… Two important additions to the basic data model have been introduced: Enhancement of the view with an interface that is better suited to the needs of the user; and introduction of process information (the project labels) to provide more relevant information to the
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File versioning should be easy, but it quickly gets complicated. Let me tell you about the easy scenario, and then I’ll add in the complications. The easy scenario is a file (actually it could be any discrete artifact, but we can talk about files for now) that you create one day, then change the next day, then change the next day, and so on. Not too bad, we’re talking version 1 on the first day, version 2 on the next … While much of the information is generated or acquired once and never modified afterwards, a significant portion of the data is used, modified and reused. Many times, even! Or at least, that’s what you There is a reason why I chose to focus on control mechanisms in my two previous posts . Control information is one of the main types of artifact that a project creates and uses during the process of product or service … One such method is authorization, in which permission is granted to the domain specialist to do the work that is required. Authorization doesn’t seem very natural, of course. Isn’t it more natural to simply assign work to an analyst and the analyst goes off and does it? Yes, you can do … Now “control” seems like such an awfully oppressive term, and late-night comedians never seem to use the word “process” in their stand-up routines, but you can actually have an enjoyable experience working on a project with a reasonable amount of control and … snip … … everybody needs some sort of work management tool that lets the jobs accumulate when there isn’t enough time to attend to them. This way they can take care of the high priority jobs first, or maybe pull off easier jobs at the end of the day when they are tired. As long as the list doesn’t get too long, you are working as efficiently as … snip … |
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