Productivity model

approaches, and felt as though there was a “lack of accountability and trackability” in terms of the features. These cross-functional team dependencies (QA and developers, mostly) hindered the customer-centric vision of the product. It could also slow productivity in terms of product release, and lead to several unwanted features for…

Kenneth Hartlaub 1. The Open Systems Interconnection Model (OSI) The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model contains seven helpful layers that perform specific services in accordance with their layer. It is a logical model of how network systems communicate to each other in a series of protocols. These layers include the Application layer, the Presentation layer, the Session layer, the Transport layer, the Network layer, the Data Link layer, and the Physical layer. The descriptions of each…

software an incremental and timeframe iterative approach known as Agile Software Development Methodology can be used. It provides software developers a working test framework early with respect to traditional software development methods e.g. waterfall model. In this paper, an approach of developing test automation software with closed collaboration with product development team is discussed. The proposed method modifies the Agile Development method with scrum by introducing few meetings for…

maintaining a thriving business is recognizing when it needs a fundamental change. 50 Harvard Business Review | December 2008 | hbr.org Business Reinventing Y our by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann Model IN 2003, APPLE INTRODUCED THE IPOD WITH THE ITUNES STORE, Jim Frazier revolutionizing portable entertainment, creating a new market, and transforming the company. In just three years, the iPod/iTunes combination became a nearly $10…

United Parcel Service(UPS), the world’s largest ground and air package-delivery company and a provider of supply chain management solutions. It delivers nearly 16.3 million packages and documents every day in the United States and more than 220 other countries. UPS spends more than $1 billion each year to maintain a high level of customer service while keeping costs low and streamlining its overall operations. (Laudon,2016) The growth strategy at UPS emphasis on entering into new markets and…

“Tradition is our security. And when our mind is secure, it is in decay,” laments Jiddu Krishnamurti wisely. While tradition is a solace to many, as Krishnamurti puts it, once outdated, it can result in the deterioration of society. And worse, perhaps, are the consequences faced by those who protest antiquated values. Set in a stereotypical American town and initially written with a joyful tone, “The Lottery” explores such paradoxical views on tradition shifting to a dark and sinister tone…

2010). Rubin (2011) describes scrum as an agile approach used for developing new software products and services. Cardozo et al. (2010) feather explains scrum as an agile method based on flexibility, adaptability and productivity, it’s a project management method that allows an organization to monitor, track and give guidance to real-time problems that arise during development. It is a framework that an organization uses to service various techniques to achieve project…

When trying to determine whether someone is an agent, child or not, there are many ways to come to a conclusion. A method that I am a fan of is to define ‘agent’ and then see if the subject will fit the definition. Agent as defined by our text book, is ‘A person who acts freely and knowingly’. Free will is defined by our textbook as “the power of acting without the constraint; the ability to act at one's own will, a gift from God’. In order for this to be true, you must have the ability to make…

A model is an effort to modernize or remodel the connection supposed to occur between the items being investigated. Even though models are assorted we can arrange them according to the reason for which they exist, in this case, their purpose. It has been recognized that when communication occurs, messages often circulate from both the receiver and the source simultaneously. Although there are many models of communication, Barnlund’s Transactional Model of Communication is the most applicable…

don’t have to be very thin in order to be beautiful. The fashion industry is continuously growing and I’ve noticed that more recently, plus sized models have become more mainstream. At first, I thought that this is amazing because I have been overweight almost my entire life and I had this false perception of what beauty is because I never saw any models that were bigger. I would squeeze my love handles and wear big clothing because I was embarrassed about the way that I looked. I wished that…