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I have been working as a Project Manager for about 6 months now (before that I worked as a Project Coordinator). During this period I took over a project from another project manager and saw it through to completion. Below are some of my observations on Project Management and the lessons learned in the past 6 months:
Recently I installed Drupal 7 (rc2) for one of my websites which is on a shared hosting service i.e. rented from a hosting company. For the most part the setup went pretty smoothly as promised by Drupal. But I had to resolve 3 errors before I could complete the setup.
In this post I will discuss those errors and how they were resolved, incase others are facing similar errors and are struggling to overcome them. Continue reading
One of the first things I did after buying my Nokia C6 was installing the Opera Mobile 10. It is a good browser which allows among other things, opening multiple tabs.
Now, my wife is keen reader of newspapers and she frequently uses my phone to read Bengali newspapers such as the Daily Ittefaq and Prothom-Alo. But, at first it was impossible to do so using the Opera Mobile 10 browser. I couldn’t find any way to install fonts or any settings that could allow reading Bengali. Continue reading
It’s a prevalent thought in this country (and I guess in other places too) that the manager is the most capable person among the lot.
In a software company one would expect the manager to be the person who has the most technical skills, is current with the latest relevant technologies, has the highest IQ etc. These traits perfectly describe a Technical Manager, also known as a Development Manager in many software companies. It’s the responsibility of this person to ensure that the other developers have the required technical know-how and if required assist them when facing any kind of technical difficulties, and the adherence to standards. Put simply, it’s the responsibility of the Technical Manager to ensure that the team members are not creating a piece of junk.
But then there is another role which is increasingly being acknowledged in many the fields including the software industry. This role is most relevant in environments where business is conducted in the form projects. Continue reading
The primary difference between % Complete and % Work Complete is that % Complete is calculated based on Duration values while % Work Complete, as the name suggests, is calculated based on the value for Work. Continue reading