Navigating the table of IT elements
In earlier posts I have given some background to the table of IT elements; why it looks like it does and who might benefit from it. I have also started to create the elements themselves.
The next lesson is how to use the table as a learning aid, whether you want to dip in to individual elements or take a more structured progression through the content. Bear in mind that each element is presented as a small self-contained chunk of information and there is no prescribed ‘course’ or list of modules to follow. There is additional information available in blog posts, helpful articles and the glossary, some are linked to Elements, but others are there for you to find and browse as you wish.
This infographic should help get you started and navigate from left to right in the table, or jump about as the muse takes you! Remember the post about interrogatives, the colours represent 4 of the questions that one might ask of a software development project, a change initiative, or IT and computers in general
Why – What – How – Where
If you don’t want to wander randomly around the table in 8 gazillion different combinations, why not try something slightly more logical.
(Ed. it’s not really 8 gazillion)
Start in the top left hand corner of the table Jargon and follow links to the Glossary, Business Analysts, Data or Requirements
From Requirements follow links to Change, Customers, Stakeholders or Models
From Models follow links to Design, Data, Process or Testing
From Testing follow links to Quality, Usability, Waterfall or Projects
From Projects and follow links to Project Managers, Plans, Software or Resources
From Resources and follow links to Developers, Computers, Methodology or back to Jargon (for a refresher!)
As always thank you for your feedback and comments here or email me. Please read on for part 4 of 4.
Tony
@ITelementary
(c) 2015 IT elementary school
This is what I call ” IT guy being artistic”!!
Great way to simplify all IT Jargon, and can definitely be used to teach school aged kids on Projects, and IT world!! Have you had this copyrighted?
Thanks Shivani, only (c) by usage, I am not selling the content just sharing…although there are some monetisation ideas down the line! Btw my son is a graphic designer, the real artist, who helped turn my ‘Periodic Table’ idea into reality.
I’m hoping to come to the US later in the year to present some ideas and research findings to a conference of peers, it would be great if the material could be adapted and used in schools, but i’ve only trialled an e-Learning module (a longer version of ‘Projects’) with 18+ learners. Exciting times!