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- Reduce friction with client employees: Show them you understand your role
- Your conduct at a client site can help you avoid resentment and fear among the employees. These tips will help you be more productive and get along with your temporary coworkers. by Chris McManaman
- Tags: Employee, Problem, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Chris McManaman
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Dealing with the Band-Aid employee
- One of the most interesting personnel phenomena that I have seen in the IT world is a person I call the “Band-Aid." This person has several positive traits:Hard workingConstantly getting into the middle of every problem to understand the causeDoes not finger-pointWorks well under pressureThis person also has several negative...
- Tags: Jim
- Technical articles 2004-03-11
- Talking Shop: The e-choreography of business collaboration lies in ebXML
- I am now officially old enough to witness technology recycle itself. The first two years of my career were spent as a business analyst for an EDI standards committee for the railroad industry. The railroads never got enough participation from each other and progress was slow. However, exchanging EDI messages...
- Tags: business process, ebXML, Chris McManaman, Business Collaboration, invoice, collaboration, EDI
- Technical articles 2003-12-08
- Enterprise benefits of a service-oriented architecture using Web services
- For the past nine months, my consultancy has been introducing our clients to service-oriented architectures SOA using Web services. We chose to move into the field of integration to solve our customers’ biggest issues, namely a lack of communication between applications. Their recent mergers and acquisitions only seemed to intensify...
- Tags: benefit, Chris McManaman, neuron, SOA, Web, Web service
- Technical articles 2003-08-11
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- Choose the right software and you could boost your career and get a free copy to boot
- By Chris McManamanOne of the many benefits of being an IT consultant is the opportunity to get free software as you evaluate it for your client. In this role, consultants have a chance to sort the wheat from the chaff and request a free personal license for use. You can...
- Tags: career, Guest Contributor, software
- Technical articles 2003-06-06
- Secrets to designing a service-oriented architecture using Web services
- By Chris McManamanFor the past six months at RCG Information Technology, Inc., I’ve been implementing a service-oriented architecture SOA using Web services and a business process management tool. This experience gives me confidence to share with you the secrets to building the ultimate SOA. The following lessons learned will allow...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, middleware, SOA, Web, Web service, XML, XSLT
- Technical articles 2003-07-07
- Reduce friction with client employees: Show them you understand your role
- By Chris McManamanAs a consultant, one of the skills that you develop over the years is how to get along with the client employees who become your coworkers for the duration of the assignment. Always remember that you are in their house. They realize that their house is on fire....
- Tags: Guest Contributor
- Technical articles 2003-07-18
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