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STAR Power: The Structured Feedback System That Motivates, Develops and Makes Appraisals Actually Mean Something
markjc STAR Power: The Structured Feedback System That Motivates, Develops and Makes Appraisals Actually Mean Something

1 month ago

star, feedback, human-resources, coaching, appraisal, performance-management, people-cmm, team-motivation, star-ar, pharmaceutical

The Lightweight Laravel Workflow: Notepad++, Git Bash, and the Power of Aliases
markjc The Lightweight Laravel Workflow: Notepad++, Git Bash, and the Power of Aliases

1 month ago

laravel, git-bash, notepad-plus-plus, aliases, php-artisan, workflow, developer-productivity, git, composer, terminal, full-stack, claude

Running an Agile Project in MS Project: Gantt Charts, Slip Lines, and a Weekly Cadence
markjc Running an Agile Project in MS Project: Gantt Charts, Slip Lines, and a Weekly Cadence

1 month ago

ms-project, gantt-chart, slip-lines, agile, project-management, milestones, baseline, tracking-gantt, project-charter, stakeholder-register, risks-and-issues, progressive-elaboration, infrastructure-project, snagit, weekly-status

Confluence vs SharePoint: Choosing the Right Home for Your Documents
markjc Confluence vs SharePoint: Choosing the Right Home for Your Documents

1 month ago

confluence, sharepoint, document-management, atlassian, microsoft-365, jira, rovo, copilot, compliance, purview, knowledge-management, intranet, governance

From Heroics to Employer of Choice: Climbing the People Capability Maturity Model
markjc From Heroics to Employer of Choice: Climbing the People Capability Maturity Model

1 month ago

people-cmm, pcmm, capability-maturity-model, workforce-development, talent-management, organisational-maturity, competency-framework, employer-of-choice, performance-management, workforce-planning, sei, leadership, hr-strategy

From OCR to Agents: How Document Processing Actually Works in 2026
markjc From OCR to Agents: How Document Processing Actually Works in 2026

1 month ago

ai, document-processing, idp, ocr, llm, rag, multi-agent-systems, metadata-extraction, llamaindex, langchain, human-in-the-loop, agentic-ai, vector-database, automation

A Practical Map of Software Testing: From a Single Function to Live Production
markjc A Practical Map of Software Testing: From a Single Function to Live Production

1 month ago

testing, software-testing, unit-testing, integration-testing, regression-testing, uat, tdd, bdd, performance-testing, security-testing, accessibility, chaos-engineering, end-to-end, ci-cd, quality-assurance

MVP Over the Master Plan: Delivering Working Value When the Epic Is Too Big to Grasp
markjc MVP Over the Master Plan: Delivering Working Value When the Epic Is Too Big to Grasp

1 month ago

agile, scrum, mvp, databricks, medallion-architecture, incremental-delivery, vertical-slicing, product-owner, backlog, iceberg, itil, service-catalogue, service-pipeline, csi, service-retirement, data-engineering

From Markdown to Word: A Practical Guide to Pandoc on Windows 11
markjc From Markdown to Word: A Practical Guide to Pandoc on Windows 11

1 month ago

pandoc, markdown, microsoft-word, docx, windows-11, obsidian, command-line, document-conversion, plain-text, productivity