Effort estimation techniques
Filed Under Algorithms, Development, Model, Requirements, Resources, Software, Techniques | Posted on August 10, 2008
A new project is being thought of (or even an extension of the current product). As an example, say you want to build a new shopping cart application for your website. In order to get started, besides knowing exactly what you want to build (the product details), you also need to start estimating how many [...]
Doing something new in the same company
Filed Under Uncategorized | Posted on August 5, 2008
Suppose you are working for a software company that makes software products, and are getting somewhat bored of the same product that you have been working on for some time now (if you have been with the company for some time now, there are good chances that you will be working for version X.y of [...]
A great resource: Joel on Software
Filed Under Design, Resources, Software, Tips, Usability | Posted on August 1, 2008
For a long time now, I have been reading the content posted by Joel Spolsky on his blog. I like his writing enough to have taken an email subscription to his feed so that I get notified whenever he writes a new article. His feed typically provides the opening paragraph of the content, and then [...]
Resources for usability testing
Filed Under Help, Resources, Testing, Usability | Posted on August 1, 2008
Previous articles covered some details about usability testing. I hope by now I have been able to cover some details of what usability testing is, why it is important, and some tips / issues that one needs to cover. However, there is always more that you can explore, read about, and hence you should have [...]