Archive for June, 2009

Performance Issues – The Needy Team Member

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Developers who make up for a shortfall in their own experience, or don't have the confidence to tackle development tasks on their own are a performance problem that you need to address before the problem affects the performance and morale of the entire team. A certain amount of help should ...

Performance Issues – Missed Deadlines

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Anyone can miss a deadline, it's happened to us all but when you have a team member who consistently misses deadlines, you have a problem that you need to address. Be sure that the team member has the same understanding of their deadline as you before taking action; a work ...

Breaking the Vicious Cycle

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

It has been said that "Rome wasn't built in a day". That adage can also be applied to the development of effective maintenance departments. The programs required to keep equipment at optimum performance levels take time and effort to develop and maintain, whether the equipment is brand new or fifty ...