survey instrument. Its success paved the way
for the 1996 survey. This is the full 61 page report with many charts to
explain the results. If you are a quality practitioner or involved in quality
management it is essential reading.
