Tag: project management
RUP for user experience professionals
RUP may answer a lot of organisational issues but what’s in it for User Experience professionals?
It’s a jungle out there: the formalisation of IT
In the last few years here in the United Kingdom, we’ve seen increased formalisation of IT services in both the public and private sectors. Projects are subject to the PRINCE2 process model, the business of managing IT is rammed into a tight-fitting implementation of the ITIL Framework. There are unfathomable job titles, bigger programmes and …
Agile processes
Seems like everywhere lately, I’ve been seeing a lot about Agile processes. Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development Principles: http://www.agilemanifesto.org/principles.html I was very interested in Agile as a framework for project management when I heard about it. For web developers, the key points of interest include: 1. Client involvement – it usually happens in the web business that a …
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Overhyped but not overboard: a solid, reliable performance from the new, edgy and unpredictable Bond.
- Originally published: 30 Dec 2006 in Film
Bière de Miel
3/5. Light, refreshing and floral. A beer full of the joys of spring.
- Originally published: 20 Nov 2011 in Beer
St Idesbald Tripel
2/5. Rich dark gold colour but not much in the nose. Very bitter on the tongue and a rather acidic aftertaste.
- Originally published: 9 Jun 2010 in Beer
Babel
Exciting director’s brave attempt to take on the theme of globalisation.
- Originally published: 29 Jan 2007 in Film
The Last King of Scotland
A masterclass in biopic acting from Forest Whitaker.
- Originally published: 30 Sep 2007 in Film
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.