Tom Gilb

Website url change & Registration Issues

2008-08-17T16:37:56Z

I have updated the Web site engine, and now the new registration process is not working. If you need access for seeing extra content, or posting something, you can use. User: dummy P: dummy Help: If anyone have any knowledge about tikiwiki, or php, and Read More......(read more)

What is Productivity?

2008-08-06T16:10:10Z

Productivity: Concept *659. August 6 2008 (New) Productivity is delivering promised value to stakeholders. ‘Deliver’ means actually measurable handed over and available to stakeholders. ‘Promised’ means that clear written agreements, are made in contacts Read More......(read more)

Are you working in Japan?

2008-08-05T21:01:48Z

We are traveling to Japan, and have set aside 1st 2nd & 3rd of September 2008 to meet new clients. If you are interested please contact me so we can talk about potential different possibilities. post & read comments , must be logged in. Share Read More......(read more)

Advanced Practical Skills for Project Management. Public Course Workshop in Oslo

2008-08-02T12:32:40Z

Vi gleder oss over å kunne tilby, i samarbeid med Nordnet, et prosjektstyrings seminar i Oslo 17. September 2008. Advanced Practical Skills for Project Management How to Quantify Top Level Project Objectives, and How to Decompose Projects into Very Small Read More......(read more)

Gilb's - Risk & Uncertainty conference

2008-06-26T11:22:40Z

The Gilb London course is growing year by year. This year the theme is Risk & Uncertainty, and experts from all around the world is presenting and participating (very lively). Speaker List Bran Selic - Malina Software Corp - Canada Risk Factors in Read More......(read more)

Everybody, a hearty welcome to London!!

2008-06-20T22:27:37Z

I set up this blog for us, as an easy place to share anything. Everybody is welcome to post anything they like here. Read More......(read more)

2008-06-09T17:34:13Z

http://www.agilethinkers.com/2008/06/tom-gilb---an-e.html Read these interviews with Ryan Shriver and also the one with Jens Egil Evensen to see some experiences with our Evo methods! What might interest some of you is that they both are Scrum Masters Read More......(read more)

The power of clearly articulated end states, and the “law of attraction"

2008-05-13T09:06:52Z

Many people worldwide have watched the film “The Secret”. It highlights the “law of attraction” and how powerful and essential it is to personal achievements. It teaches how essential it is to set clear end state goals, and how, just by setting them, Read More......(read more)

New Offering, Focused Knowledge Transfer Workshops

2008-05-06T13:52:03Z

Short of time, want to get right to it. We have designed some workshops just for you and your group. An excellent alternative if you want Tom and me to visit your organization for a day or less. Check them out at Knowledge Transfer Kai Add your comment Read More......(read more)

Tom Answers Interview Questions from www.agilethinkers.com

2008-05-05T20:50:36Z

Tom , this is such a waste as (only) a personal response. I encourage you to post this in our blog so more people can enjoy it. Kai On 5. mai. 2008, at 23.05, Tom Gilb wrote: On 5 May 2008, at 18:23, Clarke Ching wrote: Great! Here's my first few Read More......(read more)

Agile Research at PHD Level

2008-05-02T18:58:14Z

http://www.gilb.com/community/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=183 Is David Rico's EFFECTS OF AGILE METHODS ON WEBSITE QUALITY FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE and http://www.gilb.com/community/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=182 has MAPPING AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Read More......(read more)

System Engineering Requirements: for software and hardware Engineers

2008-04-23T20:46:07Z

On Behalf of a long time Mulit-national Client, we have been rethinking our syllabus for teaching requirements. It will come as no surprise to those who know us well. But I thought I would share it. If you have any suggestions, questions, or would like Read More......(read more)

Master Class in Quantifying Quality:

2008-04-23T14:34:30Z

A client of ours asked us to develop a Master Class in our specialty - Quality Quantification. You might be interested in seeing our ideas of how to teach this subject in more depth than we can usually cover in more general elctures and more general Requirements Read More......(read more)

London Gilbs Seminars May and June

2008-04-19T13:31:58Z

Below is information about 6 days of 1 day seminars in London: In addition we have our usual invitation only annual seminar last week June - this time on Risk. We already have a great set of contributors coming - but room for interesting experts - talk Read More......(read more)

Registration process now fixed

2008-03-29T19:17:05Z

Those of you who have tried to Register to Gilb.com in the last few weeks will have found that process to be broken. It is now fixed. Thank you David http://www.davidpratten.com for the heads up and help with the fix. I am on a 10 day windsurfing vacation Read More......(read more)

2008-03-13T15:21:12Z

http://www.testingexperience.com/testingexperience01_08.pdf Just published Testing Experience, with my Quality Manifesto paper, and many good papers by my friends! Tom On route to Seattle and San Diego (17-19 March) 08 Read More......(read more)

Expanding and Clarifying the "Benchmark" concept. Glossary Edit.

2008-01-23T15:11:57Z

Benchmark Concept *007 January 23rd 2008 A benchmark is a specified reference point, or baseline. There are two main types: scalar and binary benchmarks. Notes: 1. A scalar benchmark is a reference level for a performance or resource attribute. It is Read More......(read more)

I have rethought the concept of a requirement target, and excluded Wish.

2008-01-23T14:52:05Z

Target Concept *048 January 23 2008 Targets are a class of Requirements that we seriously plan to reach. They contrast to Constraints that we seek to avoid; and Benchmark Levels which are merely analytical information, without formal commitment to reach Read More......(read more)

Modeling Modeling

2008-01-06T02:58:14Z

MODELING MODELING REALISTICALLY ENOUGH FOR SERIOUS PURPOSES by Tom.Gilb@Incose.org Version January 6 2008 I was asked to comment in more depth on my disquiet about the Model description used by Grady/Green and attributed to Selic. See Jan 5 blog below Read More......(read more)

Universal Software/Systems Modelling Languages/Standards, by Tom

2008-01-05T10:31:53Z

This morning (Jan 5 2008) a friend sent me a 50 page PAPER he thought I should know about " A GRAND SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM VERSION 11.0 The union of sound system engineering, domain engineering, functional management, and program management Read More......(read more)

Requirements Completeness and Reusability: How can we measure them?

2007-11-30T22:05:38Z

Requirements Completeness and Reusability By Tom Gilb Nov 30 2007 A professional friend of mine, asked me about how one should Measure Requirements completeness and reusability. He suggested that completeness was something about “Shall be measured as Read More......(read more)

New Papers!

2007-11-04T00:05:44Z

New paper: 25 Oct, Value Engineering http://www.gilb.com/community/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=137 New Paper 26 October, Designing Maintainability in Software Engineering: a Quantified Approach http://www.gilb.com/community/tiki-download_file.php?fileId Read More......(read more)

VALUE: Value officer, Value Manifesto, Value Principles

2007-10-20T11:19:50Z

Do we need a Chief Value Officer (CVO) ? • All projects, IT and Systems, organizational development – are essentially about delivering value to stakeholders. • Projects that we see, and the web-available, conference-available literature on this subject Read More......(read more)

Is software quality measurement a matter of subjective judgement?

2007-10-19T15:06:02Z

Today I got a question from a Post Graduate Student of Business Information Technology. Question: Is software quality measurement a matter of subjective judgement? First what is SW Quality? There is little agreement among the experts. I of cause favor Read More......(read more)

How does Evo define Dev Resources? & How soon do Evo deliver Stakeholder Values?

2007-10-17T09:49:40Z

I recently got an email from a client with some questions I like to share. We’ve assembled a small team to start working on how we would implement your methods in our business; looking at how we will market them as well as delivery to clients. A couple Read More......(read more)