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Project management tips to help your volunteer project succeed. If you can encourage people to do their best when money isn’t a factor, you’ll be great when it is. Read More

We all hate employee performance reviews, but some are worse than others. Here's a walk through some of the most common performance review concepts and how they compare to each other.

It isn't a question of the goal; every review process aims to be transparent and friendly rather than adversari Read More

Businesses (large and small) understand the value of visual analytics. But how do you get started? Here's a few useful guidelines.
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Can’t get no satisfaction? Try to read between the lines. What users say they want may not be what they need.
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Being Agile is hip, but not all teams and organizations are equally adaptable. While stodgy cultures and individual attitudes are often to blame, the “small stuff” may go unnoticed – and sometimes the small stuff counts, big time. Team leaders are wise to pay attention to details (including those t Read More

Data visualization has become a red-hot analytics topic of late, but for Ford Research & Advanced Engineering's data science team, it's long been standard fare. That makes Mike Cavaretta, technical leader for predictive analytics there, the perfect go-to guy for advice on exploring and presenting d Read More

There are companies in China and Australia that refuse to hire those born under certain zodiac signs. But that might not be the strangest reasons for hiring choices.
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No, it’s not okay to answer your phone, answer questions with painful literalness, take an interview in the middle of another job interview, demand alternative beverages to those offered, or otherwise come off as if the interview isn’t your top priority. But those are, in fact, the boners that some Read More

It’s all well-and-good to suggest that developers (or any service-based business or provider) work with end-users to find out what they want the software (or whatever) to do. It’s another thing to get useful information without the aid of mind-reading. Here's how to interview a non-responsive infor Read More

Project managers take the heat from both management and from the development staff they aim to inspire. Here’s the information your team lead desperately wishes you’d understand – to benefit everyone who’s trying to get quality software out the door. Read More