<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Soller thoughts &#187; App Support thoughts</title>
	<atom:link href="http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/category/app-support-thoughts/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk</link>
	<description>A &#039;clever&#039; blog of a &#039;free&#039; mind</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:04:08 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Managing risks in Operations &amp; Production Support environment..</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/03/30/managing-risks-in-operations-production-support-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/03/30/managing-risks-in-operations-production-support-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[production support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk taking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/03/30/managing-risks-in-operations-production-support-environment/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Managing risks in a production environment, that is making money for customers, is extremely essential. However, most often, due to the unpredictable nature of the production support or operations management work, the fear of unknown increases drastically. More often than not, for an operations analyst or a production support analyst every day is a new [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/03/30/managing-risks-in-operations-production-support-environment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Moving to IT Operations 2.0? &#8211; Using Web 2.0, for managing 24&#215;7 IT operations</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/02/moving-to-it-operations-2-0/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/02/moving-to-it-operations-2-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[24x7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mission critical work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teamwork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/02/moving-to-it-operations-2-0/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you manage the teams that work 24&#215;7 across the shifts? Especially on 12 hour/day shift and 4 days/week model? If yes, then I would really be interested to know how manage to have team meetings and to the team collectively? Getting everyone together for a briefing, team meeting, gathering, round table etc., has been [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2010/02/02/moving-to-it-operations-2-0/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8230; and the reward goes to ..?</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/09/14/and-the-reward-goes-to/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/09/14/and-the-reward-goes-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recognition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommendation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rewards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teamwork]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollers.wordpress.com/?p=507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ohh .. wait a minute ! This article has nothing to do with any award / reward function you would see on a television, cinema, but its more to do with the way awards and rewards are judged within an organization and how sometimes it puzzles me. Today, I had been to a rewards committee [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/09/14/and-the-reward-goes-to/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Taking ownership of tasks &#8211; when should you or when should you not?</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/08/25/taking-ownership-of-tasks-when-should-you-or-when-should-you-not/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/08/25/taking-ownership-of-tasks-when-should-you-or-when-should-you-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dilbert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommendation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scope of work]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollers.wordpress.com/?p=432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Its often expected by customers that the vendors take ownership and full accountability of the projects and related pitfalls. While on one hand its good to take ownership of the tasks in your project and deliver them on time, within budget and exceed expectations, its equally important to understand the remits and scope of your [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/08/25/taking-ownership-of-tasks-when-should-you-or-when-should-you-not/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Using &#8216;twitter&#8217; for better collaboration within IT project teams ..</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/06/03/using-twitter-for-better-collaboration-within-it-project-teams/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/06/03/using-twitter-for-better-collaboration-within-it-project-teams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microblogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teamwork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollers.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/using-twitter-for-better-collaboration-within-it-project-teams/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, during one of my team review meetings, one of my colleagues raised an idea of having a chat server hosted on intranet to allow the team members collaborate with each other for issuing and requesting updates on various incidents, problems and their progresses. A good idea to have one chat server, but few team [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/06/03/using-twitter-for-better-collaboration-within-it-project-teams/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Customer care &#8211; Dilbert way !</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/05/29/customer-care-dilbert-way/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/05/29/customer-care-dilbert-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dilbert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humour]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollers.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/customer-care-dilbert-way/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s Dilbert comic strip is really awesome and how apt it is for people who work in support &#38; maintenance projects to try this in their work !! Lol !! &#160;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/05/29/customer-care-dilbert-way/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Adopting technology for automating business usual work in support .. still reluctance?</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/18/adopting-technology-for-automating-business-usual-work-in-support-still-reluctance/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/18/adopting-technology-for-automating-business-usual-work-in-support-still-reluctance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech ideas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollers.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/adopting-technology-for-automating-business-usual-work-in-support-still-reluctance/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So frustrating … ? Isn’t it ? I do not know why in the world I see people doing the same and same jobs such as health check of system, carrying out scheduled maintenance &#38; housekeeping jobs and not thinking of automation.&#160; I find that kind of stuff really boring, frustrating and irritating if someone [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/18/adopting-technology-for-automating-business-usual-work-in-support-still-reluctance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Practical problem &amp; incident management</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/17/practical-problem-incident-management/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/17/practical-problem-incident-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incident management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollers.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/practical-problem-incident-management/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I found this few days ago while surfing on the net and liked it very much really. In all honesty its nothing but the truth in today’s scenario of problem management and incident management. Sometimes this is exactly what happens ! Unsure of who is the author but cool work here !]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/17/practical-problem-incident-management/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Managing the self inflicted incidents &#8211; why its important and how you avoid it?</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/16/managing-the-self-inflicted-incidents-why-its-important-and-how-you-avoid-it/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/16/managing-the-self-inflicted-incidents-why-its-important-and-how-you-avoid-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incident management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommendations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollers.wordpress.com/?p=293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote quite a few articles recently on Incident Management and you can find all of them here.&#160; In this article I am trying to put my thoughts on the incidents that are categorized as “Self inflicting” or “invited incidents” (henceforth SIIs) and how to protect / prevent them from occurring. Self inflicting incidents that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/16/managing-the-self-inflicted-incidents-why-its-important-and-how-you-avoid-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Incident checklists &#8211; why one should have it &amp; how one should prepare it</title>
		<link>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/11/incident-checklists-why-one-should-have-it-how-one-should-prepare-it/</link>
		<comments>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/11/incident-checklists-why-one-should-have-it-how-one-should-prepare-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swapnil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[App Support thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incident management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommendations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sollers.wordpress.com/?p=285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote few weeks ago about how you can manage the incidents effectively. The post is available here for your reading. I mentioned there about the Detect Diagnose Resolve framework and how you can use it to effectively to manage the incidents. It is very important to quickly detect the incident cause when you are [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/11/incident-checklists-why-one-should-have-it-how-one-should-prepare-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

