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Does anyone know of any fan-made, or converted from 2nd edition, careers that would work for creating a battlefield medic? I want to make a character that is a non-magical, non-priestly, support character that has some very basic combat ability but that also that can protect downed allies while they are being healed somewhat. The skill-set I am really looking for at the minimum is Discipline, First Aid, and Medicine, which the Barber-Surgeon has, but ideally I would like something more rural in flavor. I really don't care about the extra cost for changing careers, but the character starts out as an Apothecary. I could just use B-S, but I thought I would ask if there were another career out there.
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Posted 17 June 2014 - 08:33 PM
Not that I know of, but a pretty much anyone with the Skill card "Splints and Bandages" can fulfil the role you are looking at. I would be looking at a intermediate (rank 2) homebrew class for a your own game as Field Combat medics are trained soldiers even today. Sure, some may have come from paramedic backgrounds (your barber-surgeon or apothecary) or Soldiers that have expanded their MOS into more medical/support roles.
May I suggest:
Profession:- Combat Medic (Academic/Military/Intermediate/Specialist)
Primary Characteristics: Intelligence/Toughness
Career Skills: Weapon Skill/ First Aid/ Medicine/ Tradecraft/ Education/ Folk Lore.
Stance: 3C/1R
Advances: 1 Action/ 1 Talent/ 3 Skill/ 1 Conservative/ 1 Reckless/ 2 Wounds
Career Card: Exhaust this card to reroll all white and black dice from any action that can restore wounds (including criticals). This card does not recharge until the end of the Scene.
Posted 02 July 2014 - 06:56 PM
A few views of this, did anyone like it or not?
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 07:55 PM
I ended up going with existing stuff and just sucking it up to buy WS out of class. This character is so insanely un-optomized as it is because he also has a pet so had to buy that and Animal Handling out of class too. I can live with the results, even though he is about the oddest barber surgeon you'll ever meet.
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Posted 03 July 2014 - 04:05 AM
Un-optimized is fun. You could go into the Ratcatcher career at some point to get some use out of your pet (a dog?).
Posted 03 July 2014 - 04:16 PM
No, the pet is a badger (LOL...we players have to be different). He is a Middenlander who started as an Apothecary then went to Barber Surgeon. He wanted to be a priest of Ulric- killed a wolf and everything, but couldn't hack the structure so he left and considers himself a traveling lay priest for any small community he comes across who does not already have a priest. He is also very superstitious and even though he devoutly worships Ulric he tends to observe (even if they are not real) the curses and customs of any back-woods (non-chaos) faith he encounters without seeing the conflict it has with his own faith.
(out of character I tried to build him as going into the Initiate career, but you have to spend so many advances if you don't start as one that even though I was fine with him being not optimized he almost felt like he was a full rank lower than he was. We do "draw three" career choice method, and Apothecary made the most sense from what I drew. I decided to just go the non-faith direction of healing since the character and most people probably assume typical healing is a blessing or magic to begin with. I decided the PC in his fervor also thinks he is doing his work with Ulric's blessing.)
That's the idea- the healing that he does is all to get people strong and back into combat (keeping with the tenet of strength that Ulric has). Unless the person is a great warrior he is not interested in long term nursing care- rather he wants to triage and let their natural strength take over. His draughts are also particularly nasty tasting (though they act the same) because he feels that Ulric would want them that way.
I am GMing right now (The Witch's Song), and without telling the players that he was a new PC of mine I introduced him as a person sharing the barge trip to Fauligmere giving them bad portents of what was ahead to set the mood. They liked him so much (not even knowing he could help with healing, which the party sorely lacks) that they tried several times to get him to come with as an NPC. I really did not want him going with them because it would have made my attempts to give them corruption and diseases much harder, but I let them try fairly to convince him. In the end they failed three times on different days, so "Badger" Bloodgood kept on going up river to the wastes to test his mettle as the party disembarked in Fauligmere.
...not sure why I felt the need to tell you all that, but whatever...
I may take him to Zealot next, but I like to leave that to how things go organically.
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Posted 04 July 2014 - 02:12 PM
No, the pet is a badger (LOL...we players have to be different).
You could talk to your GM and see if he/she lets you have a small but vicious badger and use the ratcatcher rules for the pet.
Posted 04 July 2014 - 02:20 PM
Liber Fanatica 7 has rules for Animal Trainers (including a new career). I don't recall if the SBVB is on the list, but that's a great idea!
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Posted 04 July 2014 - 04:13 PM
I used Liber Fanatica 7 to build the badger. Gave him two trick slots, and invested in some talents. Not sure what Rat Catcher would do for me aside from make Animal Handling a career skill.
Posted 04 July 2014 - 04:45 PM
I don't know if the errata for LF7 is there. The number of trick slots should be the same as the small but vicious dog (two?).
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Posted 04 July 2014 - 08:24 PM
I think that is is something like 2 active slots and a third can be purchased for wild animals. For a domesticated animal I think they have 3 active.

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Acting GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini has a vision for the agency's future mission, while his own long-term status remains a mystery. (FCW photo)
Dan Tangherlini, acting administrator of the General Services Administration, gave his agency a new mission statement on Jan. 14 to address these austere times.
