The article discusses the challenges small nonprofits face in tracking software issues and enhancements, especially those using bespoke applications. It introduces a simplified solution called BFE (Bugs, Faults, Enhancements), suggesting a customizable spreadsheet for efficient issue tracking. This approach balances practicality with the limited technical resources of small organizations.
Continue readingOriginally written in 2015, but never published. This blog (and series) discusses efficient SharePoint site management through the establishment of standards. It emphasizes the importance of creating a standards page to enhance user training, ensure consistency, and simplify maintenance.
Continue readingThank you to a ‘friendly-peer review group’ for their feedback on a research project focused on tracking micro-time spent by senior volunteers. The discussion covered user interface importance, managing time granularity, and the complexity of capturing incidental volunteer activities.
Continue readingA very ambitious ‘Event-Idea’ which will help nonprofits, senior volunteers, and even small businesses answer the question: “What type and how much Insurance do we need?”. This post is a placeholder to get some potential ideas.
Continue readingIPOOG onboarding emphasizes the importance of a well-structured process for new employees, focusing on providing abundant information and a clear pathway for understanding. It is based on the IPOOG concept (Input, Process, Output, Outcome, Guide), emphasizing contextualized information delivery. The strategy aims to accelerate productivity and encourage long-term employee involvement.
Continue readingA University of Alberta (U of A) student project team will be going head-to-head with community leaders to explain and pitch the Volunteer Steward smartphone Application.
Continue readingPrevious blogs introduced the technology and processes to climb the metaphoric Mount OBI. Communications was alluded to but more fully discussed in this blog as well as the various passes AGOV engaged in to reduce its OBI footprint by two-thirds.
Continue readingThree metrics help to assess the value of an OBI-Object: quantitative, qualitative, and the ‘So-What’ question. These are supplemented by the overall ‘game-rules’.
Continue readingIn the previous blog, Mount OBI was introduced as well as AGOV. Both are metaphoric. The mountain represents how organizations can accumulate reporting assets.
Continue readingManaging a fleet of ‘reports’ is the bane of any organization. This is the story of how the fictional organization, AGOV, managed to eliminate two-thirds of its inventory prior to an upgrade.
