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Learning From Amazon and Sony

If you’ve never encountered a major technical issue resulting in significant damage and/or downtime to your system, count yourself lucky and be forewarned. Let’s take a look at how these companies have responded to their issues.

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A Short History of Agile

Agile emerged in the early 2000’s as an alternative to the traditional waterfall-style management that many felt was at the root of common issues such as delays and poor internal communication. Closely related to emerging methodologies such as Extreme Programming and DSDM, Agile came on the scene with the publishing of the Agile Manifesto in 2001.

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How are PMBOK and Waterfall Related?

Coming off the heels of our three-headed discussion of requirements analysis, we’re going to branch out into some more project management-focused discussion. Namely, we’re going to talk about the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide, or PMBOK.

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The Basics of Requirements Analysis

Requirements Gathering and Analysis is the critical first step of the classic Waterfall methodology of development. In a nutshell, this is the phase where the customer and stakeholders are consulted to lay out exactly what product or process is required and what that must consist of.

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