AVISTA E-Update Archive

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January 2012

• Brainstorming With Your Team
• The Role of Vision in Success
• Using the Progress Principle
• Moving from a Technical to a Management Role

December 2011

• Selecting Project Team Leaders
• How to Increase Your Sense of Urgency to Help Your Team
• Teamwork is Important
• Brainstorming With Your Team

November 2011

• How to Handle Difficult Questions
• AVISTA to Present at the NDIA CMMI Technology Conference
• Become a Better Manager: Looking Within
• Become a Better Manager: Working with Your Team
• Organizational Skills and Work Ethic

October 2011

• Aerospace and Defense Benefit from Turnkey ATE Collaboration
• Asking Good Questions
• Types of Questions
• How to Ask Good Questions

September 2011

• High Maturity Measurement and Analysis Workshop Presentation
• Prevent Pain Later by Planning Outsourcing
• Maximize Project Planning with Outside Resources
• Eliminate Planning Guesswork

July 2011

• Quality Assurance Expert at AVISTA: Neng Xiong
• Employee Training Tips and Benefits
• The Reality of Benefits from Process Improvement
• Getting Quality When You Outsource

June 2011

• Project Issues and Handling Them to Reduce Impacts
• Creating a Safer World
• New SCADE-Trained Team Engineers
• AVISTA Team Upgrades ISO Certification to ISO 9001:2008

May 2011

• Avoiding Project Failure with Early Issue Mitigation
• How to Introduce Change to Your Organization
• Elements for Project Management Success: Budget
• Avoiding Project Failure with Early Issue Mitigation

April 2011

• Elements for Project Management Success: Time
• Elements for Project Management Success: People
• Project Success Through Delegation
• Five Tips for Motivating Your Team

March 2011

• Duane Anderson Joins AVISTA Services as Programs Manager
• Help with Legacy Product Line Proposal, a Case Study

November 2010

• Communications and Change Management
• SMART Requirements Definition and Management
• Embrace Traceability for Non-Critical Software Development

October 2010

• Using Model-Based Development to Lower Costs
• Quality for Flight Simulation Case Study

September 2010

• Offshoring Work Comes Back Onshore
• Outsourcing Successfully

August 2010

• Systems Engineering Support for Flight Deck Upgrade
• Managing The Software Project Budget Challenge
• Dealing with Software Development Project Delays
• AVISTA Appraised at SEI CMMI Level 5 Again