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Technical Advisory Workflow

Many technical companies use the services of external technical experts called advisors. I want to describe the best technical advisory workflow beneficial for both sides.

Teach Your Customers

There is a common mistake many software companies make. They forget to explain to their customer how to use their products and why they have to use them. The following article describes how to solve this issue and shares best practices.

BusinessYevhen ShyshkinJuly 7, 2021teaching, customer, support, general, way, content, notification, personal, trainings, discovery, preparation, training, success, futureComment

From Chaos To Order

Project management is an organizational process of many external and internal activities to complete specific scope of work called the project. It is a common situation when the project is started in chaos with no understanding of requirements, the scope of work, or who participates in the project. Let us see how to organize that chaos.

On Necessity Of Overtime Work

Our modern community, for some reason, willingly accepts the concept of overtime work. People have to work longer and harder to achieve good results and become successful. Let us check the widespread consequences of this statement and see if they make sense.

Business, CommunicationYevhen ShyshkinMarch 10, 2021overtime, work, consequence, necessary, planning, estimates, pressure, stress, organization, success, processComment

Experience Sharing As a Key to Success

Every team member knows that experience sharing is a good practice that simplifies activities and saves time. However, this is not just good practice but one of the most crucial factors to become a successful company.

Communication, BusinessYevhen ShyshkinFebruary 24, 2021experience, sharing, success, team, member, time, resource, communication, syncronization, process, resultComment

On Milestones In Project Management

Whenever a group of people starts working on some project, it usually defines milestones — some points in time when they have to complete the specific scope of work. The idea of milestones is excellent; however, it is misused or entirely unnecessary in many cases. Let us check these cases and see how to deal with them.

BusinessYevhen ShyshkinJanuary 20, 2021milestone, project, management, progress, goal, purpose, achievement, scope of work, expectations, behaviour, successComment

Learn, Understand, and Use

There is a common situation when a person has participated in training or finished a course, but he can’t solve any related problem afterward. Why does it happen? Let us check how people learn, understand, and use their knowledge in real life.

BusinessYevhen ShyshkinNovember 25, 2020learning, understanding, usage, knowledge, chain, successComment

Business People and Engineers. Part 3: Real-life Scenarios

In this final part of the cycle, we will check three real-life examples of interaction between business people and engineers. For each example, we will see what is done correctly, what is not, and what can be improved in the future.

Communication, BusinessYevhen ShyshkinOctober 7, 2020business, engineer, scenario, example, issue, solution, cooperation, successComment