6 Things Project Managers Shouldn’t Do: #5 Fear Leading from the Back

In this series, we are looking at six things that can trip up project managers. We’ve covered the hazards of overcommitting, how to provide feedback and the importance of taking responsibility and staying focused. Now we’ll take a look at leading from the front, back or both.

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Accelerate Your Path to Three MCSEs by Going Through the Cloud

During the past few years, Microsoft’s battle cry has been to take on the cloud, and with the advent of Azure and Office 365, that’s pretty much what they did. Core Microsoft technologies from the operating systems to higher-level services such as messaging, collaboration and telephony are now available as Software as a Service (SaaS). Taking things one step further, Microsoft recently announced their new MCSA: Office 365, which fully validates their commitment to the cloud and the training to support it.

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Searching for Unicorns and Wizards in Big Data

Although many may argue the point, technology implementation for big data (and technology implementation in general) is usually the easy part. There’s a script to install it, there are online resources for answering questions, and if all else fails, we can outsource the setup and maintenance. However, structuring and managing teams of individuals who install, maintain and use those systems is no easy task.

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