While it did not mention Tangherlini's own status, the memo outlines a vision for the future. Tangherlini, however, is only an acting administrator and has been in the role since April 2012. As President Barack Obama begins his second term and addresses a new round of leadership appointments, it remains unclear whether Tangherlini will become the agency's permanent administrator or be replaced.
"The mission of GSA is to deliver the best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to government and the American people," Tangherlini wrote in a memo to employees. The memo was also posted on GSA's public blog.
"At a time of shrinking budgets, GSA's role of providing the highest possible value at the lowest possible cost to our partner agencies has never been more important," he wrote in the memo.
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An agency spokeswoman said GSA does not have an official announcement about Tangherlini's future. In the memo, however, Tangherlini wrote, "In 2013, working together, we can continue to improve GSA and find ways to offer even better service."
Tangherlini has cultivated a good reputation for himself as acting administrator, especially after steadying GSA in the midst of conference spending fiascos. He began in April 2012 with a tough top-down review of the agency, temporarily suspending new hires and cutting executive bonuses. And those reform efforts have continued.
"Tangherlini appears to be building a strategic plan on the core capabilities of the agency, instead of prescribing the way ahead with a personal agenda that doesn't synchronize with the capabilities," said Ray Bjorklund, vice president and chief knowledge officer at GovWin from Deltek. Nevertheless, the new mission statement "clearly restates the organizational competencies of the agency and almost maps to the organization."
GSA aids agencies facing tight budgets, and Tangherlini wants GSA to deliver ever more savings and value. He also wants to benefit both the environment with a sustainable government and small businesses with more opportunities for federal work. Furthermore, Tangherlini has said repeatedly that he wants GSA to be a federal innovator and leader.
"With all of these priorities in mind, GSA has a responsibility to the American people to carry out all of our activities, from our biggest purchases to our most routine leases, with integrity and the highest level of performance," Tangherlini wrote.
To drive forward, GSA officials soon may select their FAS commissioner, a position which has been vacant since July. Mary Davie has been filling that role in an acting capacity, and a source outside GSA said she is a finalist for the permanent job. Yet the lack of permanency in both of these critical leadership roles has been a hindrance to GSA. By staying on, Allen said, Tangherlini could provide GSA with needed continuity and ensure the key initiatives, such as improving travel policies and centralizing agency operations, continue ahead.
"With several changes being announced to the administration so far this year, it would be good if the acting administrator would announce his plans so that GSA can continue to move forward," Allen said.
Bjorklund said Tangherlini has already traversed the confirmation wickets for his former position at Treasury, and that he does not expect senators to block Tangherlini due to a personal issue. GSA's own record, however, could be another matter.
"I think confirmation depends on whether the Senate wishes to continue punishing GSA for their past indiscretions," he said.
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Above an employee spoke on the performance of GS-13s and GS-14s. I would go as far as to include GS-15s and SESs on the bases of their integrity to improve the morale and to stop discord in the organization. Remember employees' performance really is the reflection of its first and second level managers and their ability to communicate the organization's mission and what's expected of their employees without disparity in treatment amongst staff, sharing information with only a select group...no transparency.
Who are we kidding here? Tangherini appoints his buddy Tom Sharpe from Treasury after the mumbo jumbo dance on who should head the FAS organization. Customer oriented? Heading an acquisition organization in Treasury? Let's think. Who are the most customer organiztions you know? The Imperial Department of the Treasury? Acquisition organizations? Non mission organizations? These are not surgeons you want to do your appendectomy. GSA has regressed to a haven of political hacks and a backwater of competence. For those of you who have worked hard in GSA you have my sympathy. I would wish for these locusts to go away but I fear there are worse to come.
Mr. Tangherlini has taken a very prudent and cautious approach to implementing change. By analyzing GSA region by region, hopefully it becomes apparent to him what needs come out of the top to bottom review. Our region is inundated with under performing mid-level managers and personnel in grades 13 and 14. Not only are they under performing, they are a drag on the budget. They also interfere with day to day operations by creating mindless tasks for employees to do to justify their position at GSA. Divsions under performing due to poor leadership should be closely examined. There is little, to no opportunity to advance in grade due to superfluous personnel. Our region would run smoother by elminating the redundancy and over lapping functions of certain divisions, and make way for younger, fresh ideas in order to move GSA into the future. I applaud Mr. Tangherlini's efforts, and I hope he is permanently appointed to lead GSA into the future.
Mr. Tangherlini has done a creditable job in his current role. Having heard him a number of times and having had the opportunity to questio him I see him as a competent and very capable manager. He represents a steadying presence and should be allowed to continue to serve in his position on a permanent basis.
I agree that changes were needed but not that they all have been for the better. Please remember that Mr Tangherlini was put in this position because of a small group of people who mismanaged conference funding. GSA is comprised of various services of which only one was involved and within that, only a small number of upper-level employees.
Changes are being made throughout GSA and touted in Congress and the media as 'better'. But some appear to exist only to allow political entities to point and say 'changes were made' and 'costs were cut'. Take for one example (limited space for others) the Employee Team Store program. It's purpose was to reward employee work and cooperation by allowing other employees to recognize them. Employees were inspired by and used this program. Last Summer, it was decommissioned as one of several 'sweeping changes'. The reported savings were minimal.
