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Oracle Tips by Burleson |
Organization and Planning
Are work tasks addressed in a structured manner?
Does planning and preparation occur prior to the actual implementation
phase of work assignments? Are assignments completed in line with IT,
management, and company priorities? Does the employee anticipate needs
and potential problems?
The Loose-Cannon Story
Who hasn’t encountered the IT professional who is
known as the proverbial “loose-cannon”? Take, for example, an employee
who could not focus on any one item for any length of time before her
mind would wander off onto something else. This scenario even played
out in the middle of conversations. Anyone conversing with her would
continually have to pull the individual back to the original
conversation and repeat questions that weren’t answered before the
subject changed.
Her work was just as disorganized as her thought
patterns. Plans or checklists were never compiled for work assignments
and follow up documentation
was a struggle to extract.
This lack of organization and planning caused
tasks to be lost through the cracks and mistakes to be made in
implementation. Many times it was suggested that she slow down and
take more time to think the process through, and document the process
and plan. Unfortunately she was never able to focus her efforts in a
productive way and she ended up quitting her job when she realized she
was about to be canned.
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