What does a project manager do every day?
This is a question I’ve been asked many times in my career. It may seem obvious. The definition of project manager is someone who manages a project. Is a project manager seated in an office? Or is he out on the site, reviewing a plan, and completing tasks? Maybe all of these, and more. The…
What do all successful project managers have in common?
A project manager is someone who applies knowledge, skills, and techniques to project activities in order to meet project requirements. (PMBOK Guide, 3rd Ed, Project Management Institute Inc. PN 2005). However, what makes a good project manager depends on the project and the needs of the people looking to hire one. However, there are still…
What are your chances of a successful project?
It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m sitting in a coffee shop typing this article. My youngest son is at a birthday celebration and my eldest is sitting opposite me doing his school homework. (Although he was bribed by millionaire shortbread, he is still doing it). I am currently rereading “Thinking, Fast and Slow”1 by Daniel Kahneman1…
What are the Parties Offering Business Opportunities?
Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn, and Jo Swinson attended the CBI Conference to discuss business. They were there to impress City leaders with their ideas. While Mr Johnson promised to end Brexit “uncertainty, confusion”, Mr Corbyn revealed Labour’s plans to create 320,000 apprenticeships in England. Liberal Democrats claim that they are the party of business, as…
Check out the Resource Availability in Your Gantt Charts
After many requests, you can now see the busy people in your project’s gantt charts. This does include tasks that are assigned to a resource or person in other gantts. This allows you to schedule tasks for one project, and see if someone has been assigned to another project for that day. Tip: Click anywhere…
Amazon CodeGuru reduces code debugging time
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Overview2. Defining Amazon CodeGuru3. Amazon CodeGuru4: Workflow Amazon CodeGuru5 Benefits Use Cases for Amazon CodeGuru6. Conclusion7. CloudThat 8. FAQs Overview Developers often get so involved in fixing minor mistakes that they forget to address the important issues. It is easy to make mistakes or repeat code lines that are difficult to…
Recover EC2 Windows Password
Sometimes we forget our passwords and have to log in to the server. This can be very important if the admin credential is lost. There is still a way to reset your password. Here’s how you do it: Before we begin, let’s assume you have an AWS EC2 Windows instance. We need a Linux machine…
Amazon RDS Multi-AZ Deployments: Readable Standby Instances
TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Introduction2. Architecture of a Multi-AZ DB Cluster Multi-AZ DB Cluster Advantages4. Multi-AZ Deployments vs. Multi-AZ Replicas5. Read Replicas Vs. Readable Standby Instances6. Different pricing7. Multi-AZ DB Cluster Availability8. Conclusion9. CloudThat 10. FAQs 1. Introduction: Amazon RDS makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in cloud. It…
ReactJS Hooks: Implementation and Rules.
TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Introduction to ReactJS2. React-Hooks3. Use Hooks4. React5 Hooks Types Basic Hooks6. Additional Hooks7. ReactJS Application Hooks8. Conclusion9. CloudThat 10. FAQs Introduction to ReactJS React is one of the most well-known JavaScript libraries. ReactJS is an open source library and frontend JavaScript library that can be used to create UI components for…
The Strategic Shift of Microsoft Azure towards Cloud Solutions Provider Partners
Microsoft Azure is taking on AWS in the public clouds market. It is no secret that AWS has a 6 year lead in the IaaS segment and has more market share. Microsoft’s latest announcement about Azure pay-as you-go, which is not available under the MPSA licensing model, gives us a hint at the strategic initiative…