The 2012 Employee Viewpoint Survey was administered after Mr Tangherlini came to GSA and started changes. It stated the satisfaction of GSA employees had significantly dropped over previous years. Also the survey analysts noted that the drop indicated an issue that GSA management needed to address quickly. However, subsequent to the survey results, e-mails and memos to GSA employees from Mr Tangherlini, didn't address this. However, he did publicize that GSA was again named as one of the best Federal Government agencies for which to work. What was missing from the announcement is that the designation is based on the 'previous' Employee Viewpoint Survey which was in 2011.
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text: (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2011 An Empirical Study of Software Project Management among Some Selected Software Houses in Nigeria Olalekan AKINOLA1 Funmilayo, AJAO Opeoluwa B. AKINKUNMI email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com Computer Science Department, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria 1 Correspondence Author Abstract techniques of software project. It encompasses the knowledge, techniques and tools necessary to ensure the In recent years, the software industry has been struggling with development of software products [4]. It plans for software building quality software unsuccessfully. This is witnessed by development using effective estimation of size and effort failures in major software projects. Software projects fail not and to execute plan with attention to productivity and because of complexity but unconscious response to software quality. project management approach which has led to major drawback of software industry in achieving tremendous success in their The primary challenge of managing the software project is services. There is need to bridge the gap between increasing how to achieve all the project goals and objectives with diffusion of software projects in the industry and the challenge of some preconceived constraints. The constraints are critical optimizing the allocation and integration of inputs necessary to meet defined project objectives. This study evaluates how software to the developers and customers. The constraints are scope, projects are managed in the Nigeria software industry. Eight scheduling and cost. These three constraints are often software houses in Lagos Metropolis in the South West of Nigeria competing: an increase scope typically means increased were selected for the study based on their software project time and increased cost and a tight time constraint could management experiences. Project Managers were interviewed and mean reduced scope and increased cost and a tight budget professionals were observed. Projects documentations were also could mean increased time and reduced scope. The accuracy examined. The research measured four independent variables: of the above constraints will aid in generating request for project planning, project estimation, project scheduling and project proposals, contract negotiations, scheduling, monitoring and management methodologies. Nine independent variables were control. measured in the research: scope, developmental stages, requirement management, cost, effort, project duration, team members, tools, and models. Results from the study shows that There is no doubt that software industry has made progress 80% of the software projects were 20% ahead of deadline, 6.67% but there is need to bridge the gap of the challenge of how were 10% ahead of time and 13.33% met deadline but they were software development project can be well managed, planned not of good quality. Lack of presentation of requirements in an and organized to enhance productivity given deliverables, understandable form, project scope expansion, problem of training timeframes and budgets. This study was carried out with a and managing team members; and adopting the right view to understudy the nature of software project methodologies as stated by the Project Managers are the major management in some selected software houses in Lagos, drawbacks in achieving project goals. Nigeria. The rest of this paper is organized as follows: Section 2 contains the review of some related works. In 1. Introduction section 3, the methodology approach used for this study is stated. Results obtained from the study are given in section Software is becoming an integral part of every product [11]. 4 while section 5 gives the discussion of the results. Nothing seems to be concrete nowadays without the Conclusions from the findings are presented in section 6. incorporation of software because they hold the key to the future and almost everything is becoming a key part of it, 2. Review of Literature for instance consumer products, medical devices and so on. A project is a temporary endeavor having a defined The application of software to engineering is software beginning and end, undertaken to meet particular goals and engineering. That is, the application of systematic, objectives usually to bring beneficial change or value. disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, Project Management is the discipline of planning, operation, the maintenance of the software and the study of organizing and managing resources to bring about the the approaches [15]. The phases involved in software successful completion of specific project goals and development are software requirement, software design, objectives [12]. Another school of thought believes that implementation, testing and maintenance. project Software project is a part of software engineering modules because the technology of developing software ties to the 1 263 http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500 (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2011 management is a leadership role which plans, budget, success. Unfortunately, we find that many software projects coordinates, monitor and control the operational do not live up to expectations. Hard skills are the technical contribution of property professionals [18]. skills required within the confines of a domain. They encompass the dimensions such as processes, tools and Software Project Management is a sub discipline of project techniques. management. Project management is as old as written history and has been practiced since early civilization. Extensive research has been conducted in project Projects were generally managed by creative engineers and management with greater emphasis on hard skills [13]. architects such as Christopher Wren (1632-1732), Thomas These skills, although of crucial importance, are to be Telford (1757-1834) until 1950s when organizations began considered along with the broader soft skills according to to apply project management tools and techniques to Belzer [3]. Most project management methodologies show a complex projects. greater coverage of hard skills. It is observed that research efforts are expended towards automating the process of As a discipline, Project Management was developed from management of projects with regards to hard skills. several fields of application such as construction, engineering etc. Two forefathers of Project Management are Soft skills, often described as an art [3], have been identified Henry Gantt called the father of planning and control as critical for project success. Soft skills are the non- techniques that are famous for his use of Gantt chart as a