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With the appearance of software as a service (SAAS), the test activities of a software disappears!!! There will be a generation of people who won’t understand what is to be involved in a test phase. There will be a generation of people who will know what is to be constantly doing proofs of concept in … Read more
I have enjoyed reading this book, the experiences, the way to face problems, and the approach through the continuous prioritisation following the pareto principle, where in 80% of the cases, the solution requires only 20% of the resources needed to solve all cases. Just to remind it, the Decalogue proposed for success the lazy way, … Read more
The typical process is that a vehicle takes through a series of immersion or spray baths by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). These baths are: pre-treatment, electrocoat followed by a layer of primer, basecoat and clear-coat. These five layers protect the vehicle underneath from corrosion, scratches and chips, while also improving its appearance, it is … Read more
Reading the newspaper, I found an article about Roger Shank, who was visiting Spain to give a lecture, show La Salle´s online MBA program… and I was interested to read a little bit more about it, so I looked for more information about principles, vision… I found the lecture (42 min.) done in Barcelona, Some … Read more
Enterprise content management through Open Text solutions is very demanding due to the deep collaboration between SAP and Open Text. SAP DMS seems to not support big volumes and Open Text integration is a recognized alternative that the industry has accepted as good solution: reduce implementation risks, reduction of TCO (of your SAP system), aligned … Read more
Why communications is important? It’s easy, because: single biggest issues is lack of understanding and ownership of original deal, so you need to communicate, communicate and communicate… , and then ensure the feedback you receive is what you explained.
Some notes I have taken since I have started in my new position about financial activities, Don’t wait for the end of the month, Don’t assume someone else understands the commercial & financial profile, Don’t assume costs come in line with revenue, Do understand the pricing model and terms of engagement, Understand your labour mix … Read more
I have read this interesting post in Mosaic Project’s blog, Transactional negotiations: “it’s essentially about trading or exchanging ideas, positions or things of value”. Transformational negotiations: “it’s about creating something new. At the point the parties enter a transformational negotiation they don’t know what the outcome will be. The outcome will be created by jointly … Read more
It’s supposed we have to invest our daily time in the stuff that supposes to provoke more revenue, but that’s not always true. I try to apply pareto principle where with 20% of effort I can solve 80% of the problems, the issue is that sometimes we have to dedicate time to the other 20% … Read more
Some history to remind, it was November 1998 when… link “DuPont is to buy the Herberts coatings operation of Hoechst, replacing USfinancial buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts(KKR)…” They continually are exceptional: “DuPont says it has been looking at the Herberts business for several years and feels it is an ‘exceptional’ fit in terms of complementary … Read more