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How To Inaugurate Effectiveness In Your Project Team

August 4, 2009

People first. Team members are the biggest investment that your organization has made for the success of the project. Team members require care and upholding to make sure that hit the highest point. You can’t just ignore them like an old x86 desktop and leave them to the left. Team needs to be developed to [...]

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Nine Steps To Deal With Bad Management

July 28, 2009

At work, the unchallenged cause why people are unhappy is bad management practices. Nothing has more power to turn a good performer worst than a bad management. Woefully there are plenty of such managements around us. In the exit interviews employees may say that the reason for leaving the organization akin to they got a [...]

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Five Better Communication Thoughts To Get The Success You Always Wanted

January 8, 2009

Listen: Listen to the fact and not from the past. If the person you are listening to says that Computer Mouse she is using is Elephant and not the Computer Mouse, it is Elephant! Confused? Let me explain… In her specific context computer mouse might have been something else (e.g. Elephant in the example) and [...]

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Seven Points To Ponder On SQL Database Optimization

January 2, 2009

Know your data: I often see queries where a developer has taken a crazy route to get to some data where a much simpler path could have been used. This is often the result of bad schema design choices. Understand real-world use patterns: Understand how will the data actually be queried. Does your schema support [...]

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Eight Practices To Convert Ineffective Project Sponsor Into Effective One

December 20, 2008

Learn to politely say “No” – Emphasis on clear project specifications. Do not accept any requirements from informal sources like phone calls and chats. Educate her that developers are just human beings. They can not assume anything on their own and perform unto the expectation. Patiently demand specific requirements from her. Carefully listen to her. [...]

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