How i'll run my IT company !!
4 Comments Published by Mohamed Nabil on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 11:44 AM.
Okay. some one asked me in an interview 2 month ago, and he was the GM of a company if you had my place, I told him " I'll lose some weight " :)
But after the interview kept thinking if were in his place what shall I do??
So here it is to everyone who will start an IT company or have an IT department this is my 10 commands of how to have the best IT company
1. You precious resource is the people invest in them , and they will invest in you
The time is people precious resource help them save it, they will save you
2. Under Estimation is Bad
Over Estimation is Good
Accurate estimation is Better
3. Personality & management :
A clever person solves a problem.A wise person avoids it.
-- Einstein
4. Problem solving:
The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
-- Albert Einstein
5. Everybody Knows:
If you don't understand it, you can't program it.
If you didn't measure it, you didn't do it.
6. Scheduling:
Wexelblat's Scheduling Algorithm:
Choose two:
A. Good
B. Fast
C. Cheap
7.Deming's 14 points ;)
1.Create constancy of purpose.
2.Adopt the new philosophy.
3.Cease dependence on mass inspection to achieve quality.
4.Minimize total cost, not initial price of supplies.
5.Improve constantly the system of production and service.
6.Institute training on the job.
7.Institute leadership.
8.Drive out fear.
9.Break down barriers between departments.
10.Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and numerical targets.
11.Eliminate work standards (quotas) and management by objective.
12.Remove barriers that rob workers, engineers, and managers of their right to pride of 13.workmanship.
14.Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement.
15.Put everyone in the company to work to accomplish the transformation.
8. Acting technique:
On the radio the other night, Jimmy Connors said the best advice he ever got was from Bobby Riggs:
do it
do it right
do it right now
9. Acting technique 2:
It is not enough to do your best: you must know what to do, and THEN do your best.
-- W. Edwards Deming
10. If its to be its up to Me
--Mohamed Nabil
Labels: Thinking in the Rain
You might be interested in some of my thoughts on Deming's management ideas.
Thanks Cat , i will look at it, by the way you knw that the curiousity killed the cat right ???
:-) Nabil - Very nice post, nice thinking... It's important to think about what you'll do in different positions... it gives more depth and breadth of thinking!
Thanks Hani , will since a joined Harf, i was thinking the same way , what shall i do to make it better , so i decided to quit :)))