Practice This

How do you survive recession? – You improve yourself and offer more value.How do you improve yourself? – You get better results by focusing on improving your process.How do you improve your process? – You focus on 6 critical areas according to Kaizen: Discipline. Time Management. Skill Development. Participation and Involvement. Morale. Communication.

by kalandrakas
Improving Process – Kaizen Way
In order to improve your results Masaaki Imai, the author of Kaizen: The Key To Japan’s Competitive Success, recommends improving your process. To improve your process you focus on the following:

Discipline.
Time Management.
Skill …

I was reading Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach by Gerald M. Weinberg where he shares practical advices and lessons he learned for those who wants to lead.
I particularly loved the following lesson:
Lesson Number Ten: If you are a leader, the people are your work. There is no other work worth doing.

Leader, Practice This
If you are a leader these can help you do your work:

Ask your people "do you have a dream?".
The Carrot Is Mightier Than A Stick.
Let your team play, make it a game.
Build vulnerability based trust.
Emotional …

Too many projects fail. Any kind of projects – software, financial, personal. You name it. How can I identify the early signs of a failed project? How can I lower the risk? How can I avoid the failure?
Here is great simple checklist of failed projects that can be  easily applied to your project too. Taken from 12 characteristics of doomed projects:

Doesn’t meet expectations.
Lacks change management processes.
Lacks project sponsorship.
Insufficient resources or budget are available.
Team doesn’t report or escalate critical problems quickly.
No risk planning.
Schedule delays and missed commitments are rampant.
Project is …