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A Requirements Analysis is Critical to the Success of Your Technology

Delcor

In other words, the success of a system selection and implementation is dependent upon the way in which requirements are collected, analyzed, and documented at the beginning of the project. As a result, you spend more time wrangling with colleagues about details and processes, all while losing staff, leadership, or board buy-in.

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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

WBT Systems

But because they were printed paper documents, they were typically hidden from the world — tucked away in file drawers or framed on office walls. EDUCAUSE implemented a digital badge program in 2014. AOTA offers more than 10 badges on topics like Low Vision, Leadership Development, Autism and Home Modification.

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Why We Love Associations: 10 Top Stories From the Associations Now Archives

Associations Now

The most successful piece published on Associations Now over the past decade, this 2014 guest post by Lori Porter, MBA, IOM, CAE, part of a series from ASAE’s Ethics Committee, discussed the fundamental issues around building an ethical culture. The Leadership Elements That Made Nelson Mandela an Icon. iStock/Thinkstock).

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Be Productive Anywhere: Tips for Getting Work Done During a Flight Delay

Associations Now

Get some thought leadership into your brain. Just be sure to document your brainstorming session. Club in 2014 , he nearly lost the composition after hearing The Beatles play on the flight and only recovered it because he used a tape recorder to save parts of the melody in the airplane bathroom. As Elfman told The A.V.

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Social Media Roundup: Don’t Get Stuck on Autopilot

Associations Now

The dangers of a reflexive leadership style. — Jamie Notter (@jamienotter) June 10, 2014. — Jamie Notter (@jamienotter) June 10, 2014. — Meagan Rockett (@rockettm) June 11, 2014. ” Oh, and if you don’t know what your strategy is without looking it up in a document, that’s a problem. (ht

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Following Sexual Harassment Scandal, Science Moves Forward

Associations Now

Heather Flewelling, the founder of the group, said she was inspired to launch it as a result of a stalking incident she dealt with during the 2014 AAS annual meeting. “There are clear steps that we can take to help to foster a supportive and safe professional community, in person, in the field, at meetings and online.”

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Sony Pictures, Hacking, and Why Cybersecurity Is an Arms Race

Associations Now

To put it another way, the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables leak, also described as unprecedented in scale, included 251,287 documents at roughly 15 megabytes in size. When private, personal data is leaked, the damage can be catastrophic, destroying confidence in leadership and opening organizations up to lawsuits.

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