technical skills that are often not given due consideration project management tool and Henri Fayol, a father of while managing projects. Soft skills, often described as an management function which forms the foundation of the art [3], is concerned with managing and working with body of knowledge associated with project and program people, ensuring customer satisfaction with the intention of management [8]. retaining them and creating a conducive environment for the project team to deliver high quality products within budget The 1950s marked the beginning of modern project and on time and exceeding stakeholders expectations They management era. Prior to the 1950s, projects were managed are often concerned with managing and working with people on an ad hoc basis using mostly Gantt Charts and informal [9]. These skills are typically acquired through experience techniques and tools. Early metrics on project management [3] and the various dimensions are communication skills, are Gantt chart and Program Evaluation and Reviewing team building, organization effectiveness, leadership and so Techniques chart developed in the 1950s and 1960s.Two on. Companies, like Mastek, Polaris and Sun Microsystems, mathematical project-scheduling models were also being conscious of the importance of soft skills, have developed as at that time and they are the Critical Path incorporated such skills into their training agenda [1]. Method (CPM) and Program Evaluation and Reviewing techniques (PERT).These mathematical techniques quickly Every year, the CHAOS chronicle [21] reports on the failure spread into many private enterprises. rate of IT projects in the USA. Although there was an observed decline in the percentage of failed projects in the Software project management is a sector that arguably USA since 1994 as summarized by Sonnekus and witnessed the highest rate of project failure in the world. Labuschagne [16], the same trend may not have been Dorsey [7] pointed out that large information system observed in other countries, especially those with a projects have been reported to be subject to failure rates developing economy. Developed countries like the UK and between 50-80% and Bupa [5] stated that according to a USA are facing an advantageous situation with the use of recent report by the Standish Group, only one in three IT well adapted methodologies, tools and techniques through projects were delivered on time, within budget and rigorous research and development initiatives both from according to Specification. IT projects, particularly those of academia as well as from professional bodies like the a software nature, have different strengths and weaknesses Project Management Institute (PMI) and Office of as compared to traditional engineering projects [20]. For Government Commerce (OGC). According to a survey instance, some strengths associated with software projects carried out by Sonnekus and Labuschagne [16], the failure include flexibility, ease of creating backups, scalability, rate of IT projects in South Africa was found to be 22%, replication and reusability of components while some which can be observed to be comparable to that of the weaknesses include invisibility, complexity, difficulty to CHAOS chronicle released in 2000. add people to delayed projects and the need for regular upgrades. Following a survey carried out in 2003 in Mauritius [20], at least 50% of software projects that suffered due to deadline However, hard skills remain the traditional main focus of problem, budget overruns and quality problems were found most IT project management methodologies. Hard skills, to be 50%, 30% and 10% respectively. Table 1 gives the often described as a science [3], comprise processes, tools percentage of USA failed projects from 1994 to 2002. and techniques applied to projects. In managing software projects, tools and techniques related to hard skills are given much attention in an attempt to drive projects towards 2 264 http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500 (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2011 Table 1: USA Project Success Rate (Source: Sukhoo, et development stages, it becomes necessary to articulate hard skills together with soft skills. al., [20]) Year Percentage of failed 3. Research Methodology projects CHAOS-1994 31% 3.1 Random sampling CHAOS-1996 40% According to Soriyan and Heek [17], there are more than 100 active firms, mainly in the richer, better educated south CHAOS-1998 28% west of Nigeria and they are concentrated in Lagos. Eight CHAOS-2000 23% software houses in Lagos Metropolis were picked at random to represent a sample of the software industry in Nigeria CHAOS-2002 15% based on their experience in the industry. They are all private companies which are multinationals having joint In contrast, traditional engineering projects generally venture with foreign companies. Six of the firms claimed achieve much higher success rates. This is due to that they have been in the business of software development exploitation of inherent strengths and prudent management for more than ten years while the rest two were about five of weaknesses associated with engineering projects that are years old in the business. different from those of software projects [14]. The strengths and, in particular the weaknesses associated with The software firms specializes in the integration of engineering projects have been addressed better due to the information technology into business processes through the fact that these projects were managed for many decades and design and installation of mission critical information are also better understood. Management of software projects systems in key sector of Nigeria economy like financial, in particular has been carried out for far less than what is the information technology and other business sectors. case with traditional projects. In addition to hard skills Some of the services provided by the Organizations are required, it has been observed that a good mix with soft Installation, Software development, Training, IT consulting, skills is required for IT organizations [1]. When popular Bureau Services, Accounting System Automation, project management methodologies like the Project Maintenance and Support and so on. Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and Projects in Controlled Environment (PRINCE2) are analyzed closely, 3.2 Data Collection one finds that not much emphasis is laid on soft skills. 3.2.1 Interview technique Furthermore, a survey of soft skills required in IT organizations was carried out at the University of Arkansas Interview technique was adopted as a reliable data collection [6] and the results obtained showed highly desired skills to tool for eliciting some useful and detailed information from be problem solving process, listening skills, teamwork, the staffers of the companies especially the Software Project adaptability to new technology and new languages, Managers. The interview questions were structured to transferring knowledge to application, time management, enable the researcher gathers as much relevant information visualization and conceptualization skills and verbal as possible from the Project Managers and Group Project communication. Desired skills included the ability to multi- Coordinators of some of the software houses visited in task, dealing with business culture, inter-team Lagos. The structured interview schedules were strictly communication, interpersonal skills, constructive criticism, followed except for some questions that arose at intervals. organization skills, stress management and general writing The replies to these questions were carefully noted. Some skills. According to the survey, less desired skills comprise general views but relevant about software industry featured leadership, technical writing, dealing with diversification in the discussion. (different cultures) and presentation skills. 