Monthly Archives: March 2013

Usability Means Well-Behaved, even when the User Isn't

Users of a program found that sometimes, when they went to log in, they did not get a place to enter the username & password.  Instead of the normal login prompt, they got a blank screen, and it was completely … Continue reading

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Letter to Someone Considering Switching from Waterfall to Agile

If you have a development team, and you are considered switching from waterfall to Agile.  And particularly  if in your organization you have no people who have worked on an agile project for a year or more, there you must pay … Continue reading

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Improving the Code through Installation Manual Analysis

What can you learn from your install manual that can make your product better?  Below I outline a technique to work through an existing installation manual, and methodically find clues on how to make a software product better.

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