The IT Manager (ITMGR.org)

May 12, 2013This weekend’s WSJ printed an excerpt from a forth coming book by Donald Rumsfeld regarding meetings. As Rumsfeld has held posts as a CEO and Secretary of Defense, he should know something about this. Here’s the meat of it…  Do we need a meeting?   ”The default tendency in any bureaucracy, especially in government, is to substitute
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May 2, 2013I recently received some criticism because I called into a weekly management meeting rather than attend in person. I had busted my leg that previous weekend and I figured the ordeal of trying to fit pants over a wrapped-up knee cap and racing with crutches to make a 9:00a meeting warranted a good excuse. That’s
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April 27, 2013I just finished listening to a recent Manager-Tools’ podcast “Project Management Basics: Now and Later Tasks“. They dumbed down project management a few years ago with “Horstman’s Law of Project Management” which is basically “who does what by when”. While I have built a good part of my career around complex project management concepts, I
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April 17, 2013Posted today on the site of training vendor Global Knowledge… While I don’t necessarily agree with all the items, it’s worth a read. Ten Tech Skills Heading the Way of the Dinosaur – 2013 Edition John Hales, Global Knowledge VMware instructor, A+, Network+, CTT+, MCSE, MCDBA, MOUS, MCT, VCP, VCAP, VCI, EMCSA April 2013 Introduction
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April 16, 2013Bad day for American Airlines. CEO apologizes here.