3.2.2 Fact-finding and observation However, Moreira [10] claims that success in the management of software projects does not rely entirely on This inductive process of careful observation was done by hard skills. A combination of hard skills and soft skills may working with the software organizations. Various teams effectively and efficiently steer projects towards success. employed in the organization were worked with because This is confirmed by the fact that the best jobs are often what one see for oneself is the best source of information. offered to seasoned professionals who have a good The appointments with the software houses visited vary combination of technical knowledge, general business skills depending on their schedules. The reasons for this choice of and communication skills [2]. Given that software projects method are to evaluate the efficiency of current software have inherent complexity and invisibility features (Hughes project management in software houses and for verification. and Cotterell, 2002) that may hamper progress during 3 265 http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500 (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2011 3.3 Variable used for evaluation • Ho4: There are no significant differences in the average number of people in a project team in the organizations. Table 2 shows the variables used for evaluation. The key software project areas were chosen to be able to • Ho5: There are no significant differences in the draw observation and have a picture of the large scheduling tools employed by the organizations. software industry. • Ho6: There are no significant differences in the Table 2 Variables used for evaluation project methodologies practiced by software houses. Variables 3.5 Statistical analysis Key Project Areas The data collected from each of the eight software houses Independent Dependent were tabulated based on the key project areas and the variables. The data were analyzed for interpretation using Project Scope, simple percentages and Analysis of Variance (one-way Planning/Initi Development ANOVA). The research hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level ation Stages of significance to be able to draw conclusion on the research work. Requirement Management 4. Results Project Cost 4.1 Software Planning/Initiation Estimation Effort, Project Software Projects are rarely tackled as a single monolithic Duration job. They are broken down using stages. Usually in Project Team Members Software Engineering, the stages are Requirement Analysis, Scheduling System Design, Implementation, Testing and Delivery. Tools, Software Most of the organizations rely and practice in-house stages rather than Software Engineering standard. Some Software Project Models houses do not really have the understanding of these stages; Management some skip some of the stages while some have in -house Approaches/ stages to enhance effective Project Management. Fig. 1 Metho- summarizes the reported stages of Software Project dologies Development that were rigorously followed by the software firms. 3.4 Research Hypotheses The following hypotheses were tested within the span of the research study of software project management among the software houses: • Ho1: There are no significant differences in the average time taken to complete a project among the software houses. • Ho2: There are no significant differences in the software developmental stages practiced by software houses. • Ho3: There are no significant differences in the project estimation techniques employed by the organizations. Fig. 1 Project Development Stages 4 266 http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500 (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2011 From Fig.1, it is observed that there is lack of awareness of the general standard and limited scope of applicability of the standard which would have enhanced standard projects. The various challenges encountered at each of the Developmental Stages are stated Table 3 Table 3 Challenges encountered at each Development Stages Development Stages Challenges Encountered Survey Scope Requirement Analysis Identifying the Requirement Clients changing the Requirement System Design Flexibility of tools Implementation Lack of Training Testing Ability to detect errors Lack of resources Training problem Delivery Heterogeneous problem: ability to use older software versions on new Operating Fig. 2: Estimation Method System Maintenance Maintenance failure with Expert Judgment was highly used as an estimation method change in Requirements across the firms. Majority of the firms derived their estimate based on experience on past and similar projects which results in guessing. Some of them have history record on 4.2 Project Estimation past projects thereby using them to derive their project estimates. This indicates a poor impression of software The estimation of project in term of cost, effort and project houses providing a good estimate. Expert judgment will not duration to provide the environment the developers can always work because two projects can never be the same work varies among the software houses. It was ascertained even though they may look similar. There is always a lesson that many of the firms based their estimation on both scope to learn from each project which may not be applied to and size, that is, software project costs were estimated based similar project in the future. Table 4 shows the reasons for on product module, the work involved and the development the choice of tools as stated by the respondents. days required to deliver the work. Table 4 Reasons for choice of Tools Overestimation and underestimating these variables has affected the projects which has even made customers to Estimation Reasons for Frequency of cancel projects in the past. The customers had actually Methods choice of methods Companies question the rationale but some of conflicts are resolved by Expert Flexibility because 4 persuading the customer to increase the budgets, giving out Judgment environment is discount to encourage them to commit, and making the competitive customer to see reason with comprehensive breakdown Simplicity 2 analysis of the cost and why the total cost as it stands. Reduce time 1 Bottom up It minimizes 3 Underestimation affects both the project deadline. The project activities project either never ended or it took a long time to complete being forgotten because the commitment and resource deployed are affected when modules are thus affecting the quality. Some projects that meet deadline estimated are often of low quality. Besides, no profit will be made on separately the side of the Organizations. Price to win No control over 4 customer budget The research also discovered the various estimation method employed by the software houses. The results are represented in Fig. 2. 