best practices

Best practices for business process measurement

By Bryan - Posted on 09 April 2009

I often think both IT and managers don't reevaluate their business processes enough. The TechRepublic has a great article in reminding us that this economy presents a great opportunity to implement 10 best practices for business process measurement.

Lean times often present opportunities for analyzing, fine-tuning, and improving business processes. In fact, the economic survival of some organizations may depend on such improvements. Here are some pointers to help you build a successful process measurement program.

I particulary like #9: Don't forget about IT metrics.

Designing, Coding, and Distributing Python Software

By Neha Shaikh - Posted on 30 October 2008

Expert Python Programming, a new book from Packt Publishing, aims to help developers build better applications in Python with the help of best practices and new development techniques.

Writing code in Python is simple, however, writing code that is efficient and easy to maintain and reuse is not so straightforward. This is where this book intends to step in. Written by Tarek Ziadé, a contributor to the Zope code and an experienced Python developer, Expert Python Programming takes you on a practical tour of Python application development.

For more information on the book, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/expert-python-pr...

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SharePoint Best Practices Start to Emerge

By Bryan - Posted on 26 June 2008

Internet Evolution: "And in that vein, SharePoint may become the victim of its own success: There are no clearly defined standards and best practices for designing and deploying SharePoint in a cohesive manner. This is not to say that expertise does not exist and that people don’t have opinions and valid experiences. But let’s get real -- the product was only shipped in November 2006, and organizations can get rather desperate as they search for balanced and practiced governance standards."

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Laura Scott on Email Etiquette

By Bryan - Posted on 22 January 2008

Laura Scott posted her 9 best practices and things to avoid when it comes to e-mail. We followed some of these rules a decade ago, but a good reminder is always appreciated. Laura doesn't mention anything about not using all CAPS in an e-mail and I assume that's because if you don't know that rule by now...nine rules is beyond your grasp.

My favorite rule to follow is number 3:

Write your response above the quoted text.

I don't think I'm alone when I say I don't like having to scroll down just to read what you have written. I already know what I wrote -- and if I don't remember, I can scroll down to look. When you deal with over 100 real emails a day, this becomes all the more important.

Don't make me scroll! Please!

I've always been unsure where to place the quoted text in an e-mail. If I recall correctly, doesn't (didn't) Thunderbird place the quote above text by default? I'm sure it's Mozilla's fault as to why I'm so confused...