Alternative Words

Thursday, February 28, 2008

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How to do a screen shot in Mac OS X

Saturday, February 23, 2008

entire screen - Command-Shift-3.
region of the screen - Command-Shift-4

And you can always use the macs Grab tool (which in my opinion sucks because of its inability to work with other applications simultaneously)

Labels: Technology

The AutoScheduler

Friday, February 15, 2008

Vision

Problem: students at institutions have to search through a quagmire of course and class schedule information. When the student does find a desired course ,many times they have no idea if the course they need to take will even advance them towards graduation. Lastly, a student has to find the balance between this "right" course and their own personal schedule. All these sources of information reside in different places and referencing them is not seamless.

Vision Statement: an inuitive scheduling tool for the purpose of taking the effort out of scheduling, that will tame course and class schedule data in a manner that is reflective of a student's personal schedule and progress toward degree needs in seamless, intuitive, and integrated tool.

Main Parties Involved:
Individual Developers
Project Managers

Use Cases:
from the student plan builder gather necessary courses for a term
setup calendar for student schedule planning
create view for course/class schedule
establish means of registration

Plan

Inception February 19
Vision
Plans
Business Case
Risks
-- Lifecycle objective Milestone (agreement from dave)

Elaboration February 20
define architecture
get more information for a better plan
Present Prototype (confirm only since its been approved)
-- Life cycle Architecture milestone (if we choose whether to go ahead with the project as planned)

Construction February 21
Design
Code
Test
--Initial Operational Capability (user tries software)

Transition March 15

Risks

Peoplesoft registration role may be on paternity leave
Client may want registration in a non optimal manner (unseamlessly move to peoplesoft registration).

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The RUP

Principles of The RUP

Attack major risks early
Deliver value
Focus on executable software
Allow change
Establish an architecture
Componentize
Work as a team
Quality

Rup is irerative as opposed to waterfall.

static structure of rup:
activites, roles, disciplines, artifacts

dynamic structure of rup
time/phases: inception, elaboration, construction, transition

Subsequent Milestones
Lifecycle objective milestone
Lifecycle architecture milestone
Initial operation capability milestone
Product milestone

Objectives of the Inception Phase
Understand what to build
Identify key system functionality
Determine at least one possible solution
Understand the cost schedule and risks
Decide what process to follow and what tools to use.

Lifecycle Object Milestone Criteria
Stakeholder agreement on scope and initial cost schedule estimate
Agreement that the right requirements hve been captured
Agreement that the cost/schedule estimate, priorities, risks, and developement process are appropriate
Have identified risks and a mitigation strategy has been defined

Objectives of the Elaboration Phase
get a more detailed understanding of the requirements
design, implement, validate, and baseline the architecture
Mitigate essential risks, and produce more accurate schedule and cost estimates
refine the developement case and put the developement environment in place


Lifecycle Architecture Milestone Criteria
vision and requirements are stable
architecture is stable
approaches to testing and evaluation are proven
executable prototype shows the major risks have been addressed and resolved
construction plans are sufficient
iteration plans for construction phase have credible estimates
stakeholders agree the vision can be met by current architecture
actual resources are acceptable in terms of planned resources

Objectives of the Construction Phase
Minimize developement costs and achieve some degree of parallelism
Scale up the project
Build and assess several internal releases
Iteratively develop a complete product that is ready to transition to its user community

Initial Operation Capability Milestone Criteria
product release is stable and mature enough to be released in the user community
stakeholders are ready for transition into the user community
actual resources are still acceptable in terms of planned resources

Objectives of the Transition Phase
Beta test to validate user expectations are met.
Train users and maintainers to achieve user self-reliability
Prepare deployment site and convert databases
prepare for launch packaging, production and market rollout; release to sales force; personnel training
Achieve stakeholder agreement that deployment baselines are complete and consistent with vision
Improve project performance through lessons learned

Product Release Milestone Criteria
The user is satisfied
actual resources are acceptable in terms of planned resources and if not what can aid this in the future

