Category: "Information Technology"
Immersion
November 10th, 2008Last week my Systems Analysis instructor mentioned the concept of immersion, as it was addressed by Tom DeMarco in the book Slack. In it, DeMarco mentions, "kinds of work that require immersion into the task before progress can begin." I don't have the… more »
IT Educational Disconnect
October 29th, 2008<Posted on it-toolbox.com>
After a number of years in school in the 90's I came away discouraged with the quality of IT education. Course work in other areas (accounting, etc.) was well developed, possibly because the subject material was not sub… more »
Project Failure Presentation
October 20th, 2008This past week was one of the more suspenseful weeks of the semester. Friday was the day we presented our Project Management presentation. It was a team project with 3 team members on each team. Our assignment: Write a research paper (MLA), create a… more »
Can You Define That?
October 13th, 2008<posted on it-toolbox.com>
One of the problems I anticipated when going back to school was the need to remember lists and definitions. That's not something that I am good at. I can learn a computer language painlessly, but have difficulty remembe… more »
Backward Learning
October 7th, 2008<posted on it-toolbox.com>
You've no doubt heard people say something to the effect that they were glad they learned something in school, because it was now a part of their job. Or maybe, they learned something in a lower level course that enhanc… more »
Soft Skills
September 30th, 2008<posted on it-toolbox.com>
This is something of a prompt for feedback from the Project Management community. In my Systems Analysis and Design class one of the things that my professor has brought up frequently is that a project manager needs to… more »
Real World Project Management
September 27th, 2008<posted on it-toolbox.com>
School update. I've been doing well in all of my classes and my coursework requirements are getting a little interesting. One of the courses is Systems Analysis and Design, a subject I took once at a lower level. In tha… more »
