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Greetings!
Today's
reality likely means that you have to execute more projects with
substantially smaller budgets and tighter deadlines. Post recession, I
think most of us are seeing expectations are higher
inside our organizations and with our clients. In this issue of
InSIGHT, we bring you classic project wisdom with the hope of helping
you prevent challenges by becoming aware of the "gotchas".
For 18 years, Software Consortium has been a leader in the Baltimore-Washington area, known for sharing practical and emerging strategies about technology and business, through our seminars, successful delivery of client projects, and now, with InSIGHT delivered to your desktop.
All the best,
Janet
Janet Amirault,
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10 Classic Development Mistakes to Avoid
Some ineffective development practices have been chosen so often, by so many people, with such predictable, unsatisfactory results results that they deserve to be called "classic mistakes".
Steve McConnell is a former Microsoft product developer who leverages
research from many institutions in his books, blogs and articles. Steve's focus on the "peopleware" and on motivation and high
productivity provides one answer to "how to do more with less."
The surveys on Classic Software Development Mistakes first appeared in
Rapid Development in 1996 and were updated in 2007 with several new classics.
Managers, developers, and customers usually have good
reasons for making the decisions they do, and the seductive appeal of
the classic mistakes is part of the reason these mistakes have been
made so often. Once you understand their effect on development speed,
the list might help you avoid them.
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| Software Release Readiness Criteria
 You're on the count down to a new system release, checking and rechecking the criteria to determine whether you are ready to launch.
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Team Cohesiveness for Higher Performance
Does what you disclose about yourself to team members
affect your entire team's level of trust, hence, shared productivity?
Industry research says yes, and it can mean your team can become
synergistic and five times more productive.
Synergistic teams tend to be highly cohesive. Team cohesiveness has been shown in study after study to be far more important than individual competency in raising a group's ability to work together to produce results.  The Johari Window is one of the most useful models describing the process of human interaction and provides a framework for achieving trust and forging stronger relationships, leading to team cohesiveness. |
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Resonant Leadership: Bringing out the best in yourself and others
Software Consortium's next free seminar, "Resonant Leadership: Bringing out the best in yourself and others" will be held:
Wednesday, December 9, 9 am - 12 noon
Towson, Maryland
(Easy access from 695 and free parking.)
Free 3 PDUs for PMP-certified attendees!
Complimentary breakfast at 8:30 am
As Charles Darwin said "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change."
As human beings, our flight or fight response to external threats serves us quite well when our survival is threatened. However, in today's world,  it is believed our instinctive response to stress and threats can result in decreased abilities to think new thoughts as our bodies automatically prepare to defend ourselves. Managers and leaders need their best thinking and fully engaged teams to make their departments effective today and in the future. Join us for this interactive half day seminar and come away with new energy to inspire yourself and your team.
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