Software Design

• Agile Myth – No Documentation Required

  Agile Myth – No Documentation Required People sometimes believe “It’s agile, so there is no documentation” or “Agile is anti-documentation.” Neither of these statements is correct. Instead, the incremental and iterative nature of agile software development brings an opportunity to create, leverage and improve documentation in new and refreshing ways that bring new value to […]

  Read MoreJeff Panning, PMP, ACP / Agile  / Information System Engineering  / Manufacturing Operations Management  / Process Design  / Scrum Framework  / Software Design  / Management  / Improvement 

• Successful Teamwork Using the Scrum Framework

  Teamwork Using the Scrum Framework Matrix Technologies is working with a steel company to co-develop a software application to solve key business problems. This engagement has been a long-term, information system engineering project in which Matrix provides two developers and a scrum master to the client in a staff augmentation time-and-expense manner. The client is […]

  Read MoreJeff Panning, PMP, ACP / Agile Software Development  / Industrial Automation Engineering  / Information System Engineering  / Manufacturing Operations Management  / Process Design  / Scrum Framework  / Software Design  / Management  / Improvement 

• Batch Recipe Viewer

  Batch Recipe Viewer Custom applications often fill a gap where no off-the-shelf commercial software meets a specific set of requirements for a business case. In this example, a batching system was developed with FactoryTalk Batch from Rockwell Automation, however the customer struggled to get the specific information they needed from the base system. They were […]

  Read MoreJohn Lee / Application  / Batch Recipe  / Batch Systems  / Digital Recipe  / Digital Solution  / Manufacturing Intelligence  / Manufacturing Solution  / Software Design  / Virtualization  / Factory Talk  / Rockwell Automation 

• RS-232 is Simple, Robust Serial Communications Method

  RS-232 is Simple, Robust Serial Communications Method All communications are serial communications, from the high-tech data bouncing around satellites to synchronizing your phone to a computer. Even human speech is a form of serial communication. This article discusses a simple yet robust communication method that has been around for nearly 60 years: RS-232. RS-232 is […]

  Read MoreBob Taylor / Automation Solutions  / Industrial Automation Engineering  / IT  / Manufacturing Operations Management  / Manufacturing Process Control  / Serial Communications  / Software Design  / Automation Integration  / Manufacturing