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		<title>System Specification Document for Warehouse Management System</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/system-specification-document-for-warehouse-management-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In business computing, we understand that we need to capture and translate the business requirements into technical specifications in assist and understand what and how the proposed system is going to be designed.  Due to different solution for the different industries, the contents in a system specification document will vary but it should capture all the required [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=659&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Effective Meetings with Stakeholders</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most project meetings are always over-do or not following according to the agenda or the topics are out of sync from what the presenter is really trying to bring out.
We need to acquire the effective ways to bring out the points to the stakeholders to deliver and close with the maximum impacts that are to bring to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=638&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Missing Data via Web Service Request</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/missing-data-via-web-service-request/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/?p=639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In all testing, one of the important test scope that need to be implemented in any web interface is data loading testing.  In this type of testing, mass records from a single message interface are generated to stimulate any possibility of encountering data loss and the immediate solution to rectify the problem.
Currently my project is going through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=639&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scopes for Freight Implementation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had got the business for ODM Shanghai Freight.  The implementation that we need to work on is to receive the shuttle manifest from the Customer&#8217;s AS2 gateway and also to send back EDI214 back to the gateway as well.
The scopes involves data-mappings, application interfaces at both origin and destinations for the shipment receiving and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=628&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feasibility Study &#8211; Suppliers&#8217; ASN Reconcilation</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/feasibility-study-suppliers-asn-reconcilation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cross docking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we perform VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) receiving at our warehouse and perform receiving of the shipments based on the shipment documents, the electronic feeds from the suppliers do not include ASN (Advance Shipment Notice) information.  We need to perform the suppliers and ASNs&#8217; reconciliation from our customer&#8217;s planning and forecast application, and triggers the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=617&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict Management, to Negotiate and Resolve Them</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/conflict-management-to-negotiate-and-resolve-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PM Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working as a Program manager, not only do we need to acquire the skills and knowledgeof managing projects, strategy alignments and understanding of financial analysis/reports, we must acquire the ability to negotiate and salve kind of difficult situations to maintain a win-win settlement between ourselves and the parties involved.
The relationship with the Customer is long-term [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=603&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Agile Method for WMS solutioning &#8211; Dynamics System Development Method</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/agile-method-for-wms-solutioning-dynamics-system-development-method/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/?p=594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With only the fixed time frame to achieve the required scopes for the project, we have to adapt a software development methodology, probably apply one of the &#8220;Agile Methods&#8221; to focus to deliver the WMS solution quickly and efficiently.  The one I am looking to adapt is DSDM (Dynamic System Development Method).
Why will I choose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=594&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Implementation Design for a Regional WMS Solution</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/implementation-design-for-a-regional-wms-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/?p=582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We were discussing with our solution team about the implemenation design for the regional WMS (warehouse management system) .  With the tight timeline to achieve and without any confirmed system design to work on, the Management agreed to go forward with a localised platform (stand-alone, single instance) and using this solution to deploy to other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=582&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Implement Extreme Programming for Warehouse Management System</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/implement-extreme-programming-for-warehouse-management-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before we kick-off this intensive 3 months&#8217; development to come up with a full WMS (warehouse management system), we need to set up ground rules and expectations from each project team member so that we are on track and cannot afford any delay in communications.
Extreme Programming&#8217;s Principles:

Set weekly milestones on what are the modules/stages of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=572&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fast-tracking the development work with additional resources</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/fast-tracking-the-development-work-with-additional-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full-fletch solution to be completed in 3 months.  Unrealistic but this is what we promised to deliver for the Customer to save the business.  We have analysed and it is not possible to do iterative development as this is a new, full-fetched system and it has to be delivered as a complete package.
Lots of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&blog=1823624&post=529&subd=aquarelles&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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