current Robotics team were doing an internship with a software company in Horsham roughly fifteen minutes away from my house. The next day I had an email from him with the details of how to get in touch with one of his good friends who happened to be the CFO of the company Aegis Software. Aegis is the leading provider of innovative software solutions to improve speed, control and visibility throughout manufacturing operations. They provide software to over 1700 factory sites across the…
format documents and work with various office/productivity programs. Knowledge of working with computers was apparently a prerequisite. With my limited knowledge with computers, I initially struggled in that class. Knowledge of computers was a requirement, however, there was never a class I had come across that actually taught students how to use computers. It was as if computer literacy was treated as just something people passively acquired somewhere. Obviously, this wasn 't the case. Students…
of computational science and engineering, concerned with the use of computational approaches to characterize, predict and simulate physical events and engineering systems governed by the laws of mechanics as it uses computers and digital systems software to help engineers…
Collaborative: Agile approach emphasizes, strong collaboration between the stakeholders involved in the project over contract negotiation [6] and being a Agile framework, Scrum embraces customer collaboration. At Intuit, our team’s customer were Business Analysts as they were the users of the data our ETL pipeline provided. All throughout the project we were in tight collaboration with Business Analysts in every iteration. I am a “customer empathetic” engineer and I think as a project manager…
Agile working methods give the ability to be flexible in uncertain situations, which then brings a decisive competitive advantage. Agile is deeply rooted in software development. In 2001, an international community of seventeen developers formed twelve principles for agile work. The manifesto was written to uncover better ways of software development. There are four key principles the manifesto drives towards. The authors of the Agile Manifesto attach people particularly higher importance than…
Agile development: Scrum Methodology Introduction: Today a major challenge that is being faced by the Software Industries is their wiliness to choose and implement the current trending agile methodologies and how the framework can be implemented and make it running. When compared to the traditional approach of the Water fall model, where development is handled as a linear series of event from conception to production, I would recommend Scrum as its approach is granular and phase wise. The term…
the most commonly discussed methods in IT industry now a days, it is an alternative to traditional software development methodologies, it is a different way to manage IT development team and their projects . Principal Underlying Agile Method 1. Satisfaction of customer through early and continuous delivery 2. Welcome changes in requirements even in middle of development 3. Deliver working software frequently with a preference of shorter timescale 4. Business people and developer must work…
8 BEST PRACTICES TO FOLLOW IN AGILE METHODOLOGY From the late 1990’s, the software development sector experienced an upsurge in demand, as the world’s markets evolved to a more tech-oriented scope to their businesses. With a greater requirement for software development by companies targeting to increase delivery, value, and quality of output, a set of principles were constructed specifically for this purpose. These principles are collectively known as agile methodology, and they focus primarily…
Introduction: In layman terms Minitab is a software package. It is a menu and command driven software package for statistical analysis. Interview Questions about Minitab 1. What is Minitab and why use Minitab? Answer: Minitab is a software package for statistical analysis. Minitab is used for both learning about statistics as well as research in statistics. It is very useful and easy once you know the fundamentals. Below are few key points for using Minitab • For the beginners it is very easy…
A frame work for assesing poka-yoke device According to this article the framework assesses the processes of the design, operation and maintenance of poka-yoke devices. The framework includes a scoring system; background in both lean production and human factors is required to apply the framework. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278612512000313) Enabling Poka-Yoke Workflows with the AristaFlow BPM Suite This tool gives idea into the AristaFlow BPM Suite – a next generation…