ENG 518: Publications Management for Technical Communication
Spring, 2009
TH 7:30 T109

Management is thus what tradition used to call a liberal art--"liberal because it deals with the fundamentals of knowledge, self-knowledge, wisdom, and leadership; "art" because it is also concerned with practice and application. Theodore Drucker, 2001.

Class Notes

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The Morgan reading is from Gareth Morgan, Images of Organization, Sage Publications, updated edition, 2006. [Actually the version you read is from the older version; I think 1995.]

Northern Concepts Project Notebook for the DasherWrapper project. Following are some parts of the notebook in smaller files. Note that in her first book, Hackos divided project plans into information plans, project plans, and content specificiations.

Northern Concepts Information Plan

Northern Concepts Project Plan

Northern Concepts Content Specifications

 

Jackson Fox's presentation on Agile Develoment.

Links on Agile Development supplied by Jackson Fox:

This is a great intro to the agile concepts without all of the usual Agile dogma attached:
* http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/the-agile-developer/the-agile-roadmap.html

Desiree Sy and Lynn Miller from Autodesk have presented several times on their success with Agile:
* http://upassoc.org/upa_publications/jus/2007may/agile-ucd.html

AP on prioritizing features:
* http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000018.php

Jeff Patton is one of the few Agile proponents who thinks about design:
* http://www.uie.com/articles/patton_interview
* http://www.agileproductdesign.com

My friend Rick Cecil wrote about this on UXmatters:
* http://uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000153.php

Leisa Reichelt on agile UX:
* http://www.disambiguity.com/dconstruct-questions-on-agile-ucd