DXL Repository Errors
Just found out that upgrading my latest blog software broke the DXL Repository. I’ll work on getting it back up pronto.
Category: Requirements Management
The Single Sign-On
Here’s a great story about how people can tend to make requirements much more complex than they need to be. While reading this, it’s not important that you understand the proposed solutions and why they were rejected. It’s just important that you get to the end and can see how …
Upgraded Blogging Software
I just upgraded the blogging software that runs this site and activated a new feature or two. If you run across any bugs, please notify us. We plan on updating the site much more in the coming year. We wish you all the best for 2010!
TPE discussion
Over at the IBM forums, I asked for some help with Telelogic Publishing Engine. I got a response that drew some feelings out of me. The thread can be found here. I wanted to draw some attention to this thread because it shows some insights into how frustrated I am …
Carts Before Horses
I have just started supporting a new client. We’ll call this client Client B. Client B did a pilot of DOORS, then a few months later hired a some consultants a month or so before they had a deliverable due. They did not, however, hire a consultant from the beginning. …
White Papers Galore
For those of you who couldn’t attend the US 2007 UGC conference, I thought I would pass along some information that was provided to those who did. Telelogic has posted the white papers from this year’s conference here: http://www.telelogic.com/campaigns/2007/ugc/agenda_postevent.cfm?region=us Not all white papers will be posted due to some companies …
DOORS Is Not Access — Part II
In my last entry I explained the concept of a public database. DOORS is a public database. Access is semi-public, as an Access developer can take steps to expose or hide the database from the users, where Oracle is usually intended to completely backend all data. Users don’t really go …
DOORS Is Not Access – Part I
It is my sincere hope that one day, someone who has just been tasked to administer DOORS for their company and who knows nothing about DOORS will come across this entry and think a little bit before jumping in head first. Merriam-Webster defines a database as “a usually large collection …