5 267 http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500 (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2011 4.3 Project Length/ Duration managing their time well, lack of proper understanding of requirement, users going out of defined scope and The software houses handled various Software Projects and requirements being changed at interval. the duration of each project varied from time to time depending on the scope and user requirement elicitation. Some of the Projects that met deadline had to undergo some Majority of the firms complained that users do not know critical exercises for them to succeed and be of good quality what they want until they see it and thus affecting project by defining a clearly timeline and monitoring it effectively, duration. Some stated that users know what they want but boosting the morale of developers, managing clients request they can't communicate it effectively. against what is available, ensuring design is done prior to project development, engaging the customer to understand The firms were asked to give an average time for project imperatives, and defining the scope. completing their five recent projects. The average duration of these projects was around six months but projects that 4.4 Project Scheduling were similar with past projects had durations around three months. Some took more than six months to about a year or Every project requires people to perform all the tasks more depending on the complexity of the projects. Fig. 3 involved in the project to be successful. The software houses gives the average length of the projects reported. were mostly medium-sized with a range of 20-100 staffers on the average. Not all the staffers are involved in project execution and those selected to be part of the team are chosen based on some criteria. Some of the criteria chosen in selection of project teams' members are educational qualification, interest, experience in the industry, work ethics and styles, aptitude and technical. Majority of the software houses has a high percentage of choosing educational qualification as criteria which is an indication that educational qualification is not alone a sufficient threshold for entry into software project management practices. Many of the team members' lack management training and the industries tends to focus more on end user training than project team members training. Team work/interpersonal relationship has a low range in the criteria chosen which has effect on projects. The degree of communication and ability of team members to communicate effectively can also affect the project. The team member varies from one firm to another and on the average there are 3-5 people in a team depending on the size and scope of the project. If the project is of large size, more personnel are always employed and sometimes, clients and project developer hired consultants to represent their interest in the project or to execute some part of the project. Fig. 3: Average length of project 90% of the team members are said to be committed to their assignment and the ratio of man hour to personnel on the One of the major critical successes of a software project is average is 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week. There are for it to meet deadline. It is a project constraint which rarely cases where there will be extra commitment no matter requires project to be completed before some given time how tight the schedule may be. instant which is usually used in connection with the project objectives. Conflicts are said to be inevitable among the team members and it affects project deadline and productivity especially if Results from the study indicate a poor impression to rate the disharmony is carried into the job and if left unchecked project deadlines by the software houses. Majority of the or unresolved on time. Some of the firms handled conflicts projects did not meet deadline. 80% of the software projects by having ground rules in place, discussion, reporting to were 20% ahead of deadline, 6.67% were 10% ahead of senior management and negotiating with the team members. time and 13.33% met deadline but they had rigorous obstacles they overcome and were of poor quality. The In carrying out any project, the time of completion is crucial various reasons given that warrant software projects not to both the developer and the clients. The software houses meeting deadline are delays in customer providing the employed many scheduling tools for effective planning. requirement, lack of relevant personnel, team members not 6 268 http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500 (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2011 There is a healthy level application of Gantt chart and project being undergone even though there are significant Critical Path Method (CPM). Fig. 4 reflects the various variance across the firms. scheduling tools employed. The software houses were also asked on the manner/approaches in which these developmental phases are carried out and the results are rated in Fig. 5 Fig. 4 : Scheduling Tools The reasons for the choice of scheduling tools employed by the organization is shown in Table 5 Fig. 5: Project Management Methodologies/Approaches Table 5 Reasons for choice of Tools A large percentage of the Organizations used sequential approach while some used iterative because customer data Scheduling Tools Reasons for Frequency are not always ready and the work needed to be continued in choice of Tools of order not to delay the project. Companies Critical Path Efficient and 1 4.6 Testing and evaluation Methods (CPM) quick to understand ANOVA statistical test performed at 0.05 level of Flexibility 1 significance on the software houses with respect to their It shows task 1 tasks showed that there were no significant differences dependencies between the average time taken to complete projects (p = Gantt Chart Easy to interpret 3 0.39), in their project costs estimation techniques employed Simple to learn 2 (p = 0.88) and in the methodologies used (0.14). However, and readily there were significant differences between the average available number of people in a project team (p = 0.02) and the It shows clarity 1 scheduling tools employed by the software houses (p = of deliverables 0.05). Program Evaluation Project Team 1 Review Techniques understood it 4.7 Summary of Research Findings (PERT) better Further observations and results obtained in the study show that: 4.5 Project Methodologies • Clients do not know what they want until they see Metrics are used to determine or compare the status of it. They do not usually understand how to present activities planned against the actual activities [19]. The their requirements in understandable manner for various method used by some of the houses are numbers of development. Majority of the organizations used line of code developed within delivery time, number of interview, questionnaire and email as tools to elicit resolved errors, project duration measured against resources requirements which are not effective enough and deliverables, hours spent to date against planned hours, thereby leading to conflict between user system evaluation and Rag report which is a tool commonly expectations and software development teams. used to track project and gives a transparent overview of the • It was discovered that customers keep on expanding project scope once they see the initial 7 269 http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500 (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2011 deployment of prototypes or framework, thus affecting project deadline. 