FEATURED ARTICLE:

So You Want to be Manager of the Year

“You’ve been selected to be a project manager (or you want to be) and you want to be a success. Here are ten rules to help you be selected as Manager of the Year or the equivalent in your organization.

1. Hire good people. Having good people makes being a successful manager easy. Be selective. Personality and attitude sometimes are more important than experience or skills. And even mediocre employees can be improved with patience, training and effort on your part. But that requires time and work on your part.
2. Give them the tools that they need. A carpenter cannot build much without the right tools. The same goes for any employee. If it is a good computer and the right software - get it. If it is a certain piece of equipment - get it. Get them whatever they need, and I emphasize need, not want. Training is one of those tools, too. Frustration on the part of an employee who cannot do his or her job because of a lack of tools can destroy morale and productivity. It may cost money to get the tools and training, but it pays off in the end. Remember that a penny saved can cost you a dollar later.”

Find out the other eight at: http://www.projectmagazine.com/v6i1/man_year1.html

Working on my timesheet Program

Back when I was working on my book, I wrote some code to be a timetracker / timesheet asp.net program.  I wanted to use that as the basis for the code examples in my book, but with consulting, I just flat out ran out of time and was not able to finish it and make it a real live running application.  I have had an opportunity to sit down over the last few weeks and actually turn this into a running asp.net program now and we are planning on using this with a customer.  The application is mostly an asp.net application.  I am planning on putting using webservices to allow customers to access some information so that they may read their information.  First, I need to finish up the admin side so that an admin user can create bills for customers and their projects.

Wally

Are You Motivated By Challenge?

“Businesspeople are motivated to go to work each day by more than just the money they make. In fact, about four-fifths of senior executives and managers say it is the challenge that motivates them, followed by pride in their job and responsibility.

“Compensation is rated as the number four motivator, based on a nationwide survey of senior executives and managers conducted by NFI Research. However, these same executives and managers say that compensation is the number one motivator for those who work for them, followed by people they work with and pride in their jobs.”

Read more at: http://www2.darwinmag.com/read/feature/aug05_challenge.cfm

Our Best Timesheet Advice for Today:

Editor's Note on Timesheet Product Selection :

Evaluating the best timesheet product in the market will not be an easy job. There are numerous timesheet products ot timesheet software to chose from. Our suggestion is look first into your company's objectives - why do we need a timesheet? who are the users of the timesheet? what are the problems that the timesheet keeping system will solve? how much are we willing to spend to get the best time keeping product in the market today?
We hope that this website can you some perspective on this timesheet issue. We won't be recommending what timesheet software to buy and what not to buy. Our purpose will be to provide you with relevant timesheet news, information and data that might help you in your decision making process of whether you should buy a timesheet system or not. Or if you do decide to buy a time tracking application, what are the options available in the market today.
You can find the most useful timesheet resources above, study themn first and all the best to you!