How to Run a Successful IT Development Practice
INTRODUCTION In this article I want to talk about running a successful development practice. I will list the tools and automation that you can use to ensure that your development practice runs smoothly. THE TOOLS The tools we need are: Development environment, testing environment, UAT environment and production environment. If possible ALL environments are configured […]
Continue ReadingRequirements Gathering: Asking the Right Questions
INTRODUCTION I’ve talked a lot about starting a project with gathering requirements. In fact, in my series: How to Deliver a Successful Project, gathering requirements is THE key to a successful project. The problem that I’ve often experienced though, the requirements gathering session itself can turn into a boring, going-around-the-circle sort of session. In this […]
Continue ReadingHow to Deliver a Successful Project – Part 7 – Project Closure
INTRODUCTION This is a series: Part 1. What Does “Successful” Mean? Part 2. Start It By Defining THE Business Requirements Part 3. Accurate Estimates, Quoting and Proposals Part 4. The Project Plan and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Part 5. Delivery: Communication is Key Part 6. Managing Changes Part 7. Project Closure PROJECT CLOSURE First of all, as part of this article: DOWNLOAD Project […]
Continue ReadingHow to Deliver a Successful Project – Part 6 – Managing Changes
INTRODUCTION This is a series: Part 1. What Does “Successful” Mean? Part 2. Start It By Defining THE Business Requirements Part 3. Accurate Estimates, Quoting and Proposals Part 4. The Project Plan and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Part 5. Delivery: Communication is Key Part 6. Managing Changes Part 7. Project Closure MANAGING CHANGES First of all, as part of this article: DOWNLOAD Business […]
Continue ReadingHow to Deliver a Successful Project – Part 5 – Delivery: Communication is Key
INTRODUCTION This is a series: Part 1. What Does “Successful” Mean? Part 2. Start It By Defining THE Business Requirements Part 3. Accurate Estimates, Quoting and Proposals Part 4. The Project Plan and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Part 5. Delivery: Communication is Key Part 6. Managing Changes Part 7. Project Closure DELIVERY: COMMUNICATION IS KEY This is the part where we are […]
Continue ReadingHow to Deliver a Successful Project – Part 3 – Accurate Estimates, Quoting and Proposals
INTRODUCTION This is a series: Part 1. What Does “Successful” Mean? Part 2. Start It By Defining THE Business Requirements Part 3. Accurate Estimates, Quoting and Proposals Part 4. The Project Plan and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Part 5. Delivery: Communication is Key Part 6. Managing Changes Part 7. Project Closure ESTIMATION AND QUOTATION First of all, as part of this article: DOWNLOAD […]
Continue ReadingHow to Deliver a Successful Project – Part 4 – The Project Plan and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
INTRODUCTION This is a series: Part 1. What Does “Successful” Mean? Part 2. Start It By Defining THE Business Requirements Part 3. Accurate Estimates, Quoting and Proposals Part 4. The Project Plan and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Part 5. Delivery: Communication is Key Part 6. Managing Changes Part 7. Project Closure THE PROJECT PLAN What is a project plan? Project plan is […]
Continue Readingsite_inaccessible The Jetpack server was unable to communicate with your site [HTTP 500]
INTRODUCTION I am configuring WordPress in an Windows environment and when I tried to activate the Jetpack plugins, I get the following error: site_inaccessible The Jetpack server was unable to communicate with your site [HTTP 500] After troubleshooting I realise that xmlrpc.php file is not working properly. When I tried to access it via the […]
Continue ReadingHow to Deliver a Successful Project – Part 2 – Start It By Defining THE Business Requirements
INTRODUCTION This is a series: Part 1. What Does “Successful” Mean? Part 2. Start It By Defining THE Business Requirements Part 3. Accurate Estimates, Quoting and Proposals Part 4. The Project Plan and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Part 5. Delivery: Communication is Key Part 6. Managing Changes Part 7. Project Closure START IT BY DEFINING THE BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS First of all, as […]
Continue ReadingAugust 2012 Cumulative Updates Bugs – Site Timeout & Navigation Items Multiplied to Hundreds and Thousands
Hi everyone, just thought of letting you know that since the install of August 2012 Cumulative Updates for SharePoint Server 2010, a new bug is introduced. This has been verified by Microsoft themselves. I am currently working with a particular client to resolve the issues. Basically the issues are: site is suddenly inaccessible. It’s pretty […]
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