I Removed My Facebook Page
Tweet This entire week I have been thinking about a lot of things, and one of them was my social media presence. It dawned on me that a lot of the things that I do and say on my personal Facebook profile are exactly the same as what’s on my Facebook Page. With the new subscribe feature, I realized that my page was obsolete. I am not saying that Facebook Pages are not useful for business (especially Business-to-Consumer types), but...
Read MoreOldie But Goodie: Project Plan Format
Tweet Project Management is an essential part of any project that you start. In any kind of industry-best practices, like CMMI, Six Sigma, and ISO9001, you will hear discussions on how important it is. A Project Manager and his/her team are tasked in ensuring that the project is completed on time and within budget. If not, this could have a negative impact on the project, and possibly cost the company the renewal of the current...
Read More5 Ways to Attend a Writing Conference Without Being There
Tweet Writing conferences, meetups, and just anything that brings a group of people together to discuss writing are one of my favorite events to attend. However, with some of them having steep ticket prices, at times/dates I can’t attend, or being in another location, I can’t go to all of them. People I know who are able to attend them become the object of my jealousy for a hot minute. With social media and technology, you can...
Read MoreA Little Note on Cross-Functional Flowcharts
Tweet I’m currently documenting the business processes that will by a new system. It’s amazing how you can create different types of flowcharts depending on the process flow. One of my favorite flowcharts is the cross-functional flowchart. The cross-functional flowchart shows a process flow that has different groups that play a part to get the process from start-to-finish. Additionally, you can divide it by the sub-processes....
Read MoreCreating a Database? Have an ERD and Data Dictionary
Tweet When you are creating a system and have a database that you will be using, then you need to create an entity-relationship diagram (ERD) and a data dictionary. While creating new requirement for a new interface, I asked if they needed any assistance creating an ERD. They looked at me like I was crazy. Like I always say, documentation is always the first piece to get ignored when teams are trying to quickly design and deploy a system....
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