Running SQL Server Profiler with Project Server
February 29, 2008
Quite often when you are performing customizations or when you want to troubleshoot your Project Server deployment it's useful to go "deep" and see what's happening under the SQL hood. The best way to achieve that is to run a SQL Server Profiler trace... Read more...
Database Maintenance for SharePoint
February 29, 2008
Bill Baer’s white paper: Database Maintenance for SharePoint is now live. Table of Contents Check for and repair consistency errors by using DBCC CHECKDB 1 About DBCC CHECKDB 1 DBCC CHECKDB and performance 2 Measure and reduce fragmentation... Read more...
New submarine cable network to link Northern Egypt to France
February 29, 2008
Telecom Egypt (TE), the incumbent telecom operator in Egypt, and Alcatel-Lucent have announced a USD125 million contract to deploy a new submarine cable network linking Sidi Kerir in Egypt to Marseille in France. Named TE North, the project will enable... Read more...
Project Investments During Economic Uncertainty or Contraction
February 29, 2008
Here's some tips regarding investments during uncertain economic times. This quote makes sense in that ... there's quite a bit of effort necessary to adopt and sustain a new performance level after an IT project go-live. This period of stabilization,... Read more...
Six Sigma Military Efficiency is Financially Tangible
February 29, 2008
Six Sigma project targets military travel and reduces the processing cycle time. ... ... "Nguyen and Atkison-Clark said the plan to decrease travel voucher paperwork was initiated under the Lean Six Sigma program to improve fiscal military efficiency.... Read more...
Avoiding Disputes - Dr. Martin Barnes to Provide Advice
February 29, 2008
Reported by Miles Shepherd in London, UK. The Institute of Civil Engineers, UK, has announced a seminar on the topic of “Avoiding Disputes to Deliver Success”, to be held Monday, 7 April 2008. The event will be held at the ICE offices, One Great... Read more...
How to Become a Project Manager
February 28, 2008
If you are new to project management don't be bamboozled by all the jargon. Managing a project is just another branch of business management. There are well understood methodologies, tools, guidelines, and procedures to help you on your way to developing... Read more...
Cause and Effect Diagrams
February 28, 2008
It is difficult if not impossible to solve complicated problems without considering many factors and the cause-and-effect relationships between those factors. Defining and displaying those relationships helps. The first such cause-and-effect diagram was... Read more...
OLAP and Data Analysis - timeouts, plan guides and tempdb
February 28, 2008
Some of this has been in previous postings or comments on postings - but thought it was time for a round-up. As a quick intro this blog will look at more information on tempdb growth some of you may have experienced since Project Server 2007 SP1,... Read more...
Ethical and People Issues
February 28, 2008
Over the last few days this week, I described three scenarios and the difficult decisions Project Managers made in each of the three. In the first, the desire for more responsibility might bery well have led to less effectiveness.In the second, the... Read more...