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Tag: <span>best practices</span>

Tag: best practices

General

Security Suggestions and Keeping Safe From Hackers

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The news is filled with stories about hackers and data theft.  Although they are not to be ignored, hackers can be avoided or thwarted with some common sense.  Let’s look at a few of these common-sense steps and some additional ways you can protect your self and site. Secure Passwords This is a common warning.  Nevertheless, the vast majority of passwords are anything but secure.  Studies have found that there are a large number of “default” passwords used.  These include …

Consulting Strategies

The Importance of Communicating Status and Plans

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One of the best ways to control project success is to meet or exceed expectations.  One of the best ways to understand and impact expectations is through regular status and review.  Therefore, status reporting habits are an excellent way to improve the chances of success for your project. A Failure of Communicating Status I had an experience that has made me a firm believer in providing my clients with a weekly status.  In this case, the problem came from a …

Building Software

Contractors or Employees? Options for Growing Your Team

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In building a team one of the first questions that need to be answered is whether you will use contractors or employees.  Although this decision may be dictated by circumstances, it is important to recognize the pros and cons of each.  In the spirit of full disclosure, I have been a contractor for most of the last decade. Let’s look at the positives of employees first Loyalty used to be a huge plus for employees, but that seems to be …