Maestro*Liaison October 2009
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The year 2009 has brought its share of bad surprises on the economic front. The list is extensive: An unprecedented financial crisis, a recession, major concerns about the automobile industry and manufacturing sector in general, increasing costs for raw materials, increasing unemployment, etc. For its part, the construction industry was not spared, particularly in the commercial and residential sectors. by Pierre Lanteigne
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Procrastination.... ring any bells? It is a term used to describe the tendency to systematically put things off until tomorrow. First of all, I have to admit that I don’t really like this word that shouts out at me and, even worse, is difficult to pronounce. This very descriptive word has existed for a long time.
by Alain Desjardins
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If you are like me, you probably have the impression that as time goes on, computers get more powerful, but you wait longer for them to react to your commands. There is something quite paradoxical in that your super Pentium Quad-Core with 8 GB of RAM takes 10 minutes to start up, whereas your old 80386 with Windows 3.1 started up almost instantaneously. Several factors have a direct impact on performance. by Michel Fisette
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To properly understand the evolution of processors, you have to go back as far as 1965. At that time, transistors were not yet 20 years old, microprocessors were at the project stage and Intel didn’t exist yet. That was when Gordon Moore, the young director at Fairchild Semiconductor, discovered an astonishing fact. by Michel Fisette
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Companies today are primarily managed by projects. These include projects to improve management, quality, computer tools and others. It must be said that a project without a leader is bound to fail. The execution of these projects, and particularly their success, therefore requires the involvement of a project manager. How do you choose the right person? What skills must he have and master? by Marie-Josée Lafond
