Wednesday, June 16, 2010

What is Scrum?

http://pm.versionone.com/AboutScrum.html?c-aws=i&gr-isscrum&gclid=CJ344Lb8pKICFdb75wodNEN5wQ

Webcast Highlights:


Get best practices for documentation in Scrum, process flow and acceptance criteria

Learn how to remove complexities and simplifying the process

See how VersionOne supports the complete Scrum process


Katia Sullivan is a Product Specialist at VersionOne. Katia has extensive experience in transitioning from waterfall through RUP and then into Agile practices. She spent more than two years managing requirements and as a ScrumMaster on NASA’s Integrated Enterprise Management Project. Prior to that, Katia worked in various other government contractor roles from Operations Support to Technical Writing. Katia’s professional background began with leadership training in the United States Marine Corps.

Getting Started with Scrum

What is Scrum? Scrum is an agile development framework that is structured around sprints (or iterations of work). A key component of a sprint is the product backlog which is made up of prioritized user stories (or requirements). Below are some resources to help you get started using Scrum and best practices for creating user stories, whether you're using a dedicated Scrum tool or not.

A Day in the Life of a User Story Webcast

This presentation will talk through the life of a user story from idea inception through delivery back to the Product Owner. Using Scrum principles, we will explore different processes of creating, maintaining and developing a story.

IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards

International Financial Reporting Standards
http://www.kpmg.ca/en/ms/ifrs/tools_ifrscdngaap.html

IFRS compared to Canadian GAAP:
An overview – Third Edition 2010


This publication is designed to assist you in understanding the significant differences between IFRS and Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Canadian GAAP). It does not discuss every possible difference between the two standards; rather, it is a summary of those differences that we have encountered most frequently in practice, resulting from either a difference in emphasis or specific application guidance.



May 2010 Canada

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

www.thesaurus.gc.ca

http://www.thesaurus.gc.ca/recherche-search/thes-eng.html

Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Contains a listing of all products, services and tools produced by Library and Archives Canada in support of information management for Government of Canada institutions.

Tools

Guidelines

Services

Metadata

Business Process Management Concept

Business Process Management Concept
From MIKE2.0 Methodology

http://mike2.openmethodology.org/wiki/Business_Process_Management_Concept

BPM (Business Process Management) is a software and an management activity that aims to improve and optimise organisational business processes. Repetitive business activities are organised as business processes with roles, actions, interactions, process goals and supporting infrastructure. BPM usually involves performing business process analsysis, creating a process architecture, modeling business processes, performing business process improvement and carrying out business activity monitoring. BPM software can also support the automation or semi-automation of business processes, also often referred to as Workflow.

MIKE 2.0

Method for an Integrated Knowledge Environment
http://mike2.openmethodology.org/

MIKE2.0 (Method for an Integrated Knowledge Environment) is an Open Source methodology for Enterprise Information Management that provides a framework for Information Development. The MIKE2.0 Methodology is part of the overall Open Methodology Framework. MIKE2.0 is a collaborative effort to help you improve your Information Management based initiatives:

Guidelines for Drawing Function Charts

Guidelines for Drawing Function Charts
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/enterprise-solutions/guidelines-for-drawing-function-charts-14645

A Function Chart is a hierarchical diagram showing a progressively more detailed breakdown of the business functions and business processes of an organization.