Philly Give Camp 2010: Part 5

The Builder To keep the teams working as separately as possible with the least interference, we decided that the PAAL Builder, the tool used to build student schedules and lessons, would be completely HTML and Javascript. That means that there would be no server-side code, no ERB or HAML template files, and no Rails special […]

Philly Give Camp 2010: Part 2

Dani led us into a different conference room from the main room that most of the other conference attendees stayed in the entire weekend. We met MECA members Gloria, Kaori, and Avi who teach autistic individuals how to function independently. They discussed some of their current work and successes, including the Preparing Adolescents for Adult […]

Six-sigma Greenbelt

I received a six-sigma greenbelt via a project management class this summer. Among other things, we had to develop control charts for various processes and learn about how to diagnose processes that were out of control.

Scope Creep

At work, I am fighting intense scope creep on nearly all fronts! It is tough to decide when to say no, especially when you have been encouraged to focus more on customer satisfaction than strict procedure. I have been known to fall into similar patterns in personal projects. They tend to get bloated in totally […]

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Philly Give Camp 2010: Part 5

Philly Give Camp 2010: Part 2

Six-sigma Greenbelt

Scope Creep