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Musings of a systems engineer

Author: Hazel Woodcock

  • Finding vs Searching

    Finding vs Searching

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    This post is a little off my normal topics but is another subject close to my heart. Two questions that come up far too regularly are: Where should that be stored? How do people know where to look?

  • Trying out a web development course

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    It looks like I really need to have at least an appreciation of JavaScript for the DOORS Next Gen scripting.  I did a quick search for a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), with a slight preference for EdX because I have used them before.  EdX and Coursera didn’t have anything I liked the look of,…

  • Customization with scripting for DNG

    Customization with scripting for DNG

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    Client side scripting is coming to DOORS Next Generation.  If you go to the jazz.net downloads you can get an early release candidate of version 4.0.5 which has a technology preview of client side scripting.  This is not a fully comprehensive feature yet, but this is a good start. The API documentation is here and…

  • UK Hands on workshop

    UK Hands on workshop

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    UPDATE: There is now an additional date of 5th December also in Warwick One of my colleagues, Fraser Chadburn, has organized a hands on workshop for the Rational tools for 4th December in Warwick.  This includes DOORS Next Gen as well as DOORS 9.x, Quality Manager, Team Concert, Rhapsody and Publishing Engine.

  • DOORS Classic vs DOORS Next

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    I was at UK IBM Innovate last week and one very interesting presentation was from Jeremy Dick of Integrate.  Jeremy highlighted some of the key differences between DOORS Classic and DOORS Next Generation.  I will draw from that discussion here, but also add my own commentary.

  • Learning Circle for DOORS NG

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    There is a learning circle on IBM developerWorks on the topic of DOORS Next Generation.  This is built on the ideas presented in our paper.

  • Rational DOORS Next Generation; a journey

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    I have been working with the DOORS requirements management tool for well over 10 years now, starting with version 4.  DOORS is still going strong and is now up at version 9.

  • A Non-Traditional Approach to Enterprise Learning

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    A Non-Traditional Approach to Enterprise Learning”>A Non-Traditional Approach to Enterprise Learning is written on a wiki. This paper was presented at IBM Innovate in June 2013, but has not been formally published in white paper format.

  • Ecosystem of Communities

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    IBM developerWorks Ecosystem of Communities is written on a wiki. This paper was presented at IBM Innovate in June 2013, but has not been formally published in white paper format. Introduction Much has been written about the management of online communities, but rather less about the management of ecosystems of connected communities. Each group has…

  • X-driven development

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    This paper was presented at the 2011 INCOSE international symposium. X-driven development: finding the right combination of approaches for systems engineering Copyright © 2011 IBM Corporation 2011. Published and used by INCOSE with permission. Abstract. This paper explores the relationship between requirements-driven, model-driven and test-driven development, the value that each technique can provide and the…