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being specific

What’s better? Being able to be specific or being able to do the work?

November 6, 2011

Observe the conversation below: “When I say that Jack is the Module Lead and anything that goes right or wrong in the module, Jack is responsible, I’d like to know how you acknowledge it, Jack?” Jack replied: “It means that I’m the Module Lead and anything that I code or test is my responsibility. For [...]

Prevent Your Project from Collapsing

November 3, 2011

Most projects don’t collapse sensationally. They collapse slowly. But you wouldn’t know that for sitting in at steering meetings or reading monthly project status reports. Same way, businesses, countries and families collapse. Slowly. Good and bad thing about this is: It involves people. Most people have tendency to respond to urgency. People take massive actions only when [...]

You have a better chance to come after if: 7

October 22, 2011

you focus on one thing at a time; you keep one, focused list; you are focused, no matter what. you maintain focused energy; you uphold focus on keeping balance; you create, follow, innovate and change systems that are focused to bring expected results; you organize yourself for focused execution. If… If, in a nutshell, you’re [...]

Know how to walk first, running comes later.

October 18, 2011

Some musicians spend years doing nothing but practicing a piece of music and get it validated from their artist guru. If the piece of music isn’t right, it doesn’t matter what else you do, you cannot perform in the live show. Clients of most software programming projects that expect you to build great applications presume [...]

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The Client Will Like Your Proposal If: 7

April 18, 2011

…your clearly understandable offer is in relevance with her needs; …it translates your passion towards what you’re doing into a solution she’s seeking; …your presumptions match with what sounds like her own thoughts; …it’s precise, straight, short and sweet – not too much of information which is of no use for her; …you don’t over-focus [...]

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