Automation for Lean Times

Every organization today wants to get faster, better, cheaper results. One way to achieve this is to apply one or more of the many available virtual business process automation tools. These tools are built to script, and or via visual IDEs, hook together both Windows and Web applications into composite apps, dashboards, new virtual working environments and even work flow existing legacy with newer web service apps to create end to end business processes that have little to no seams between them, i.e., "seamless" interfaces. These virtual automation tools are often immature pieces of software, so be prepared to team or partner your interested existing SME/non-programmer types with an experienced dual or more platform (Win/Web/OS) experienced analyst and get kinks worked out with the vendor until a solution is reached. Documented requirements should not go by the wayside either. As always, it helps to make sure everyone is on the same page with a solid sheaf of requirements and plan. A PMP should be able to help negotiate the still turbid waters of cross-platform automation tooling with her background in requirements writing and team management. You are not a PMP? Well, then, there is no better way to pass your Project Management Professional exam than to simulate the test center environment with my simulator at: www.frugalpmp.com.