Keeping up with the Jones with Technology

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Ever feel like the world of technology is moving faster than the biggest software companies like Microsoft and Apple can’t keep up? Ever been in a meeting with a bunch of “techies” and not understand a word or acronym their off their lib’s? How about this- you are asked a question and with your reply they all look at you with dear in the headlight expression? Then in the back on the room and older gentleman politely explains to you and the group; With all due respect that system and software you described is no long sustainable and is not supported by any system. If you have ever experienced this, welcome to my current world.
Organizations that have had the foresight and encouragement to keep up with the technology for everyday business operation understand the value of research. The current world economy has put a strain on many organizations to have had to make sacrifices in their business organizations to stay competitive. These sacrifices include: staff, lowering employment budget, hardware and software upgrades and just doing without. These types of sacrifices will have a long term effects on any institute.
The organization that this paper is depicting has made these sacrifices and currently feeling the effects from no forethought of the long lasting upheavals. The adjustments that were made have made project completion dates shift the right that completion dates are constantly extended. Staff turnover is at the highest level even with the economy is a state of decay. There are two main hardware operating systems, identify as a standard system and a non-standard system. They are independent of each other. The question is asked repeatedly, “Why”? I best answer if have heard is, “Asked the government”.
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...d safest approach. An aircraft is the end unit; one unit at a time would be phase-in into the new electronic wiring data base. The paper manual not removed the wire list chapters till the next manual change, which happens approximately once a year. This would allow time to train the end users and show them all the new increase capabilities in a side by side comparison.
Prototype testing identify enhancement that were not addressed in the original plan, for example, hyperlink capability and information for Testing Procedure Specification (TSP) program writing. The hyperlink capability would greatly reduce the research time in identifying the correct parts or tools required to perform the task at hand. The TSP can use the data to write the test program saving program writers hours of labor. These enhancements are increasing the value of the project and overall ROI.

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