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Deadlines

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We all have to live with deadlines, either they may be personal or business one’s.

The funny things with deadlines are that we all know we have them, we often set them up by ourselves and yet they have the force to really stress one up til madness. The most common deadline to be broken is the one you set for yourself. And the more shallow the reason the sooner and easier it is for us to break them, and no harm done, don’t get me wrong. But what this post is truly about are the deadlines that actually cause stress and problems for others that should be eliminated orĀ at leastĀ minimized.

The thing with business deadlines are that they certainly affects others, either you want or not. So how could deadline respect be lifted from the gutter it has ended in lately?

deadline2The one to crack this will mostĀ probablyĀ be veryĀ successfulĀ and rich, and further more well liked in he’s/her’s work community. One of the problemsĀ theseĀ days are that the deadlines are strained to the limit and they push people to the edge. Time is money and therefore deadlines are set in my opinion too close for the end result to be satisfactory for everybody. When the project time is set to be too short it as good as always means that some corners are drawn straight which means the faults may be hidden as the end result is presented, but sooner or later they will be revealed.

The case the triggered this post for me today was a project i have been working on long days and even on weekends, just so that i would reach the customer set result by a deadline that was known to be idiotic. Well as a worker i have high expectations Ā on myself and the result i present. So this time i worked hard and including bending the rules toĀ achieveĀ the customer set goal. And so came the day today when the deadline was reached at 11:45am. I presented the result earlier during the morning and i transferred it to the production environment as agreed. 11:48am the customer sent me an email telling me not to move it to the production environment and that we would check the situation again nextĀ noonday. Meaning that they moved the deadline by them self, without a apology, or even a reason on why the wanted did this.

Cases like this really angers me and as soon as i heard the news my interest and urge to please the customer dropped like a stone. WhyĀ doesn’t the customer respect their own deadlines. I would like to know what kind of problems this resulted at their own end as the end-users should have had a seminar from 12am to 5pm where this was to be presented. Now as the order not to go live with was told to me there was nothing to present to the end users.Ā deadline

Well, at the end the problem is not mine. When the command to go live reaches me i just have to do one simple thing and everything is set. As i did reach the goals for what the project was set for, there wont be any changes made anymore. So, when to go command comes i just launch the result and the customer will have to explainĀ themselvesĀ to their bosses.

But it’s still very annoying and sad that these things happens over and over again all over the business world. šŸ˜¦

 

New work week.

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So it’sĀ MondayĀ again and a new business week has started. Nice!

This week is going to be a normal 5 day week. Because ofĀ EasterĀ holidays and other reasonsĀ I’veĀ had shorter weeks for the past 3 weeks. That has resulted in more stress, longer days at the office and undone tasks. As the weeks are now normal i hope to get some undone things moved to the done pile andĀ alsoĀ get started on new. But the best part is that i’m on a good moodĀ all thou it’s Monday. I wrote in Swedish a little while back about the issue of being tired at your work and just cursing about it instead of making a change, and as a shorter version of that blog post i just have to say here that i cant understand people who justĀ won’t do anything to fix the problem.

If you ain’t happy about the situation you just shouldn’t complain and make everybody around you unhappy and irritated with your unsatisfied situation. You should try to remind yourself that negative thoughts affects others twice as fast as happy and hasĀ almost twice of the effect. And Ā a good thing to also remember is that happy people areĀ always nicer to be around then grumpy and whining counterparts.

The weekend went fast, and not everything is going as smooth as we would have hoped with my better half, or should i say with our daughter. We suspect that the sweet potato she has been eating for little under a week has cause her stomach ache. She has been very at uneasy and also seems to have had pain. It escalated to the point yesterday that we had to give her a painkiller to calm her down. Surely, a moment after we gave it to her she calm down a lot and at the time of 9:15 pm she fell asleep.

We now agreed at home that we should change her diet to something else and decided on cauliflower. Hopefully that wont case her so much unease and she will return to the happy little girl she is. šŸ™‚

Other things this week that’s pretty fun is the semifinals in the ladies league in handball here in Finland, and also the starting of men’s quarterfinals. On the ladies side there’s one semifinal left and thats played to day where Dicken from Helsinki meets GrIFK from Kauniainen. As the situation is 2-2 in matches the match today will decide who of the two goes to the finals against HIFK. The looser from this game will go to bronze match against BK-46 from Karjaa. On the men’s side the quarterfinals starts this week and that’s always fun to follow. Mostly because my old team has gone threw and will meet BK-46. The same club they have gone up against the last 4 years. Earlier years Atlas has won but this year i think the matches will be much more even. And i wouldn’t be surprised if all 5 matches are needed to decide who will go onward to the semifinals.

