IT manager are under consistent pressure to make priority decisions. Especially, when supporting multiple business units. Every day we receive a much amount of change requests, incidents and problems that we cannot handle at the same day. Making the right decision, on what we should work on next is vital to justify IT existence and … Continue reading »
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QUOTATION: Perceptions
Manage perceptions after a major incident. It’s as important as managing the incident itself From Release it: Design and Deploy Production Ready Software
REVIEW: One Minute Manager
One Minute Manager is a book that you could finish in one session! the book is a story-like where a young man is meeting the One Minute Manager, his reports and coworkers to understand the secrets of the One Minute Manager efficiency. According to the book, One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings and one Minute … Continue reading »
QOUTATION: Managing People
“If you realize that you are managing people, and not just their recent behavior, you will do well“ One Minute Reprimand – One Minute manager
PERSPECTIVE:Changing the vector – Part 1
Knowing nothing about software security, software development methodologies, latest technology trends, web technologies, web protocols or even the most common used web protocol, HTTP. This is the typical computer sciences major graduate in Jordan. He is clueless, lacking practical knowledge and real connections with the practical world. Sadly, finding good fresh graduate candidates in Jordan … Continue reading »
PERSPECTIVE: tools change, experience persists
Which programming language do you use to develop applications? A question usually asked by interviewees the first chance they can ask the interviewer for a software development position. Such question, I believe, reflects immaturity and lack of vision and experience. On the other hand, an employer looking for a PHP – or any other specific language – … Continue reading »
REPHRASE: Building a Team
Based on Toastmasters Building a Team manual, from Club excellence series, the following presentation illustrate how to build and maintain harmony within a team in order to achieve goals.
PERSPECTIVE: 8 Reasons why we do not have software industry in Jordan
Jordan , as we claim, has a decent pool of talented resources in different disciplines including software development. We export software, as well as, computer and software expertise – mainly to Arab Gulf countries – . Sounds promising! Not really, after more than a decade of endeavors in software, I do not see the picture bright! I … Continue reading »
PERSPECTIVE: Another Hard Start
I agree it is always hard to start with anything new. That is natural, whenever you start with anything that is out of your comfort zone. It is even harder because of having a limited time to finish. In software development, we have new starts, almost every day. Every ticket, task or assignment is usually … Continue reading »
PERSPECTIVE: Hammering with a scissor!
How many times you tried to hammer a nail with a scissor? screwdriver? or maybe a shoe!! I have done this a lot, ironically, sometimes it works! I might have faced some difficulties; the nail got bent, I harmed my self, or it took longer than expected. If it was one of my “Unlucky Days”, … Continue reading »
