Theory of Constraints
The Theory of Constraints helps you identify the key limiting factor (often referred to as a bottleneck or a constraint) that prevents you from achieving your goal. Theory of Constraints’ main purpose is to eliminate that constraint. Theory of Constraints is the origin of Theory of Constraints Dr. Eliyahu goldratt introduced the Theory of Constraints…
The Top 5 Project Management Statistics and Studies You Must Know in 2022
Every year brings new ideas, and improves the way something is done. Today we will be discussing project management. We’ll be discussing five of the most fascinating scholarly papers about project management history, methodologies, and specific industries. These papers span a few pages to several hundred pages. It would be difficult to sum up all…
The Three Pillars of Workload
You’re probably familiar with Workload if you’ve been following our updates recently. If you don’t know what Workload is, here’s a quick overview: Workload is our latest feature that expands the ActiveCollab workspace. A bird’s eye view of all the activities your teams are undertaking on a daily basis, weekly, and monthly basis. A visual…
The Real Reason Designers and Developers Hate Meetings
Understanding the difference between a manager’s and maker’s schedules is crucial to understanding why designers and developers hate interruptions and meetings. Paul Graham wrote this famous essay about time management. They can make changes to their appointments as needed. They can timebox each task and block. They can change their schedule easily if something happens.…
The Principles of Lean Management
In our previous post, we described the first principle in lean management. It’s about making the system “lean”, flexible, and ready to adapt to a changing environment. We will now discuss the six other principles that keep companies agile: Decide as late as possible Deliver as fast as possible Encourage your team Integrity is built…
Understanding Google Cloud Armor: Protect yourself against denial-of-service attacks and other web attacks
Google Cloud Armor is the preferred choice of many top companies as it offers the ability to protect your websites and applications against denial-of-service attacks and other web attacks. This service helps you identify and mitigate attacks against your Cloud Load Balance workloads. It also delivers DDoS protection and WAF at Google-scale. This is not…
TWO WEEKS NOTICE – Last Day to Take Retirement Microsoft Exams
Microsoft will retire a group of exams on March 31, 2017. This leaves you with just two weeks to take an exam before it disappears forever! We looked into the Microsoft exam retirements more deeply last month. Let’s now take a look at the exams that are just two weeks away from their final days.…
Tunnel Mode vs Transport Mode: Which Should You Use?
There are two options for VPN clients. These modes are often transparent to the client, but they are important to understand. An engineer or client may make a mistake in assuming which option is being used. This can lead to frustration and delayed resolution. This post will focus on tunnel mode and transport mode as…
Trainer Talks: Jeremy Cioara about Microsoft, Cisco, And Pizza
We had the opportunity to speak with Cisco and networking expert Jeremy Cioara at one of our Trainerpaloozas. He discussed a variety of topics for our Trainer Talks series. Jeremy talked about his frustrations with Microsoft, Cisco’s logic, and working for Pizza Hut during our conversation. All the Trainer Talks interviews can be viewed on…
Training the Teacher: Remote Learning Tips and Resources
Many educators are now experiencing a major pedagogical shift as they transition from face-to–face learning environments to online learning environments in schools that seek to combat the spread of the COVID-19 viruses. Shawn Powers, a SPOTO trainer, has more information about what we do. SPOTO offers free resources to help educators who are quickly charged…