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    10/29/2008

    他乡有故知

    终于下雪了 一看到雪我就很兴奋
    因为我长大的地方雪不多
    说道家乡
    我有很多好朋友都是和我一起在那个地方长大的
    其中有一哥们 初中以后就很少见面了
    不过一直保持联系
    很多朋友 一旦不在同一个环境下生活
    很快就没有了共同语言 再见面的时候也是相觑无语
    很多朋友就是这样失去的
    但是这个哥们例外
    打小儿 我们没有什么特别的共同点
    除了都是男性 都有一点叛逆。。。
    记得暑上假培训班
    他去的是计算机和小提琴
    我去的是书法和篮球
    虽然初中毕业以后我们一年中也就见几面
    但是每次都一见如故
    就算我们现在相距半个地球
    通Email的时候 感觉就像以前一样
    再说就有点gay 了。。。
    反正在这个寒风萧萧 白雪飘零的
    社会环境与自然环境的双重冬天
    还没有正式工作的我一点也不觉得孤独无助
     
    10/16/2008

    Case Study

    Day 1
    Business Analyst: Dee, could you have a look at this problem in accounting appplication please?
    Me: Sure!
     
    Day 2
    I wrote an email to the end user:
    "Dear user, could you give me a description about how you input those data? It seems that you chose the incorrect currency."
     
    A week later...
     
    Day 9
    Accountant: Dee, when could you fix the problem?
    Me: As soon as the user who inputed those data email me back, I could figure out where the problem is.
     
    Day 10
    Accountant: Dee, when could you fix the problem?
    Me: As soon as the user who inputed those data email me back, I could figure out where the problem is.
     
    Day 11
    Accountant: Dee, when could you fix the problem?
    Me: As soon as the user who inputed those data email me back, I could figure out where the problem is.
     
    Day 12
    Financial Analyst: Dee, come to my office at 10:00.
     
    Day 12 10:00AM - Financial Analyst's Office
    Me: I wrote a program temporarily solve the problem, but I am not sure if it could be applied to other business process.
    Financial Analyst: Hmmm... Oh yes, this is a recently added new business...Let us have a meeting with Financial Manager tomorrow.
     
    Day 13 9:00AM - Financial Manager's Office
    Financial Analyst: We have a new business process, the current program cannot handle it.
    Financial Manager: Dee, could describle for me how the current program calculate these numbers?
    Me: A plus B and then times currency exchange rate C in that month......
    Financial Manager: All right, could modify the formula to A plus B and then times currency exchange rate D in that month?
    Me: Sure, no problem.
     
    Day 13 11:00AM
    Me: I have modified the calculation logic, please test the new program.
     
    Day 14
    Accountant and Financial Analyst: Now the report looks consistent and correct. Please transfer this program to Production.
    IT Manager: Nice job, Dee.
    10/13/2008

    亨利-法约尔和哈罗德-孔茨

    记得大学本科一年级上 管理学 的时候
    上了一学期 就记得法约尔和孔茨这两个人
    其他的基本都忘干净了
    但是有一个概念 叫 “教科书案例管理法”
    现在还记得
    说的好像是有一派管理学家主张用教科书案例来实践管理
    以前觉得  这不是教条主义吗?
    现在工作了才发现
    如果公司真的能强制贯彻实行教科书案例
    也就是所谓的 best practice
    那这个公司可以飞一般的成长为一个成功企业
    而且这也不是不可能的

    大部分IT project 相关的课程上
    老师都会反复强调documentation的重要性
    他们几十年的工作经历告诉我们
    多花一点点时间做好documentation
    将来能省下大量的时间和精力
    遗憾的是很多人都知道这个真理
    但是很少人能做到
    能做到的都是成功者
    随便在网上搜索一下project documentation的template
    不是IBM 就是美国军方的contractor 编写的

    也许我涉世未深
    反正 我觉得要把一个小企业做成功并不是很难
    跟着书上的best practice 学就好了