No big project can succeed without a plan. Sometimes a project doesn’t follow the plan closely, but every big project must have a plan. The plan tells project members what they should be doing, when and how long they should be doing it, and most important what the project’s goals are. They give the project… [Continue Reading]

High-Level Design After you know the project’s requirements, you can start working on the high‐level design. The high‐level design includes such things as decisions about what platform to use (such as desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone), what data design to use (such as direct access, 2‐tier, or 3‐tier), and interfaces with other systems (such as… [Continue Reading]