6. Conclusion The findings such as scope expansion, lack of understanding • Lack of adequate technical know-how and training. requirements, and lack of training and so on if not well Effective performance is not all about team addresses could add more redundant complexity to the members putting in their best or someone failing to project, thus affecting the quality of software produced. If do the job correctly but bringing in people with software project quality disappears then the project will be adequate skills into the project. Since the software shoddy software that must be tested and retested. Team houses tend to focus more on end user training than members need to be train and retrain because if they lack project team training, it has lead to inability to specific software project management knowledge and understand customer process before starting background experience, mistakes will be inevitable leading development. to project not meeting deadlines and project delay will always affect the business. Besides, it could lead to project • A large percentage of the firms do not always deliverables not standing up to expected standard. The involve team members in project estimation. They software houses can use better software project management just assign roles and responsibilities and if their strategy to overcome these failures through careful planning estimation is not accurate, schedule will be techniques. They may also need to accommodate people inaccurate. Many of the team members do not skills and adopt right methodologies, tools and techniques at appreciate the value of time and has affected different phases of software project management life cycle. projects not meeting deadlines. The degree of the efficiency of the project management was • Expert judgment estimation technique is mostly based on the findings and the survey data. The used by the software house, that is, they based their recommendations made herein are that seminars and estimation on experienced guessing which will not workshops should be held before commencement of project always work because two projects cannot be the to provide temporary requirements to keep the project same no matter how similar they are. It has even within schedule; project stakeholders should spend more affected some projects because some Project time at project requirements and analysis stage and proper Managers complained that they sometimes forget documentation of users' requirements should be signed off some activities thus affecting project estimation. before project commences; staffers should be trained and retrained. Realistic target should be given when assigning 5. Discussions responsibilities; and project should be monitored progressively and reported at interval because the sooner the Based on the findings on software project management job is known to be running late, the better. among the software houses in Nigeria with comparison to other nations of the world, it is noted that project We intend to continue the in-depth study of software project management in Nigeria needs a lot of room for management in Nigeria with more software houses improvement. Although the sample size of the software involved. In addition, Project characteristics that influence companies visited cannot be assumed to be a representative the implementation of project management technique are of the software industry in general but it tries to gain insight another area of our focus. This will help us to determine the into the problem area in the industry. significant and non significant activities in a project, in order to enhance project quality and to save time. The findings revealed that majority of the projects was not delivered on time, within budgets and according to Acknowledgement specifications, the same trend has been observed in other countries but UK and USA have experienced a decline in The authors gratefully acknowledge the supports of all the the percentage of failed projects [16]. software houses at Lagos that participated in this study. 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I try to call ahead to the shooting ranges I will be going to, and ask them if they allow machineguns to be fired on their range. Most of them here in Indiana do allow Sub-machineguns. When I am on the range shooting my RRA AR15 9MM SBR I have a few people come up to me and asked what kind of machinegun is that? When I tell them I was bump firing, the people who know what that is are speechless. The people who don't know are like what is bump firing?
To answer your question yes bump firing is legal.....for now, untill the BATF finds away to ban a shooting technique. The BATF's FTB (Firearms Technology Branch) defines bump fire to mean "Rapid manual trigger manipulation to simulate fully automatic fire. As long as "YOU" conciously pull the trigger for every round fired of the bump fire operation you are simply operation a semi-auto firearm in a rapid manner.
The so called shoe string method is illegal only because some wise ass decided to construct a 14" piece of string with a key ring at one end. Then he add a 1" metal crimp to the middle of the string where the serial number was added. This person submitted this to the BATF as a form 1 build as a Class 2 manufacture for LEO or Dealer Sample. This device only works with the Ruger Mini 14 or a Springfield M1A1.
Alot of you have seen my videos on youtube of me bump firing my RRA AR15
9MM SBR from the shoulder, using a rubber band. The rubber band is optional, no device is nessasary to be able to bump fire. It does make it easier to do. Bump firing can be done as long as the firearm has some degree of felt recoil, and a relatively short, lite trigger pull. I conjoured up the idea of using a rubber band after purchasing one of the Hellfire trigger gadgets. The hellfire device or a rubber band act as a external trigger return spring and does not change the function of the gun. Most people who purchased one of the hellfire devices install them on their gun and expect to be able to just pull the trigger and the mag to empty. Then they throw it away cause it didnt work. I have to say that they do work on guns that can already be bump fired.
Who needs a machine gun, when you can just learn to bump fire from the shoulder! www.Poormans-Machinegun.com
I have seen your videos... It does look like full auto and I completely understand the concept.
Not sure you can ever ban it unless they change the law to state "Any manipulation that causes the weapon to fire multiple rounds at a rate which is faster than when done manually."
I will have to give it a try one day. I have a RRA .223 and need to convert to a SBR. I like the look better.
I'd hate to rain on the parade, but doesn't this practice affect accuracy just a bit?
If the idea of firing a weapon is hitting what you point at, then what's wrong with ordinary rapid fire while keeping your target in your sights?
Other than burning ammo at $50-$100 a minute or more and making a really cool noise, what's the point here?
"Valor needs first strength, then a weapon."
-- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
"Free men have arms; slaves do not."
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The rifle is going to free float and your point of aim is only in the general direction of the target.
Burning up ammo?? Ya.. but you do not do it all the time and that is the price of entertainment.
