Michael Page Salary studies

I have found a salary study in Michael Page web site. I have done the exercise of comparing some standard role as Project Manager in different countries and the differences are interesting. For sure these are general reports, but is always good to have references

Account reconciliation Process

This is something we have been working on during last 2 months with a good degree of knowledge for us. First step was to define groups of requirements we cover with the existing tool and the desired requirements. Data integration (from SAP, from different sources of information, integrity of new data, ) Configuration & Support … Read more

My toolkit

Toolkit I have been using these 2 last years is being different to the one used in the past. Now I work with: Pipeline file Risk & opportunity plan Agenda and contact list Forecast sheet for teams Rolling forecast sheet Capabilities sheet Control book by Asset Id and portfolio Allocations sheet P&L files Imagination Something … Read more

Commitment?

We have been working on this opportunity during more than one year. There was an assessment phase as first stage.After this assessment phase there is potentially the technical upgrade project. The negotiations activities done and the way we have adapted our proposal to the customer requirements have been the necessary ones that have made that … Read more

What google knows about you

The love-hate relationship I have with Google made me to do a list of where it is, 1. Location history If you work with Android, check that you are not transferring data. It could be the case that your phone is sending data about your location, times, speed, distances done, etc… maps.google.com/locationhistory 2. The whole … Read more

msconfig

msconfig opens the Microsoft Configuration Utility. I do this simple note to remember this fact.

Reading to learn

I use to learn with the resources I have available. One of them is too simple and effective, and it is just read good examples of the real life. When I was developer I used to read code. When I was analyst I used to read requirement documents, function analysis, and technical analysis. During my … Read more

Interesting week

So much meetings, write documents between meeting slots, good learning about tools and solutions I didn’t know, good advance in the main projects we have, some administrative staff solved and some team conflicts gone. I should be happy, but I’m just tired. First time it didn’t work so much well, but second time it was … Read more

Licence to Operate for project management

License to operate is a quality mechanism for improving aspects such driving, performance, delivery… I have seen these LTO rules in aeronautic industry, where the #hours, people and effort is huge and where the Cost of lack of quality is high. They have training courses to reinforce knowledge (earning points); people losing the license have … Read more