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02.16.2012: Co-presenting Virtual Security: Best Practices for Remote Workers.

02.23.2012: Attending a KnowledgeNet in Philadelphia, hosted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

03.08.2012: Meeting with the Health Information Technology Group of the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania.

03.09.2012: Offering tips on handling conflict at the Society for Technical Communication's Mid-Atlantic Conference.

03.21.2012: Presenting Virtual Success: Best Practices for the Remote Worker for STC's New England Chapter.

03.30.2012: Attending the Tech Council's annual gala, to celebrate innovation and accomplishent in technology.

05.19-05.24.2012:  Attending and presenting at the Annual Summit of the Society for Technical Communication, Chicago, IL. Also sponsoring an event featuring the Rough Drafts, STC's homegrown band. 

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Planning and Analysis

Maybe you have heard this saying: Each hour of planning and analysis can save two hours of work during a project's development and implementation. We don't see the math as that linear. We've seen instances where the last few days of analysis uncovered a better design path that saved several weeks, or revealed a path weakness that would have wasted several weeks, so the return on the planning investment can be great.

Our approach in the planning and analysis phases of a project is to define decisions well, seek team feedback, communicate decisions back to the team for validation, and repeat. This basic process is the same whether you ask us to work with business stakeholders to write business requirements, or you ask us to convert business communication into information that more technical teams can use.

Our analysis deliverables include:

  • Business / functional requirements
  • Wireframes / mockups of software pages
  • System / non-functional requirements
  • Use cases
  • Workflow diagrams
  • Test plans and scripts
  • Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance documentation
  • HIPAA compliance documentation

We have provided planning and analysis services to clients including: