I have just started supporting a new client. We’ll call this client Client B. Client B did a pilot of DOORS, then a few months later hired a some consultants a month or so before they had a deliverable due. They did not, however, hire a consultant from the beginning. …
I just want to ask you all for your patience.The end of the year really got me good. I got sick and swamped at work at the same time!I also needed to take some time off for the holidays, so I’m slowly getting back into the groove of things.It shouldn’t …
For those of you who couldn’t attend the US 2007 UGC conference, I thought I would pass along some information that was provided to those who did. Telelogic has posted the white papers from this year’s conference here: http://www.telelogic.com/campaigns/2007/ugc/agenda_postevent.cfm?region=us Not all white papers will be posted due to some companies …
I am writing this from Atlanta, GA, site of 2007’s Telelogic User Group Conference. If any of you see me, please don’t hesitate to come up to me and say hi. Also, I will be presenting my white paper, “Using DOORS to Update and Configure DOORS Clients” on Tuesday afternoon. …
I’m sure you can see by now that I have redesigned the site. It’s a lot more legible than the old site, in my opinion. I hope you all like it!
I know updates have been sparse for the past few weeks. That’s because I’ve been working on a redesign for the site and a new feature. A feature that I hope will be highly utilized. You can find snippets of DXL all over the place, but you can’t just go …
One thing that really confuses new DOORS adminisrators is link modules. When I say that DOORS is not Access, one thing that makes DOORS different than other databases is link modules. I think Telelogic, both in their documentation and in the DOORS UI, makes way too big a deal out …
I’ve seen a few DXL guides in my day, and I’ve seen a lot of DXL snippets, but I’ve never seen an in-depth DXL tutorial. I’m writing this to help plug a gap in the world of DOORS and DXL. DXL coding is like coding in any other type of …
In my last entry I explained the concept of a public database. DOORS is a public database. Access is semi-public, as an Access developer can take steps to expose or hide the database from the users, where Oracle is usually intended to completely backend all data. Users don’t really go …
It is my sincere hope that one day, someone who has just been tasked to administer DOORS for their company and who knows nothing about DOORS will come across this entry and think a little bit before jumping in head first. Merriam-Webster defines a database as “a usually large collection …