Many software development projects run afoul of the "Iron Triangle" of project management: the interrelated constraints of Scope, Schedule, and Resources. Simplistically, a change in any one of these constraints has a necessary effect on either one or both of the other two. If the three constraints are out of balance with each other at the beginning of the project, then one or more of them must change/break or the resulting quality of the project is destroyed by artificially meeting the constraints by cutting corners.

So, I really want to see a copy of my Zimbra calendar over in Google Calendar. I want this for two reasons: 1) My family uses Google Calendar (with our own domain in Google Apps) and I would like my wife to be able to see my work calendar. 2) I am using a T-Mobile G1 Android phone, and having my calendar in Google Calendar is ideal for phone viewing and reminders.

Introduction

This is an update to an earlier article that documented how to install uPortal 2.5.x and uPortal 2.6.x. This will be a new article with much of the same content. While the installation process is similar, there are enough differences that it is worth having two articles covering the differences.

Introduction

Placing new tooling on existing worksites en masse is a classic Sakai administration problem. Creating new worksites as copies of other sites is easy enough, but subsequent changes to the original site are not reflected in the copy.

A discussion of advantages of choosing the uPortal platform for implementing a campus portal.

A previous article explained the basics of developing a Portlet. This article will introduce the Spring Portlet MVC Framework for developing Portlets. Specifically, this article will help you create a new Portlet using the SimpleFormController available in the Spring Portlet MVC Framework.

Recently I was asked by University of Colorado System to develop a portlet-based user interface for their User Impersonation capabilities. These tools allow special users -- developers and help desk staff -- to assume the identity of another user within the portal.

This article describes the Toro Portal Installer workflow and each configuration item.

The installer was implemented using an open source project called AntInstaller, which is a nice application that uses Ant to perform the installation tasks. For further information about AntInstaller, visit their Sourceforge page (http://antinstaller.sourceforge.net/).

One of the limitations of the JSR 168 Portlet Specification is not allowing the Portlet to serve any binary content, or content that does not get marked up by the portal. Portlet developers must still develop workarounds to address this need, until the new Portlet specification (JSR 286) is finalized and implemented by different portal vendors. One work around is to use a Servlet to serve the content. This article will demonstrate how to do this.