{"id":5841,"date":"2013-04-12T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=5841"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:54:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:54:55","slug":"weekly-recap-15-most-coveted-programming-skills-why-it-projects-fail-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/weekly-recap-15-most-coveted-programming-skills-why-it-projects-fail-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: 15 most coveted programming skills, why IT projects fail, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on coveted programming skills, why IT projects fail, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130412_15CovetedProgrammingSkills_ProjectsFail']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/global-cio\/interviews\/why-tech-projects-fail-5-unspoken-reason\/240152282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Why tech projects fail: 5 unspoken reasons<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhy do tech projects fail? While I recently covered this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/why-development-projects-fail-and-what-can-it-do-about-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">topic from a development standpoint<\/span><\/a>, this article provides some additional insight for IT projects in general from the viewpoint of a longtime IT executive. It\u2019s well worth a read.<a name=\"20130409\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130412_15CovetedProgrammingSkills_Skills']); \" href=\"http:\/\/readwrite.com\/2013\/04\/09\/15-programming-skills-most-coveted-by-employers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">15 programming skills most coveted by employers<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nKeeping your skills current is one of the most difficult aspects of working in IT. Rapidly-changing tech trends demand that IT professionals pick up new skills at an ever-increasing pace. Unfortunately, this creates a problem for many companies. They need their current staff to maintain their current applications, but they can\u2019t afford to bring in the skills necessary for modern applications. If your company faces this problem, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/Strategy\/skills-gap.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">here\u2019s one way around it<\/span><\/a>.  Interestingly enough, m-Power can help you with the top 4.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">BYOD emerges as \u2018New Normal\u2019 for mobile generation<\/span><br \/>\nAt a recent tech conference, many attendees mentioned the same issue: Users want to use their own devices in the workplace. Our advice: Use mobile web apps. Why? They\u2019re simpler and more secure. One mobile web app works on all platforms, and doesn\u2019t store data on the device itself.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Top eight application performance landmines<\/span><br \/>\nSlow web applications can frustrate your users or even drive them away. 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