Valued Leadership and Technology

For updates to the ROM -

http://www.android.gs/update-galaxy-ace-s5830-official-gingerbread-2-3-6-value-pack-xwktq/

http://www.android.gs/update-galaxy-ace-gingerbread-xwkpy-2-3-6/

What a great blog:

http://vaughanmerlyn.com/tag/project-management/

Awkward is good. It means we have something to learn from each other.

While watching the recent conflict in Syria carry on, I wonder if misinformation is being purposefully delivered in order to effectively engage in the conflict via military means.

After reading an article in The Independent newspaper from 8/12/12 about the UN currently trying to understand the legitimacy of a chemical weapons threat, I now understand that the current piece of information being toted in western media of Syria using chemical weapons in the 80s or 90s is not accurate. However, this has a powerful message of persuading general populations to accept without academic scrutiny what is truth.

I accept that this is a potentially powerful method and can be used repeatedly on extremely large scales.  However, this does bankrupt the ‘moral bank account’ of trust over time which comes with its own set of problems.

Speaking of moral bank accounts;  In the same issue of The Independent is a full page advert from Starbucks apologizing to its UK customers for its tax behaviour (though not necessarily breaking laws).  Going further it reasserts itself as a morally sound corporation that will strive to do better than what it now does.  This to me is a first in a way (and is different from service-based corporations) which I hope sets an example for others to follow, and start to prioritize moral obligations above shareholder interest which is devoid of humanitarian obligations.  How can we explain this to children that this is a good thing?  Apply misinformation?

Since undertaking a leadership programme, I often question whether having an adaptable style works as effectively as having a singular style.

I have noticed that those with a singular style which many people are prone to rely on.  So long as there is competent management in place to chose an appropriate leadership style this would be adequate.  Thus far I have noticed what tends to happen is a successful manager with a particular style will be moved on to various projects where teams may not respond as well to particular styles of leadership.

That said, much of the risk that comes with leadership is sometimes eschewed in preference of personal gain by playing situations safe.  In my experience this can undermine much larger strategic movements in large organisations where various models become much more apt, such as the McKinsey S7, compared to the Lewsin 3-step change model.

Are you able to access project server from a client machine, but not on the server itself?

Disable the loopback checking:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
3. Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.
4. Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.1.2.

Thank you to http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/5574/i-cant-login-to-sharepoint-2010-whats-wrong

We recently had a user with a timesheet issue.  Previously this had been caused by corrupted tasks, and that gets resolved by finding them through a query like so:

 

USE projectserver_published
SELECT MSP_PROJECTS.PROJ_NAME,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.TASK_NAME,
MSP_RESOURCES.RES_NAME,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.ASSN_UID,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.PROJ_UID,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.TASK_UID,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.RES_UID
FROM MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED INNER JOIN
MSP_PROJECTS ON MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.PROJ_UID =
MSP_PROJECTS.PROJ_UID INNER JOIN
MSP_RESOURCES ON MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.RES_UID = MSP_RESOURCES.RES_UID
WHERE (NOT EXISTS
(SELECT TASK_UID
FROM MSP_TASKS_SAVED
WHERE (TASK_UID = MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.TASK_UID)))

Unfortuneately this did not resolve our user’s problem.  What did help though, was doing a search for tasks with a messed up start or finish date (null value), by using the below query and republishing the projects:


select a.assn_uid, a.proj_uid, a.task_uid, p.proj_name, t.task_name, a.assn_start_date, a.assn_finish_date, t.task_start_date, t.task_finish_date
from dbo.msp_projects as p inner join dbo.msp_assignments as a
on p.proj_uid = a.proj_uid inner join dbo.msp_tasks as t
on a.task_uid = t.task_uid
where assn_start_date is null

That’s it, issue resolved!  A big thanks to Joseph Cook the original poster of this solution.

The below query should list out corrupted tasks:

 

SELECT MSP_PROJECTS.PROJ_NAME,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.TASK_NAME,
MSP_RESOURCES.RES_NAME,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.ASSN_UID,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.PROJ_UID,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.TASK_UID,
MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.RES_UID
FROM MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED INNER JOIN
MSP_PROJECTS ON MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.PROJ_UID =
MSP_PROJECTS.PROJ_UID INNER JOIN
MSP_RESOURCES ON MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.RES_UID = MSP_RESOURCES.RES_UID
WHERE (NOT EXISTS
(SELECT TASK_UID
FROM MSP_TASKS_SAVED
WHERE (TASK_UID = MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.TASK_UID)))

These need removal or fixing and the project should be republished

This free test appears to be quite reliable:  http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

What does my personality type mean?  Or others?

http://www.russellrowe.com/Myers-Briggs%20Typology%20System.htm

Another chart of compatiblity between MBTs:  http://www.socionics.com/rel/relcht.htm

Update:  A friend of mine suggested some alternative personality profile research to read up on is

http://www.lmolnar.com/business-work/open-source-document-management-systems/

So far I am looking at

http://www.doxbox.ca/

http://www.openkm.com/en/buy-now/cloud-request.html

http://www.docmgr.org/

 http://sourceforge.net/projects/ezimdms/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/doveman/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/krystaldms/?source=directory

http://sourceforge.net/projects/logicaldoc/?source=directory