June 2008: Another Blog was created to test the theory if a Blog, written by the IT community, could be used to educate the business community on the IT development process. The goal is to pull back the curtain to allow business learn what IT needs to satisfy their wants.


May 2008: A NEW BLOG featuring a discussion of ideas for building a better bond with the business community. Plus a section to discuss a work in progress book dedicated to the topic. Visit and participate by clicking here...


February 2008: A NEW TIP SERIES featuring ideas & techniques for building a better bond with the business community.

These will be bi-weekly. A more conversational style that will mentor and coach techies on how to work with the business community. Each week SBDi will offer another tip that clarifies the Rules of Engagement. You can read the most current tip by clicking here.

Register to receive the weekly eZine by email by clicking here.


November 2007: WHERE HAS PAT BEEN has been a question that has been emailed a great deal. Well, I've been consulting, writing, and speaking on Communicating with Geeks and Rules of Engagement. I've been leveraging my successes by helping others to build better software solutions by educating business and IT to to communicate with each other. My goal in 2008 is to start an eZine tips from both directions to help both sides contribute to building better business software solutions. Thinking of bringing in a dynamic speaker for your company, association or general meeting, contact Pat at PatF@SBDi-Consulting.com.


June 2002: A PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIP SERIES featuring ideas & techniques for the Program Management Executive.

These tips will concentrate on management topics for large-scale, multi-divisional projects. You can read this month's tip by clicking here.

Register to receive both the Program Manager's Tips and the popular original SBDi Requirements Engineer's Tips in your email by clicking here.


December 2001: The reviews are rolling in on A Requirements Pattern: Succeeding in the Internet Economy. See what they're saying at...

- Amazon

- Barnes & Noble

- FatBrain


November 2001: Now available...A Requirements Pattern: Succeeding in the Internet Economy - the new book by Pat Ferdinandi. Read all about it here. Or click here to purchase it now from Amazon.


October 2001: In light of the events of September 11th, a special Tip has been added...
Ground Zero: Business Recovery During the Worst of Times


August 2001: For something completely different, Pat Ferdinandi worked with The Oasis Sanctuary Foundation to develop a personalized parrot care guide for temporary and permanent transfer. She used the Requirements Set Framework and Pattern to obtain all the information (requirements) that lead to the top quality 36 page booklet.

This was the first non-Information Technology project to use SBDi's approach to requirements engineering. As with other projects, this approach improved the time to market by capturing a complete set of requirements efficiently.

To learn more about The Companion Parrot Care Guide: A Personalized Guide for Temporary and Permanent Care from The Oasis.


June 2001: Consultants James Bullock, Gerald M. Weinberg, and Marie Benesh have selected contributions from leading experts to SHAPE, Weinberg's Web-based, subscription-only discussion forum on Project Management and Software Engineering. Pat Ferdinandi is one of the forty experts contributing valuable information on starting, steering, and finishing successful and sometimes not so successful software projects.

Order your copy of Roundtable on Project Management today from Amazon.com.


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