Key modeling elements of the RUP
roles - how the individual should do the work
activity - a unit of work that one in role is to perform usually effecting an artifact
artifact - a piece of info that is produced modified or used by a process
workflow - adds meaning to sequence of activities that produce value and show interaction between roles.
disciplines - are high level workflows and containers for roles, activities and artifacts
workflow details - workflows within a discipline
usecase- a section in the future user manual for the system under developement
low ceremony - low documentation and formalism in the procedure
high ceremony - comprehensive documentation and traceability maintained between artifacts, change control boards, etc.
Agile - low ceremony
disciplined - high ceremony
discipline - partition of activities by type
baseline - A specification or product that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon, that serves as the basis for further development, and that can be changed only through formal change control procedures.
Development Cycle - one pass through the four RUP phases
Development Case - a brief description of how your project should use your RUP Configuration
RUP Process Component - a module of process knowledge
RUP Library - a collection of process components out of which a set of RUP Process Configuration may be compiled
RUP Base - a collection of process components meant to be extended by applying plugins to generate RUP process configurations. It resides in a RUP library
RUP Plugin - a unit for one or several process components that can extend a RUP base


The RUP Phases
Inception
Objectives of the inception phase
Understand what to build - determine vision, scope, and boundaries
Identify key system functionality - determine which ways of using the system are critical
determine at least one possible solution - decide on a candidate structure
Undertand Costs, Schedules, and risks
Decide on what process to follow and what tools to use.

Introducing The RUP to a project
Assess
Plan
Configure and customize
Execute
Evaluate

How to delete an operating system from dual boot in windows

Thursday, February 14, 2008

How to remove one Windows XP when two or more Windows XPs are installed on the same partition.

It's vital to accurately identify two items that relate to the XP you wish to REMOVE:
a The name of its installation folder/directory (we will remove that folder).
b Which is its line in the boot file Boot.ini (we will remove that line).
Optionally first create, and test, a Rescue Boot Disk for your current situation (1 floppy disk).
Skip the next section if you cannot boot to the Windows XP to be REMOVED
(though you should try editing Boot.ini to make it bootable!).
Boot to the Windows XP you wish to REMOVE.
and note its position in the Boot Menu during bootup.
Uninstall any software/applications that are specific to only this Windows XP.
Now go to Start > RUN. Type in (and then press OK).
CMD
Type in, and then press [Enter]
echo %windir%
You will see the name of the Windows folder you are using and you wish to REMOVE.
Note that name and then exit the Command Prompt.
Boot to a Windows XP you wish to KEEP
and note its position in the Boot Menu during bootup.
Make sure this Windows is the Default option in the Boot Menu
(the Windows to be removed MUST NOT be the Default in the Boot Menu).
Now go to Start > RUN. Type in (and then press OK).
CMD
Type in, and then press [Enter]
echo %windir%
You will see the name of the Windows folder you are using and you wish to KEEP.
Note that name and then exit the Command Prompt.
Backup Boot.ini (it's a Hidden file, usually on drive C:).
Now edit Boot.ini (see also on this page) and remove the line referring to the XP installation you wish to REMOVE
- the order in Boot.ini is the same as you see in the Boot Menu and you also now know the name of the Windows XP folder(s) you wish to keep.
Reboot.
Make sure you boot directly to a Windows XP you wish to KEEP.
If that XP does not boot, restore your backup of Boot.ini, and start at step 3 again.
Use Windows Explorer to identify the Windows folder you wish to REMOVE
and then RENAME the Windows folder you wish to REMOVE
(right-click on the correct folder/directory and click Rename, and then rename it).
Test all the software and applications you wished to keep.
If you are not happy with the situation, return the original name to the renamed folder and also restore the original Boot.ini, and then start at step 3 again.
If all is satisfactory, DELETE the RENAMED Windows folder - that's the Windows XP to be REMOVED.
Caution: DO NOT delete ANY boot files.
Caution: DO NOT interfere with the 'Documents and Settings', or 'Program Files', or any other folders except the Windows XP folder to be removed.

Advise: You can now recreate the Rescue Boot Disk to reflect your new situation.

Labels: Technology