More on the issue of the men’s quarter and semi finals on Swedish later on.

JƤƤkiekkoa, ny mĆ„nad and a good work week.

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  • Aloitan kertomalla heti ettƤ tƤssƤ postissa tulee kolmea kieltƤ, joten toivottavasti pysyt kƤrryillƤ.
  • Jag bƶrjar med att skriva att alla mina talade och skrivna sprĆ„k kommer i en blogpost
  • I’le start with telling the fact that all my spoken languages will be used in this post.

JƤƤkiekkko

TƤnƤƤn tuli sitten se odotettu pƤƤtƶs SM-liigan kurinpitoryhmƤlle, ja mielenkiintoista tietoa sieltƤ sitten tulikin. Aikasemmin viikolla saimme tietƤƤ ettƤ Summanen sai rangaistuksen 5 ottelua toimitsijakieltoa sekƤ HIFK seurana sai vielƤ 10 000,- sakkoa. TƤmƤ vaikutti minulle jo silloin aika kovalta tuomiolta, joka sai pelolla odottamaan Nordlundin tuomiota. Odotin ettƤ nyt tulee kovia tuomioita jolla yritetƤƤn pelottaa niin pelaajat, toimitsijat kuin seuratkin takaisin ruotuun.

No mikƤ oli sitten Jokerit pelaaja Nordlundin tuomio, se oli niinkin laimea kuin 2 ottelun pelikielto, eikƤ siinƤ vielƤ pahin, vaan tuomio tuli “kohtuuttoman kova peli” nimikkeellƤ…siis MITƄ?

Eli taklaus oli kurinpitoryhmƤn mukaan puhdas, mutta SM-liigan johto oli sitƤ mieltƤ ettƤ annetaan nyt kuitenkin kaverille jotain koska kaikki huutaa niin kovaa, myƶs sponsorit. Ei kuulkaa, eihƤn se nƤin voi mennƤ. Vaikka Jokerit fani olen niin eihƤn tuossa nyt ole pƤƤtƤ eikƤ hƤntƤƤ. Tuomioiden julkistamisen jƤlkeen niin myrsky on ollut valtaisa, ja uutisia tulee asiassa enemmƤn kuin mikƤƤn webmasteri on aikoinaan osannut odottaa.

Se joka tilanteessa on hieman huvittavaa on se ettƤ nyt kun tuomiot on annettu, niin eikƶ se yleensƤ ole niin ettƤ joku on edes hiljaa ja tyytyvƤinen tilanteessa?

TƤllƤ kertaa nƤin ei ole, Jokerit valittaa koska heidƤn mielestƤ tƤmƤ kahden ottelun kielto on symboolisesti tƤysin tƤyttƤ paskaa, HIFK huutaa koska tuomiot eivƤt ole suhteutettuna millƤƤn tasolla reiluja, yleisƶ ja katsojat huuttaa, riippuen nyt leiristƤ, pelaajat valittaa ja media ei ole tyytyvƤinen. Kysymys kuuluukin, miten tilanne pitƤisi korjata? Jos liitto menee nyt muuttamaan tuomioita nƤyttƤvƤt ettƤ he eivƤt pysty tekemƤƤn pƤƤtƶstƤ ja pitƤmƤƤn siitƤ itse kiinni, vaan myƶtƤilevƤt vielƤ enemmƤn sitƤ mitƤ muut sanovat. Jos sen sijaan pitƤvƤt kiinni pƤƤtƶksestƤ he nƤyttƤvƤt ettƤ jo alkuunkin ottavat ohjailuja media/henkilƶsuhde/sponsori tai yhteistyƶ kumppaneilta/ tai muualta, eikƤ sƤƤntƶkirjaa tulkitsien.

En missƤƤn nimessƤ vƤitƤ tietƤvƤni tƤhƤn ratkaisua, mutta sen sanon ettƤ mielenkiinnolla odotan lopputulemaan, koska en usko hetkeƤkƤƤn ettƤ tƤmƤ tƤhƤn loppui. šŸ™‚

Muutama linkki vielƤ tƤhƤn aiheeseen:

En ny mƄnad

Det Ƥr fredag, och Ƥven fƶrsta dagen av en ny mƄnad. TƤnk, vi Ƥr redan inne i Mars. Skoj tycker jag fƶr det betyder att vi gƄr vidare mot sommaren, vilket betyder att det snart bƶrjar betyda sommarstƤlle tider. VƤntar med iver att fƄ Ƅka ut till holmen. Men det att en ny mƄnad betyder ocksƄ att det Ƥr dags att kolla in lite statistik hur det gƄr med skrivande. fƶr att nu pƄminna lite om hur det var efter Januari sƄ lƤs fƶljande:

