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Approaches to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

Approaches to software development

...busy constructing a software system, it is probable that the users’ needs will change. In addition new requirements are likely to be identified once a software system becomes operational. It is also possible that the developer may miss a requirement during the specification process. We expect a software system to be flexible, because it is important to be able to change...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...business opportunity, as a problem or as a newly identified requirement. Projects often appear to be mysterious: it can be difficult to define exactly what a project is, and to the man or woman in the average organisation they seem to appear rather in the same way that mushrooms sprout – overnight. They are very diverse, and may range from one or two people making an...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Money & Business

Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?

...businesses that can stand on their own two feet. As well as giving needy new companies financial support and office space, they play an important role in helping them develop through mentoring. So it’s good news that the number of accelerator programmes is set to increase in the UK, to support what is one of the world’s most dynamic start-up clusters and the most...
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Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?
Languages

Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?

...language of multinational corporations and international business. So, we have not seen the beginning of the end of English as a transnational language and it may well thrive for a long time to come. What we have seen is another nail in the coffin of native speaker supremacy. Native speakers have just chosen to make themselves even more irrelevant to the story of English....
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Do people really behave in a rational way?
Money & Business

Do people really behave in a rational way?

...Businesses and governments around the world use this view of human behaviour as the basis for weighing the benefits and costs of decisions affecting trillions of pounds every year. Psychologists are also interested in people’s choices, particularly the effect of emotions. Much of this complements economists' standard view of us. Take emotions related to the object of...
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App zeros in on loss of equatorial glaciers
Nature & Environment

App zeros in on loss of equatorial glaciers

...busy for statistics and hockey stick curves, andpolar change is hard to represent,” he says. “You can’t see or smell or taste carbon. But glaciers are a proxy for carbon, because they’re tangible.” Then came 25zero, focused on the annual UN climate negotiations known as the Conference of the Parties − or COPs, in climate jargon. Jarvis had attended one COP,...
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British public open to compromise on Brexit deal, new research finds
Society, Politics & Law

British public open to compromise on Brexit deal, new research finds

...businesses found that 98% of those polled think “no deal” on Brexit is unacceptable. A few days later the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, seemed to suggest that leaving the EU without a deal was not in fact a realistic option for the government. “There is no plan for no deal because we are going to get a great deal,” he said. Our study found that the British...
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Your journey of learning and discovery with us
Education & Development

Your journey of learning and discovery with us

...busy life. This short article contains some useful introductory information to help get you started. What is OpenLearn? The video below tells you a little bit more about what OpenLearn has to offer you. Transcript What will OpenLearn do for me? Courses can be completed at your own pace and are available 24/7, to fit in with the time you have available. The skills and...
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Article 5 mins