Quick Note: if you see an error like this when you upgrade to Fedora 12 and are running PHP apps such as Joomla: Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of […]
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When we are in the planning phase of a project it’s common to iteratively build out the WBS and subsequent project schedule. Often as we learn more and dig deeper into the work required we will break out a task into a work package/summary task and a set of subtasks which are what’s needed to
MS Project: Error of Assigning Resources to Summary Tasks Read More »
Often times a larger project’s Gantt chart gets “busy” and hard to read. All the summary bars are black. Everything looks the same. For a small project it’s not so bad but for larger projects it gets difficult to pick out what part of the schedule is being looked at. One simple way to improve
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What facilitates good teamwork? What destroys it? That’s the topic for this article: characteristics and behavior that build up or tear down teamwork and communications.
The Three “Good C’s” and the Three “Bad C’s” Read More »
This is a recent article on the Mass High Tech website. NDA’s are a necessity in businesses large and small. Here’s the link to the article (will open a new window/tab): Tips for Drafting & Evaluating Nondisclosure Agreements
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone write up something like this before, so I thought I would. There’s a perception out there that consultants are just like employees with the main difference being that they rake in all kinds of money. Also, many recruiters and staffing firms desperately try to ignore the realities of
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