Technology, Strategy, People and Projects
Over the last few years I’ve started noticing a trend toward specialization within the field of project management. These specializations seem to break down into the following areas: Administrators – people specializing in the reporting, tracking, budgeting and other administrative aspects of Project Management. Specialists – people who have specialized in industries or specific aspects [...]
Management Issues recently published an article titled “Flexible working boosts the bottom line” that reports on some very interesting research results that says: …a new study has found that greater flexibility reduces absenteeism, improves employee health and even helps to improve employee commitment. The research report, released by Wake Forest University, provides some very interesting [...]
Well…my wife and I are about to head back to Dallas from Yosemite. The trip was a great one. We spent three days in Yosemite, a day in Kings Canyon / Sequoia National Park, a day in San Francisco and a day hanging out in Mariposa CA (where our rental house was). We both got [...]
I had some technical difficulties today with my website…I changed hosts and it looks like I’m having problems with the DNS changes propagating…I think everything is well now. Also…just upgraded to WordPress 2.5…some functionality isn’t working (popular posts mainly) but I hope I can get it back at 100% shortly.
One of the projects I’ve been working on over the last few months is the implementation and customization of a Content Management System (CMS). The CMS chosen by my client is Sitecore CMS, which is garnering some attention for its somewhat unique approach to the world of CMS and was recently named a “Cool Vendor” [...]
In a previous post titled “The Daily WTF: “Job Interview 2.0?“, I talked about an interviewee’s response to an interviewer asking him to “Design a House” during an interview for a software development position. The original “Design a House” post at The Daily WTF published a story submitted by David J, parts of which are [...]
One of my assignments in my Knowledge Management Class had me read and review am article using PowerPoint. I’ve just submitted the assignment and wanted to provide a link to my readers to take a look at the presentation and provide some feedback. The article reviewed is: Slaughter, S. A., & Kirsch, L. J. (2006). [...]
I’ve been tagged by Jim Stroup at Managing Leadership to provide a listing of the books that I’m currently reading and/or are on my bookshelf. Well…since my bookshelf is actually 3 bookshelves full of all types of books (I have very eclectic tastes in books), I’ll give a quick rundown of the books/articles I’m reading [...]
If you don’t know The Daily WTF, you should…most of the content is programmer related (and usually goes over my head) but some of the content is quite interesting. Take for example, the two blog posts below…they deal with Interviewing candidates. If you are a regular reader of my blog you’ll know I’ve blogged about [...]
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