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Mining project requirements - techniques to use before and after an interview
Tom Mochal recently provided excellent tips on interviewing techniques to gather project requirements. Conducting a good interview can be a daunting task -- particularly if you are interviewing a stakeholder who holds a high position in the organization, or has a reputation for making people uncomfortable. Good preparation and good...
Tags: Technique, Interviewee, Question, Interview, Mentors, Tom, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2008-03-20
Use these interviewing techniques to gather project requirements
There are many ways to gather requirements. Interviewing--where you talk to the people who will define the new solution to determine what they need-- is probably the default technique for most projects. Interviewing can be an easy process if the person you're talking to is organized and logical...
Tags: Technique, Interviewee, Question, Interviewing Technique, Productivity, Tom Mochal
Blog posts 2008-02-25
Interview coaching - don’t tell the employer he has wants
My brother in-law has been interviewing for a new position within his organization lately and he called me up last week for help with a particular question - "How would you improve the operations in our area?" This is one of those "Danger Will Robinson!" questions, so I thought...
Tags: Direction, Question, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Ramon Padilla
Blog posts 2008-01-13
Send an SMS, get the answer
Any Question Answered AQA is a service whereby users text a question for a fee of about 2 pounds and receive the answer -- no searching and no hassles. An excerpt from TechNewsWorld: AQA's novel approach to mobile search got its start after founder and Chief...
Tags: Business Model, SMS, Question, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-16
~10 ways to avoid age-bias landmines during the interview process
This information, based on the article "Job-seeking tips for 'older' professionals" by Terryn Barill, is also available as a PDF download. The IT industry can be a cruel career sector. According to an industry survey just a few years ago, tech professionals are viewed as old...
Tags: Human Resources, Job, Question, Recruitment & Selection, Salary, TechRepublic, Worker, Workforce Management
Blog posts 2007-11-05
Three tricks to help sort out work from activity
Over the years I've written a great deal about the difference between activity and work. However, I don't know if I've ever actually explained what the heck I'm muttering about or why it's important. We'll start with the last question first, since it gets straight to the heart...
Tags: Question, Productivity, Time Management, Shannon Kalvar
Blog posts 2007-09-30
Use one simple question to help get the project back on track
Have you ever listened to people talk about how, when, and why they failed? Or, for that matter, listened to your own stories about how circumstances and events conspired to create a “perfect storm” in which failure simply could not be avoided? These things, we say, just happen...
Tags: Team, Failure, Question, Team Management, Management, Shannon Kalvar
Blog posts 2007-09-22
Steer clear of these 10 illegal job interview questions
Although HR departments should be aware of questions that are illegal to ask prospective employees, some hiring managers aren't so savvy.  Many illegal questions are easy for just about anyone with elementary social graces to avoid, but others might surprise you. In general, you should not ask interviewees about their...
Tags: Hiring, Job, Question, Suzanne Thornberry
Blog posts 2007-09-17
More interviews include 'logic questions'
What would happen if you went into an interview and, instead of asking you about your experience with wireless technologies, the interviewer asked you why manhole covers are round instead of square? (Round covers won't fall through.) According to a report on money.cnn.com, questions like these are...
Tags: Silicon Valley, Question, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2007-09-04
10 questions you shouldn't ask when you're being interviewed for a job
This information is also available as a PDF download.At the end of an interview, most interviewers like to throw out the question, "Do you have any questions for me?" Almost all interviewers will ask if you have any questions, so be prepared to ask something. If you've done your research,...
Tags: Hiring, Job, Question, Hiring Manager, Suzanne Thornberry
Blog posts 2007-08-13
A four-step prescription for writing better project plans
A long time ago, in a lifetime far far away, a client asked me to help their PMO produce useful project plans. Never one to turn away a job, I agreed to speak with him and review the documents his team produced. Leafing though the packet, I found the same...
Tags: Plan, Question, Shannon Kalvar
Blog posts 2007-08-06
Can' t Download Anything NT AUTHORITY Shutsdown
I keep reading that people that get the "NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM Time Before Shutdown 00:60" message should download this or that patch, but my computer won't stay on long enough to even finish starting up.So now what am supposed to do? I need help.
Tags: track_202@..., nt authority, windows, help, question, Microsoft Windows NT
Discussion threads 2007-02-10
Idiot sci-fi question: Why do X-Wing fighters have...um...wings?
So here's the idiotic science fiction question for the week: Why do X-Wing fighters have wings? Officially, "The wings not only serve as stabilizer surfaces in air travel, but also distribute deflector shield energy and serve as weapons mounts." Poppycock. Clearly,...
Tags: Star Wars, Question, Sci-Fi Apologist, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-02-05
Geek Trivia: Pitching a perfect game(show)
What is the maximum prize a one-day contestant on Jeopardy! can earn, and what are the odds of it occurring? Editor's note: The Trivia Geek is on extended leave, but he did get off his slacker butt long enough to pull this Classic Geek, which originally ran on March...
Tags: TV, TVs, Jay Garmon, game, Cliff Clavin, All-New Jeopardy, Art Fleming, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., History, Editor, Question, Trebek-hosted Jeopardy!, Games, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
Technical articles 2007-01-16
Tiny Trivia Question II
Since people seemed to like the Tron question, here's a REALLY basic one.Without the aid of Google or other research, how many of you know the correct spelling of the language Basic and what it stands for?No cheating, and, don't put your answer in the title of the reply -...
Tags: Question, siliconsamurai
Blog posts 2006-12-23
Yahoo Messenger releases security update
Where's the video?The article shows "Video: Checklist..." but no link to click.
Tags: question, feedback, "missing link", MGP2, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo IM, security
Discussion threads 2006-12-18
The Trouble With Christmas
Every year, I run up against the same problem: Christmas.  It's the gift-giving season, and that means it's time to come up with gift ideas. Of course, there's the Geek Squad Holiday Dos and Don'ts to help make the right decisions when buying tech for your loved ones -- and...
Tags: Question, Christmas, Insurance, Financial Planning, Strategy, Notebooks, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2006-12-08
Google Answers Goes Belly Up Update - pending questions still being answered
After several years’ in testing, often with less than strong support from Google, Answers.google.com, or Google Answers quietly folded yesterday. The first question asked had been “Why is the sky blue?.” In an ironic twist, the title of that final question was, “Unable to process request. Please try again later.”...
Tags: Google Inc., Researcher, Question, Benefits, Operational Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, siliconsamurai
Blog posts 2006-12-06
Questions to ask a SQL Server database developer applicant
Tim Chapman presents his standard set of baseline technical questions he asks SQL Server database developers during an interview. These questions will help you weed out less-qualified candidates. It is very difficult in today's job market to find well-qualified database developers. As a colleague of mine once said,...
Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Tim Chapman, Databases, Enterprise software, database, foreign key, SQL Server Newsletter, Developer, Trigger, Index, Value, Question, Table, NULL, Return Parameter, OUTPUT Parameter, Storage, Software, Data Management, Hardware
Technical articles 2006-10-16
Question?
Can anybody suggest some other good forums where peaople disguss about computers and computer problems?There are several Code Guru and Experts Exchange are two that I have used. Experts Exchange now charges, but Code Guru is still free. You can google for their main websites. I can't get them from...
Tags: Question, Code Guru, Experts Exchange, mihkel183@..., Code
Q&A 2006-07-24


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