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We are finishing the UAT and now we are in the controversy of classifying the different errors found by the test team. At this point, the PM and the product owner are fighting against some “cosmetic details” that are classified as “errors”. We are gathering all and we have to have a meeting to reach … Read more
Muchas veces ignoramos a los clásicos por ser muy leídos, por no aportar algo diferente o vanguardista… o yo que sé porque. El hecho es que los clásicos de la literatura son muy amplios y encontrar género literario adecuado al gusto de cada uno hace que ese clásico sea de muy buena calidad y grato … Read more
If you know soccer rules, you know how clear is the “offside” rule but how difficult is to apply it. As summary, this rule tries to be a component that helps to the defense just to cover a limit part of the field and in consequence avoid the big advantage of the attackers if the … Read more
Yesterday we did this route with our bikes. 11 riders with a lot of energy from Gijón to Covadonga, doing it with a mixed route with a lot of tracks and local roads. It was a pleasant day with a lot of anecdotes. I hope to repeat it next year.
I have assisted to a training course about agile practices for software development projects. This picture was used during the session and I want to remind it: It shows how the empirical process evolves through the time, and how it reachs its destiny. All this has to be done with the right visibility, inspection, and … Read more
Some reading for my summer time: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms There are interesting details that helped me to understand the position of Microsoft in this area and the evolution Business Objects is taking. Open source solutions as Pentaho and Jaspersoft are mentioned but not ranked becuase they do not reach the minimum … Read more
Targeted Risk Assessment (TAR), that offers an integrated tool that helps on: Worker Exposure, Consumer Exposure, Environmental Exposure. I have downloaded the first one (Worker Exposure), it’s an Excel spreadsheet!! It allows the user to calculate predictions for inhalatory and dermal exposure (Tier 1 level) for the benefit of performing Chemical Safety Assessments. It’s very … Read more
I have a problem with some aspects of the virtual work. When you need capable resources in your team and you have to look for it in different locations you face some problems: You don’t know these guys. You know their CVs, You can talk with them just some time during a phone call, You … Read more
The third of July 2000 I started my first formal job. Ten years later, I was remembering all different things I was doing during this time. The result? this picture. For sure this picture is too simple, but I can remember how difficult was to jump from one black point to the other. The other … Read more
Original information http://www.ecetoc.org/overview What is ECETOC?ECETOC is a scientific, non-profit making, non-commercial trade association with a mission to act as an independent, credible, peer-reviewed technical resource to all concerned with the identification of research needs and provision of scientific rationale for the assessment of health effects and environmental impact, and thereby to justify industry’s licence … Read more