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Past Events of the BCS Methods and Tools Specialist Group

A list of past events which have interesting downloads is provided below.


Date Details

MonRecent Developments in Methods and Tools
14 MayFree Half Day Seminar
2007

Topics
The BCS Methods and Tools Specialist Group, with the kind support of the
Department of Computng and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan
University, considered recent developments in methods and tools, with
special emphasis on object orientation and persistent data.
Topics included:

Ruby on Rails
Mr Michael Josephson

Statistical Constraints and Enterprise Application Integration.
Dr John Knapman
University of Birmingham

Object Relational Databases
Mr Michael Newton
BSI and ISO

UML Considered Harmful
Mr Christopher Morris
Project Information Management System


MonAn Agile Pursuit of Knowledge
12 SepFree Half Day Seminar
2005

Topics
The BCS Methods and Tools Specialist Group considered a question which is important to the effective operation of any organisation. How do organisations make effective use of knowledge? Industrial and academic perspectives were given. Links to some of the presentations given are below.

Knowledge Management - Intergrating Social Systems into the Dynamics of Your Organisation
Yasmin Merali
Director, Information Systems Research Unit, Warwick Business School

Knowledge Management and Training Solutions
Debbie O'Brien and Steven Westwell
Consultants, Vertex Data Science Ltd

Mining for Quality
Don Murray
YM Ltd

Enterprise Systems Mediated Transformation
Dr Chris Westrup
Lancaster University


MonManaging Knowledge through Effective Infrastructure Deployment
7 MarNigel Grace
2005Director of Business Development
Human Factors International Inc.

This meeting examined the implementation of Knowledge Management
in organisations.

The following files have been made available for download.

Case Study of Staples Office Supplies
Case Study of Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Case Study of Anthem, Inc.
Further detail of work on Staples Office Supplies website.


MonRequirement's Gathering and Definition - Today's Issues
20 Sep
2004We all have a stake in gaining a better understanding of how to obtain
requirements, whether we are developers, managers or educators. This event consisted of four talks, each of which explored a different aspect of requirements gathering and definition.

Speaker Topic

Malcolm Eva The Impossibility of Requirements
Janice Kavanagh BPO Market Update
Dan Firth A Philosophical Approach To User Requirements
Sean Hanly Presentation to be found here.





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