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Top Ten Reasons Not To Outsource IT

September 8th, 2008 • Dean • 2 comments • Related • Filed Under

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I work for a company that view software development as a necessity, but not a core business.  Ironically, the products we sell are all software deployed on the web.  With that viewpoint, the majority of people developing our software [...]

Successful Micromanagement in Information Technology Part 4: Expand Your Team’s Skills

May 30th, 2008 • Jared Tracy • 1 comment • Related • Filed Under

This is part four of a five part series about success micromanagement. While I highly recommend reviewing the previous three parts, part four is something that really should be an ongoing strategy for any business.
Expand your team’s Skills!
This becomes especially important when you get into micromanaging a project. You’ll remember from the previous articles that [...]

Successful Micromanagement in Information Technology Part 2: Motivate

March 31st, 2008 • Jared Tracy • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

Successful Micromanagement in Information Technology Series
Micromanagement requires a specific type of motivation. The existing team is likely going to experience some concerns about their work and their jobs, even if you have made sure to create an immediate success as outlined in the first step to successful micromanagement.
The immediate success provides a sense of instant [...]

Successful Micromanagement in Information Technology Part 1: Create Immediate Success

March 24th, 2008 • Jared Tracy • 4 comments • Related • Filed Under

Micromanagement is a common problem in many departments of a business. It is particularly rampant in the Information Technology industry. Whether it was developing the largest real estate database in America or a criminal records system for law enforcement in one of the largest counties in America, I’ve seen some common issues inside IT that [...]

Presidential Race 2008

March 23rd, 2008 • Jared Tracy • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

This week, Dean & Jared are exploring the makings of the 2008 presidential race. We’ll be throwing in our two cents on the different political candidates and looming issues that they will need to deal with heading into the final showdown in November. Plus, we’ll be giving the candidates some tips on how to come [...]