11Apr
02Dec
Employee value alignment
Imagine you’re looking for work, and you’re trying to find a job as a Project Manager. The company hiring you says that you need to have a Masters’s degree, ITIL v3, PMP, CCNP Security, and a minimum of 10 years’ experience to be capable of meeting the position requirements. What should you ask for as a pay rate? Well, if you have to pay for the certification and the time required to get the certification, should you not be compensated? Here...
11Jan
Technical Project Roles
In this write-up I will discuss the Technical Project roles of three positions Planning, Engineering (Technical) and Integration (installation). Often times there is no clear delineation of the roles and this can affect efficiency, scope and most definitely timelines of a project or process. Towards the end of the post I will put down the industry best practices for these three positions, as I would not want any of my peers thinking I just came up with an original thought...
21Dec
Employee titles ARE important
Total Technical Solutions Why ARE Employee titles important? I love watching shows and reading on companies that have removed the barriers of titles for their employees and everyone shows up to work and gets it done. I am sure this is great for the common techie or worker but management roles and responsibilities must be dictated and distinguished, especially for profit companies that are wanting to ensure that there is a pilot at the controls, but employee titles are important. Sure having 300...
22Sep