I got this emailed to me as well – again, some good points.
22 WAYS TO STRIKE OUT WHEN INTERVIEWING

A recent survey was conducted among 150 companies to discover why a candidate who is capable of handling a job is not hired. The responses all relate to [...]

I got this emailed to me and it’s got some good points….

TWENTY GOOD ANSWERS TO HELP YOU MASTER EVEN THE MOST GRUELING EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW

Most people make two devastating mistakes when they are being questioned in an interview. First, they fail to listen to the question. [...]

Weekly Challenges 1/25/08

Here’s this week’s weekly challenges…

Cognos GL Datamart planning- Cognos 8.1 vs upgrading to 8.3- Positives are performance and administration enhancements- Business case for datamart is to improve performance- Adds risk of missing timeline as 8.3 changes touch everythingETL changes moved to QA- Everything involved in our ETL was touched from DTS packages, to Cognos packages [...]

Weekly Challenges 1/18/08

1. Changed Mail server for all SQL2005 servers and script that creates it2. Data pull for auditors from JDE- Streamlined process and optimized- Went from taking 4 hours to 15 minutes3. Template created to direct users to our ticketing system4. Teleforms issue – SQL updates with data moved around and mapped [...]

Cognos Launch Event

Tonight I attended the launch event of Cognos version 8.3. It exceeded my expectations as 8.3 has some really big advances in administration. This alone is a reason to upgrade in my book.

The other cool piece was the number of people I knew and met at this event. There were 81 attendees. [...]

Key Questions to answer in the OnBase design process

Where?

a. Disk Groups

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Weekly Challenges 1/11/08

OnBase Traing all week- Put on by eDocument Resources- Day 1- Day 2- Day 3- Day 4- Day 5- Acronym’s and Terms used- Overview and key design time questionsFires put out during breaks in class and at lunch.

OnBase Training – Day 5

- Test, but not for a certification- 3 hour test with a business case- Things went fine

OnBase Training – Day 4

Module 5 – OnBase Workflow Client- Client can be customized – keep in mind that screen space is at a premium- Load balancing can help get data to users- Can set properties on a document for load balancing ease- Add -WFTRACE switch to client to help troubleshoot – note you can trace to screen or [...]

OnBase Training – Day 3

Module 4 – OnBase Workflow Configuration- Workflow is the document routing system- Life Cycle is the process- Queue a stop point and a place where work is performed- Transition is routing to the next queue- Load balancing allows work to be distributed- Four types of work1. System work2. User Work3. Ad Hock [...]