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Brittany Fisher
May 5, 20213 min read
FAQs and Answers to Clear Up Cybersecurity Confusion for Business Owners
When you’re a busy business owner or manager, cybersecurity may not be one of your top priorities. Unfortunately, letting cybersecurity...
martyschwan
May 3, 20212 min read
Building a Solid WBS
The first step to building a solid project budget and plan is to create a sound work breakdown structure (WBS). What a WBS does is two...
martyschwan
May 3, 20212 min read
How Inherent Biases Cloud Decisions
Decision-making is one of the most important skills that a leader can develop. The more responsibility that is on your shoulders usually...
martyschwan
May 3, 20213 min read
Three Tips for Getting Un-Busy
Being ‘busy’ used to feel like a badge of honor to me. I can’t tell you how many times I felt wanted, appreciated or needed simply...
The Cultural Nomad
Apr 29, 20212 min read
Measuring a National Culture
How do we distinguish two things of the same type from one another? For example, a BMW from a Mercedes? Besides the logo they proudly...
The Cultural Nomad
Apr 22, 20213 min read
The Many Meanings of “On-time”
“Time is money.” “Better late than never.” “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” “Time is what we want most, but what we...
martyschwan
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Keys to Building a Strong PMO Foundation
Project management offices (PMO) have been around for a long time and yet a lot are still failing to deliver what organizations expect...
The Cultural Nomad
Apr 15, 20212 min read
Accountants Hate Me When I Give This Advice
Some factors can integrate a geographically distributed team, and some can do the opposite just as well. One of the factors that...
martyschwan
Apr 12, 20212 min read
Productizing Your Implementation – Part 1
One of the keys to constant successful delivery is the consistency by which you deliver your services. One of the easiest ways to help...
The Cultural Nomad
Apr 9, 20211 min read
Can You Solve the Mystery?
Today, let’s try to solve a mystery. Don’t really like mysteries? Okay, I’ll make it easier by giving you a hint: it has to do with...
Brittany Fisher
Apr 8, 20213 min read
How to Lower Your Business’s Debt to Ensure Long-Term Stability
Business debt is a perfectly normal part of getting a company up and running. However, too many businesses wind up in a position where...
The Cultural Nomad
Apr 1, 20213 min read
Is Cultural Intelligence Still a Thing?
About ten years ago –not too long in real-time, but an eternity in technology time–, there was this buzzword, “cultural intelligence.”...
martyschwan
Mar 31, 20212 min read
The Importance of Mental Hygiene
This past year has taught us a lot about how resilient we are in the face of what seems to be ongoing challenges. The sudden shift of...
martyschwan
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Elements of a Good Testing Plan
So much of the success of an implementation project hinges on the completeness of the testing. In order to do a good job in the testing...
The Cultural Nomad
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Stereotyping vs. Generalizing: Same Thing or Different?
Have you heard at least one of the following statements? “Germans drink a lot of beer.” “Americans can only speak English.” “Italians are...
martyschwan
Mar 18, 20212 min read
Stages of Building a High Performing Team
When you come into a high performing team you typically won’t see or be exposed to the growing pains that these teams go through. Whether...
The Cultural Nomad
Mar 18, 20212 min read
The Cultural Liasion
Do you know what’s in the picture? Chances are you know that this is what people in Mexico call a Traje de Charro (Charro suit). What you...
The Cultural Nomad
Mar 11, 20211 min read
What’s Culture to You?
A simple definition of culture is “what goes without saying,” in other words, what is familiar, recognizable, and expected. Everything we...
martyschwan
Mar 11, 20212 min read
Lessons for Combining Services and Development
Lessons for Combining Services and Development In software delivery projects, the Services team bears the responsibility of delivering on...
JL
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Welcome to my blog at QS2Point
I'm starting this blog to write about Software Development, so next days you'll see posts about software architecture, programming...
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