In any shooting activity... you need "gun control" The good kind...! Firm grip for excellent shot placement.
Any sub gun you fire will have a little vertical climb... but you can hit your target consistently. You can also stop, adjust your aim, and fire again. If you hold it just right... you can control that climb enough to empty your mag.
You can rent a class III gun at some gun ranges. Check the phone book and call around. You have to try it some time... Fun to do and something to talk about with your friends.
With practice one can obtain a reasonable amount of accuracy with bumpfiring. The act of doing so however is only entertainment, and lacks any real world value. Honestly anything that fires full auto from a magazine is fairly useless (with the exception of subguns for entry teams).
Personally I would not be comfortable being around anyone involved in firing a gun in this manner. A shoulder fired weapon is meant to be fired with both hands firmly gripping it in the proper place while being held in the proper manner. Having a single hand grasping the forend with the butt of the gun resting uncaptivated against the front of the upper thigh while the trigger finger rattles around inside the trigger guard while the weapon is discharging at a rapid, uncontrolled rate, isn't safe in my book, and borders on foolish. All this does is allow a semi automatic weapon to be fired in a manner it was not designed for. It proves nothing other than the fact it can be done to serve no useful purpose. It ranks right up there with firing a pistol, while holding it sideways. A dumb way to impress foolish young girls who don't know any better and think it "looks cool". I'm sure Paris Hilton would approve. Bill T.
With the bump fire u just need time t make it safe u need experience as with any tool time and skill will apply !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It strikes me that one doesn't neccesairly have to release the firing hand if one has taken the time to properly adjust the trigger AND has taken the time to read/study/apply Ed McGivern's book "Fast & Fancy revolver Shooting", the rubber band just makes it a whole lot easier to empty a full magazine out of a Calico M110P


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BEIRUT: Over half of all Lebanese university graduates entering the labor market emigrate each year in search of better job opportunities.AaThis striking claim is the result of a comprehensive study of alumni trends, entitled "Higher Education and Labor Outcomes in Lebanon."The study, released Wednesday, surveyed over 400 university graduates from the American University of Beirut (AUB), Saint Joseph University, Lebanese University and Beirut Arab University Beirut Arab University (BAU) (Arabic جـامعة بيروت العربية) is a private university located in Beirut, Lebanon. through web-based questionnaires.Aa
More than 70 percent of respondents were AUB alumni.Aa
The study, Aashowed that up to 60 percent of graduates leave the country every year, not long after earning their degrees. As a result, researchers noted that despite the high investment the country is putting in developing skilled labor, it was not reaping the expected benefits.Aa
Emigrating alumni cited career advancement, not security issues or financial gains, as their primary reason driving them to leave, said Aaeconomist and AUB professor Jad Chaaban, who conducted the study with AUB director of Alumni Relations Arabia Osseiran.
The report recommended comprehensive macro-economic reforms be implemented in order to stimulate investment in employment-generating sectors. The private sector is currently focused on real-estate and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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Mentoring programs involving alumni advising students on career options could also help guide students in their choices, he said.Aa
Osseiran recommended the survey be repeated every five years, and that all universities start building their own alumni databases to expand study samples and enhance results.Aa
Caretaker Education Minister Bahia Hariri, who attended the launch in her capacity as president of the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development, said the purpose of endorsing such a study was to help develop and empower young people in Lebanon.Aa
The Hariri Foundation was a key partner to the study.
"We hope that this study will act as a launching-pad for in-depth discussions and more elaborate studies," said Hariri. "We also hope to look for solutions to the problems highlighted by the study in order to transform this country into one that can accommodate the potential of all its youth and young graduates."Aa
UN Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Program (UNDP UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNDP Unión Nacional para la Democracia y el Progreso (National Union for Democracy and Progress) ) Resident Representative Marta Ruedas called the study a "very important" contribution.Aa
"This report will tell us if the labor market that young people are in is suited to the education they are getting and it will tell us about the policies required to redress the situation." UNDP helped fund the report.Aa
The report was released by AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI IFI International Financial Institutions (IMF, World Bank, etc.)
IFI Institutt For Informatikk (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo)
IFI Industrial Fasteners Institute ).Aa
Rami rami
[L.] plural of ramus.
rami communicantes
bundles of nerve fibers connecting a sympathetic ganglion to spinal nerve; categorized as gray rami (unmyelinated postganglionic fibers) or white rami (myelinated preganglionic Khouri, IFI's executive director, lauded the report, saying it was an important contribution to policy formulation.Aa
"It was important to understand why young people move around [and] how they see themselves, so that we could undertake more effective policy throughout the region," Khouri said.Aa
AUB president Peter Dorman commended the survey's researchers, saying it was "an excellent example of what can be accomplished through strategic partnerships with other universities as well as with public and private organizations, both local and international. Our best chance to make a difference is when we work together to focus on our common challenges and take advantage of our strengths."Aa
"One of AUB's major priorities in the coming years is to expand and enhance the ways in which we respond to the needs of the community beyond our walls," Dorman added. "Promoting sustainable and balanced growth, and helping to safeguard Lebanon's vital human capital are prime examples of things that are good for Lebanon and good for universities in this country." -- The Daily Star
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