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Understanding what activities are processed through a system is critical to knowing whether it is behaving as expected and central to diagno...

How should a system handle the unexpected? This is a fundamental consideration of any solution. Key points to keep in mind are: What are the...

Data retention refers to the storage of a system's information for a specified period of time. This information should be examined accor...

One of the most important non-functional requirements is security. Security requirements can come in many different forms: Privacy - Require...

Earlier in the week, I wrote about Availability and Reliability . Yesterday on Digg.com there was an interesting post showing an HP Storage...

This is my third post on non-functional requirements. Let me reiterate that non-functional requirements describe characteristics of a system...

One thing that was implied in my previous post, Availability & Capacity , was that higher levels of reliability are costly. Costly becau...

I've spent a bit of time writing on basic presentation , communication and innovation themes. Now I'm going to refocus and go into...

Innovations can come in all sizes: big or small. Look at the little innovation square from my post, Types of innovation . They don't hav...

By nature, people do not like change. They develop comfort with routine, regardless of whether it makes sense or not. It's some sort of ...