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| Menlo Message and Media Connect. Read about Menlo in the Ann Arbor Regional Business-To-Business and in Michigan CrainTech. What is the message that generates this interest? Good question. Good answer. | |
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Richard Sheridan on Forbes Cover. Menlo Partner Richard Sheridan is on the cover of the current issue of Forbes Magazine. Even the local media is impressed with Rich's "15 minutes of fame." |
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| You're Invited to personally meet the man on the cover of Forbes when he presents a 90-minute Success Seminar. Learn the top six reasons why software projects fail and how to avoid them. Register for this special presentation Wednesday, May 14. The seminar and autograph are both free. | |
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| Appropriate, unobtrusive and effective advertising done on the web? A triple oxymoron you say? Not so says David Kirkpatrick. At Menlo we are always searching for examples of excellence, here is one shining example. | |
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| Software errors cost the U.S. economy about $59.5 billion annually, or about 0.6 percent of the gross domestic product. Failed software development initiatives cost an additional $70 billion annually. Clearly our economy cannot afford this waste. Attend Menlo's Secrets of Software Success class on May 27 to learn how to break this cycle of failure and deliver quality software successfully, every time. | |
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Making Computers Talk. The goal is for the computer to really talk, not just speak in the same old stilted electronic monotone. Is this a technological breakthrough that will magically make software more user-friendly? Unlikely. But for some applications it could be revolutionary. The test: Use new technology on your projects only when it helps to meet real users' needs and business objectives. |
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| Rule Number One: The User is in Charge. Is this Menlo teaching the Menlo Software Factory process? No, it's Google. But we think they make the point quite well. | |
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A fuel cell the size of a marble? Development processes have to be agile because our world changes fast. Here are a few disruptive technologies on the horizon. Is your team ready to respond to changing business needs? |
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| When hearing about paired-programming people often ask "What do you do when two people don't get along?" Find the answer to this and other questions in our new Menlo whitepaper Paired Programming In The Software Factory. | |
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When you feel you just can't web surf any longer, you can always turn to the last page of the Internet to see how it all turns out. |
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About Menlo |
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Menlo applies High-Tech Anthropology® to help our clients fully understand their business problems and opportunities. If the solution requires software, Menlo either develops the software within our Menlo Software Factory™ or the Menlo Institute trains your staff in proven methodologies to develop software better themselves. This approach results in more usable and useful software at substantially lower costs. To find out more, contact us, or attend our free 90-minute success seminar. |
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The Menlo Briefs is produced by the Menlo Innovations and edited by Richard Sheridan. It is a permission-based newsletter for Menlo friends and customers bringing information about classes, seminars, articles and other events of local interest. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter please visit our subscription page. If you have received this newsletter in error or no longer wish to receive it please see below to unsubscribe. ### |