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Things You Know Now

      Jimmy May, aspiring geek and part time editor in chief for www.PracticeThis.com tagged me for Things You Know Now . The idea behind all this is sharing the lessons learned at  hard knock school of life. Or in other words Read More...

Posted 17 March 09 01:08 by alikl | 1 Comments   
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Software Release Management - The Questionnaire

    Have you been involved with Application Lifecycle Management consulting? Have you helped to build solid Release Management process? If so I need your insights. I started my research with a quick search and I have stumbled on the following Read More...

Posted 30 December 08 10:42 by alikl | 1 Comments   
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"The Most Important Act In Consulting Is Setting The Right Fee."

      This is what Gerald M. Weinberg writes in his book Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully . The book is full of great advices to consultants like myself and to those who hire consultants.  Read More...

Posted 29 December 08 03:09 by alikl | 3 Comments   
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Consulting And Security Reviews - How To Get Everyone Onboard

      Security reviews are a respected methodology.  People know about them, and probably use them semi-regularly. Ask anyone if security reviews are important, and they would all say yes.  Ask them if they do it regularly, Read More...

Posted 24 November 08 08:56 by alikl | 9 Comments   
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Three Laws Of Consulting By Gerald M. Weinberg

    As part of my quest to become a better consultant I am reading Gerald M. Weinberg's book Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully . It is quite controversial and provocative book. At the same time Weinberg Read More...

Posted 12 November 08 08:31 by alikl | 6 Comments   
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Two Crucial Lessons Every Consultant Must Learn First

      Good consultant is a leader. If not, why hire one anyway? I was reading Gerald M. Weinberg's book Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach . This is good book that helps you build technical (and beyond) Read More...

Posted 07 November 08 09:36 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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Seven Characteristics Of High Performing Consultant

      After I've read Kenneth H. Blanchard's book Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service I fell in love with the author. The next book on my list from Blanchard was The One Minute Manager .  It was less entertaining Read More...

Posted 05 November 08 03:50 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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Consultant Eaten By Sharks

"If you swim with sharks, do not act like food" - I can crystal clearly remember that quote by Michio Kaku when he was giving a keynote during internal MS convention. It resonated with me a lot. As a consultant, I often find myself deep in the waters Read More...

Posted 27 October 08 11:16 by alikl | 2 Comments   
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Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Consultants

      I was reading The Practice of Leadership blog that briefly reviewed Steven Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People . I like Steven Covey's approach. In fact, I massively use Steven's Urgent/Important quadrants to Read More...

Posted 22 October 08 10:59 by alikl | 1 Comments   
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Who Wants To Be A Consultant?

     I Consultant. As part of my personal growth quest I constantly challenge myself wether consulting is my career path. These are the questions I ask myself: Do you like solving engineering problems in the field? Do you like meeting Read More...

Posted 26 September 08 06:42 by alikl | 9 Comments   
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