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If you’re a bootstrapped startup, turn to user-centered design to thrive during adversity

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We launched in 2007, right in the middle of the Great Recession, so external funding was not an option. I was lucky that our target users were software quality assurance professionals and project managers, and I was working for a company that did lots of project management and software testing.

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Arbisoft co-founder Yasser Bashir on building trust with early-stage startups

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Co-founded in 2007 by Yasser Bashir, Arbisoft falls on the larger end of the spectrum of software development partners that our readers have recommended in our ongoing survey. What started with three people in 2007 is now one of the most successful software companies in our region. Arbisoft is a manifestation of many of those ideas.

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Top 10 Project Management Mistakes You Should Avoid

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Top 10 Project Management Mistakes You Should Avoid I was recently studying the anatomy of failed/troubled projects and following came out as a learning. Starting project without 102% clarity (100% clarity on scope/technology and 2% knowledge of how you can add value).

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Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

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Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). But I have been doing people and project management for years. And I believe that management is about applying common sense. So, people management is applying common sense on common people. I’m not an MBA. Nor am I a writer. I have recently started blogging.

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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

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link] Michael Martinez This framework scales down very well to my area of focus, projects and project management. The use of a project vision is what many projects are missing. You and I are singing off the same sheet of music.

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Final Part: 7 Things Managers & Leaders Should Never Do

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Final Part: 7 Things Managers & Leaders Should Never Do I wrote earlier about “ 11 Things Project Managers & Leaders Should Never Do ” and then continued the chain of thoughts with another post titled “ 7 (More) Things Project Managers & Leaders Should Never Do.

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Managing Results by Defining “Deliverables” Early On

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Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Bonus: QAspire Blog was recently featured on Community of Program and Project Managers (PPM Community). Check out the feature.