Februari har bƶrjat och dags fƶr fƶrsta koll, att har det blivit till ngt av bloggande. Fast ā€œhistorikenā€ Ƥr bara en mĆ„nad sĆ„ kan man sƤga att den kanske inte nĆ„dde riktigt sĆ„ hƶgt som jag tƤnkt mig vad gƤller post aktivitet. I januari blev det totalt 11 posts, delvis kanske de blev lƤngre post Ƥn jag tƤnkte mig. men hade nog ƶnskat att nĆ„ en 50% skriv antal aktivitet. Menande dĆ„ att januari har 31 dagar sĆ„ minst 15 bloggningar. :/

SƄ hur ser det ut nu dƄ?

Det blev 11 poster i februari. 28 dagar i mĆ„naden, vilket betyder att det borde blivit 14st poster. Med kort matematik kan vi fast stƤlla att inte heller i Februari klarade jag av mitt mĆ„l pĆ„ 50%. Det blev fast pĆ„ sĆ„ lite som 3st poster. SĆ„ nƤra, men aj sĆ„ lĆ„ngt ifrĆ„n ƤndĆ„. šŸ™‚

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Om man dock vill vara glad sĆ„ blev det iaf inte sƤmre. šŸ˜‰
Men nu skall jag nog fƶrsƶka fƶrbƤttra mig med skrivandet och som motivator kan jag nƤmna att jag aktiverat mig starkt pƄ Twitter fƶr att lƤra mig skriva korta snabba inlƤgg. Samtidigt har jag Ƥven mƤrkt att jag blivit lite taggad av Twitter och hittar mig mera och mera fƶlja med vad som hƤnder dƤr, kanske lite mera Ƥn pƄ Facebook som jag tidigare anvƤnt klart mest. MƄste ƤndƄ medge att vad kommer Twitter Ƥr jag en riktigt enormt stor nybƶrjare dƤr. Finns sƄ mycke jag inte fƶrstƄr eller kan utnyttja, men det blir bƤttre.

Men nu dƄ Mars, fƶrsƶker febrilt komma pƄ vad som skulle vara sƄ speciellt med Mars men det stƄr tyvƤrr lite still. Kanske jag kommer pƄ det senare och dƄ skriver jag in det hƤr.

A good work week

This week has been a hectic and intresting. The start of the week was so filled with tasks and meetings that i really didnt have much time to think that much, just needed to perform. The good side was by my oppinion that i did perform and alot was solved, created and investigated in. That made it possible to participate in a Sharepoint 2013 course that was arranged at the office, and wich i got in to. The course and education was partly meant for me as i’m the back-up for the knowledge management manager at our company, and i do help him in the day to day tasks, alltho not that much at the moment as i have so much of my own work.

The teacher in this course was Jussi Roine, a Sharepoint certified Master with the ability to answer any question thrown at him without hesitation. Like i told my fiancƩ at home after the first day i could the you the same.

I know i’m above a normal Sharepoint user in my knowledge about Sharepoint, but at times as i experienced during the course i felt tiny as a mouse with my so called “knowledge” what comes to SP. What i liked very much in Jussi was his ability to either talk in hardcore code language, OR in user friendly language. He could explain everything in atleast 3 sorts of ways, wich was the key that everyone at the place understood the things we went thru. The fun part was that there was nobody on our company that participated in this was near the expert level that Jussi posessed. And here i have been thinking that the members in our Microsoft team has been of the finest in Finland.

I’m not saying they are’nt, but the things and specially the knowledge Jussi posessed was impressing.

But to go into the product we were studying about, Sharepoint 2013 i must acknoledge that it truly is a versatile and large allround solution for document handling, intranet and extranet and so much more. I’ve seen Sharepoint as a type of a dinosaur of filesharing before, it has never been really specially good. Medium and maybe even a little more, but somehow i have had the feeling that “there has to be something better”. I’m not saying that there wouldnt be, either in pure filesharing and storing, or in intranet solutions. But the way Sharepoint 2013 moulds everything into one, that is impressing.

Allso the way Microsoft has melted everything together, and added new solutions on-top or besides the original tasks, that is suprisingly good. Like the social connector.

After the education i still had to do some of the workload that had piled on during theese two days for learning and it was’nt that bad. Actually it was nice to sit at the office with my manager and just work a while. As there was just the two of us, and no imidiate stress we could throw ideas and oppinions to eachother and i actually enjoyed working with him. We came to discuss things we normally doent do in during the office hours and he enabled me in a way i really didnt think he could.

I should try to get this kind of situations more often, that way i would learn about him and hopefully he about me. Because it’s noteworthy that we only worked for 2 months now together.