Analysis Archive

  • UF Postings Past:  A Goal is no Good Unless You Are Capable of Achieving It

    UF Postings Past: A Goal is no Good Unless You Are Capable of Achieving It

    I have posted in the past on how establishing good service levels for your website might be a good idea, but if you have no idea how to achieve the goals you are setting for yourself, you are wasting your time and paper. In fact,...

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  • If You Manage By Metrics, What You Measure is All You Will Be Good At

    If You Manage By Metrics, What You Measure is All You Will Be Good At

    Metrics are an important aspect of management.  Number of software defects per cycle, measurement of budget and timeline efficiency… the list of useful things that you can measure to help you understand what needs your attention goes on and on.  Always remember, though, two things...

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  • What Piracy Tells You

    What Piracy Tells You

    Recently Microsoft announced that Vista has been pirated half as much as XP.  While they tout this as a positive aspect of various anti-piracy programs that they are pursuing, I interpret this as another sign that Vista is a bad product. Why would this be an indicator?  Simple.  There is...

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