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Waterfall Methods: Past and Ever-Present
In an earlier post, Managing RIA's [7]: Developing Usable RIA's, I commented that adopting a waterfall development methodology would not work well when developing Rich Internet Applications, because more agile methods were needed. But Waterfall methods refuse to die ...
Chris Loosley
in Software Engineering , Events
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Managing RIA's [6]: Measurement Challenges
Service Level Management for Rich Internet Applications
This is the sixth post in a series devoted to the challenges of Service Level Management (SLM) for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). In these applications, some processing is transferred to the Web client while some remains on the application server.
Previous posts introduced the subject and the SLM topics I plan to address, reviewed the principal RIA technologies, introduced The RIA Behavior Model, and introduced the application measurement topic.
Chris Loosley
in Measuring Performance, Rich Internet Applications
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Managing RIA's [5]: Measuring Responsiveness
Service Level Management for Rich Internet Applications
This is the fifth post in a series devoted to the challenges of Service Level Management (SLM) for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). In these applications, some processing is transferred to the Web client while some remains on the application server. Previous posts introduced the subject and the topics I plan to address, reviewed RIA technologies, and introduced The RIA Behavior Model.
Chris Loosley
in Measuring Performance, Rich Internet Applications
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Deep Thoughts on Management
Since I am writing a series of posts about managing Rich Internet Applications, and working on a post about the difficulties of measuring them, I thought I should begin with the popular management aphorism that you can't manage what you can't measure. Well, was that ever a diversion! Everyone is familiar with this saying, but interestingly, despite a ton of digging on the Web, the precise origin of this saying remains obscure (at least, to me).
Chris Loosley
in Measuring Performance, Life, The Universe, and Everything, Management Wisdom
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Managing RIA's [4]: The RIA Behavior Model
Service Level Management for Rich Internet Applications
This is the fourth post in a series devoted to the challenges of Service Level Management (SLM) for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). In these applications, some processing is transferred to the Web client while some remains on the application server. Previous posts introduced the subject, listed the topics I plan to address, and reviewed the principal RIA technologies.
Chris Loosley
in Rich Internet Applications
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Managing RIA's [3]: The Technologies
Service Level Management for Rich Internet Applications
This is the third post in a series devoted to the challenges of Service Level Management (SLM) for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). In these applications, some processing is transferred to the Web client while some remains on the application server. Previous posts introduced the subject, and listed the topics I plan to address.
Chris Loosley
in Software Engineering , Rich Internet Applications
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Managing RIA's [2]: SLM Issues
Service Level Management for Rich Internet Applications
This is the second post in a series devoted to the challenges of Service Level Management (SLM) for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). In these applications, some processing is transferred to the Web client while some remains on the application server.
Chris Loosley
in Performance Management, Rich Internet Applications
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