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Home > CrossTalk Nov 2007

CrossTalk - The Journal of Defense Software Engineering
  November 2007  
< Oct 2007 Issue    November CoverNovember Backcover    Dec 2007 Issue >

 
 
Table of Contents Download Entire Issue (0711CrossTalk.pdf PDF 1863KB)
  Working as a Team  
  * Wisdom for Building the Project Manager/Project Sponsor Relationship: Partnership for Project Success  (0711PattonShechet.pdf PDF 232KB)
by LTC Nanette Patton and Allan Shechet
This article discusses conventional roles and responsibilities of the project sponsor and gives strategies project managers can employ to facilitate project success.
 
  * Shaping Motivation and Emotion in Technology Teams  (0711TuckerRutledge.pdf PDF 244KB)
by Jennifer Tucker and Hile Rutledge
This article approaches the role of motivation and emotion in maximizing team performance and presents an actionable and accessible approach for shaping both motivation and emotion.
 
  * The Gauge That Pays: Project Navigation and Team Building  (0711ThompsonBorder.pdf PDF 148KB)
by Kasey Thompson and Tim Border
This article teaches how managers can build better, more efficient teams and successfully navigate the toughest project environments in tandem by reading a set of human gauges.
 
 
  Software Engineering Technology  
  * Why Should I Use the People CMM?  (0711Kulpa.pdf PDF 185KB)
by Margaret Kulpa
Kulpa describes the People Capability Maturity Model and its necessity in addressing the need to integrate effective people practices with process and technology.
 
  * Tools for Decision Analysis and Resolution  (0711Stutzke.pdf PDF 330KB)
by Dr. Richard D. Stutzke
This article describes two types of decision-making methods: voting and multi-criterion.
 
  * Common Misconceptions About Service-Oriented Architecture  (0711LewisMorrisSmithSimantaWrage.pdf PDF 116KB)
by Grace A. Lewis, Edwin Morris, Dr. Dennis B. Smith, Soumya Simanta, and Lutz Wrage
This article outlines a set of common misconceptions about Service Oriented Architectures and suggests ways to more effectively address critical issues that potential users, developers, and acquisition officers may have.
 
 
  Departments  
 
From the Sponsor (PDF file PDF 65KB)
Coming Events (PDF file PDF 34KB)
Web Sites (PDF file PDF 18KB)
Letter to the Editor (PDF file PDF 34KB)
BackTalk (PDF file PDF 82KB)
Back Cover (PDF file PDF 387KB)
 

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