Reboots, Puppies and Business Continuity
on Dec 15 in Blog, Strategy, Taking Action tagged Action, Planning by Keith
Time for DR?
Today’s lesson is that when you are using bootable media in the drive of a host, and attaching it to one of the guest VMs, remember to remove the media (or change the boot settings) when you remote reboot the host after updates… :) This led to thinking about disaster recovery and business continuity. Read More
Project “P”s - Three or Five
on Aug 05 in Planning, Priority, Understanding tagged Objectives, Planning, Prioritisation by KeithIn a recent Twitter exchange with one of my friends (@eileenb), we were discussing productivity and planning. We covered things like the “5 Ps” (perfect planning prevents poor performance). As you might imagine, with a project manager’s hat on, things like the 5 Ps are stocks-in-trade for delivering the results clients need. My standpoint was slightly different though.
I suggested “3 new Ps” - Productivity, Priority and Purpose. Read More
Managing Elephants in Rooms
on May 17 in Blog, Priority, Understanding tagged Analysis, Planning, Prioritisation by KeithRisk For The Rest Of Us - Managing Elephants in Rooms
Risk Management is a huge area with lots of specialist people, companies, books, qualifications and so on. So should we even go there if we’re not black belts…? And what’s this about elephants? Read More
Microsoft SCCM at Essex Police - Project Management
on Jan 25 in Case Studies tagged Action, Microsoft, Planning by KeithCritical Action Limited was chosen as Project Management partner by EACS Limited, for their project to roll out Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 to Essex Police’s 4000 PCs. Read More
Microsoft Business Value Planning
on Aug 19 in Planning tagged Action, Analysis, Microsoft, Planning by Keith
Critical Action Limited has become one of 20 UK companies accredited to provide Microsoft’s Business Value Planning packaged services to eligible Microsoft users with Software Assurance as part of their licensing.