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		<title>Activities Involving a Localized Application</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/activities-involving-a-localized-application/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 13:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When comes to localize an application or website, most of us will think only on the contents to suit the local language.  In fact, there are lots of areas to take care of and there are factors to determine how much we can localize or change the application or website. Basic areas to change: Labels [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=951&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hints to Complete Functional Specification Document</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 12:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever experience we can&#8217;t finish to get the Customers to agree or sign-off the functional specifications as per planned and instead, it is getting longer and having more details?  In today&#8217;s business world, customers are no longer as &#8220;dumb&#8221; as most IT professionals are thinking of.  With technology advance and lots of training and courses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=936&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SCRUM &#8211; Developing User Stories for Iterative Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 02:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last 5 months, I have exposed to SCRUM software development methodology and with my experiences on implementing software projects this methodology works very well to the traditional waterfall model. In today&#8217;s business world, companies are working and analysing consumers&#8217; behaviors and to drive for high quality, productivity applications/products.  This results in having to provide &#8216;move to market&#8217; products as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=918&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Requirements for Developing Mobile Banking Apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the popularity of iPhone, Android or any smartphones, there is demand of doing online updates of profiles or transactions on the run. When comes to designing the user interface and recommending the  functionality for mobile banking, we have to remember that there are limitations to the amount of contents, features, not to mention the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=926&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back To Work On Blog!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/back-to-work-on-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/?p=922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a long 6 month&#8217;s break from updating this blog!  Firstly I was busy with my new job role as a business analyst on banking projects since October 2010 and just came back from a month&#8217;s sabbatical break in south america. I will keep posting on the interesting experiences on the banking projects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=922&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RE: EDI X12 Byte Space limitation &#8211; Project On Hold</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/re-edi-x12-byte-space-limitation-project-on-hold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/?p=905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we are trying to solve this issue, we got an update from the customer that the project is on hold due to their resources&#8217; priority on their internal system&#8217;s upgrade. Further to that, that upgrade is a dependence to this current project and there may be new changes after the completion. That&#8217;s all for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=905&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EDI X12 Byte Space limitation</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/edi-x12-byte-space-limitation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For one month, we have contents in EDI files sent to us with &#8216;broken lines&#8217;.  This results in some purchase order details in the file unable to process further or missing information being sent back as in 861 EDI. We have to investigate the problem, starting from the actual inbound file or also known as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=901&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EDI Mapping Process &#8211; From requirements to concept</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/edi-mapping-process-from-requirements-to-concept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/?p=866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like all other software development, we are to cover the requirements and determine the expected outputs of the EDI structures 1.  Gather the EDI input and output files requirements Input EDI segments and structures for the various scenarios Data mapping from the source EDI file to required EDI output files. Ensure the right information is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=866&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Testing Web service Requests Performance</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/testing-web-service-requests-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[performance tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web service testing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/?p=856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you know about web services testing? In simple words, this is also refer to internet connectivity testing, to ensure both sites (point A to point B) are linked up and able to transmit electronic messages over an unsecured or secure channel. There are tools available to conduct web services testing automatically.  Tools like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=856&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Common Shipments&#8217; Updates for Freight Forwarding</title>
		<link>http://aquarelles.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/common-shipments-updates-for-freight-forwarding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>apricotbaby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common shipment&#8217;s milestone to consider for track &#38; trace from origin and destination hub.  They can be monitored based on Airway Bill, Commercial Invoice or Customer Purchase Order. Shipment Picked Up from origin hub (Shipper) Shipment Booked with respective carrier Shipment Departed/air-lifted from origin hub to carrier Shipment Arrived at destination port of entry Shipment Handover/documents released [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aquarelles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1823624&amp;post=854&amp;subd=aquarelles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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