Archive for January, 2006

still here

Monday, January 30th, 2006

learning a lot though. quality process has many similarities across industries. what are the defects? which one(s) we should solved quickly? what is cause - effect relationship? how to translate customer’s view into specification?

amazing and challenging!

pmbok offers quite simple model. but what about software engineering? so many points to control and measure. reminds me of my colleague saying: most complex project are software development projects.

hey! don’t expect to find the answer here. I am still searching.

complex world

Monday, January 30th, 2006

it’s a complex world.

that’s why we need to create models.

that’s why we need to collect data and do the analysis.

that’s why we can not rely on mere rationale.

that’s why God gives use sense and judgement.

that’s why I got confused.

that’s why some of us can not sleep tight at weekends.

that’s why I write this piece of blog.

hehehehe… good night there! peace be with you.

Idioms

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Lagi seneng dengan idiom….

When in Rome (do as the Romans do)

A piece of cake

Absence makes the heart grows fonder

Against the clock

Are we on the same page?

Great minds think alike!

Turn the other cheek.

Rome was not built in one day.

The apple of my eye.

The devil is in the details.

Read between the lines.

wrong people at the wrong place

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Gosh.. if you place the wrong people at the wrong place.. and that people have to work with me..

There are two, well… I have to admit there are three possibilities of the result I foresee in case I have to work with this guy.

First, "we are not at the same page". He just don’t have enough experience to be my counterpart. We will facing long discussions. The team would become unproductive.

Second,  "look, that what I’ve said before" ("gua bilang juga apa"). In case this sentence come up, I think I would be witholding my ideas, thoughts, and plans. It’s a matter of appreciation and respect. Take that from me, and I will be blocked. The team would become unproductive.

Third, hopefully, we can succeed doing these all. But this would become proof that my judgement is wrong.

Kathleen Casey Theisen

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it.

no big deal

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Lama nggak ngisi blog nih. So what? No big deal.

Pikiran penuh dengan pekerjaan. Ini dan itu, banyak yang tidak selesai. Mungkin sudah jadi ciri khas di tempat ini. Bukan sesuatu yang bagus, bukan juga sesuatu yang buruk. Eh, buruk sih. Setidaknya menurutku sih buruk. Kenapa? Karena pekerjaan banyak yang tidak selesai. Tergantung dalam pikiran. Masih sebatas ide-ide yang realisasinya jauh lebih sukar daripada menulisnya. Padahal menulisnya pun belum juga selesai.

Baru pada tahapan berpikir, sudah mesti ditinggalkan karena ada yang lain yang mesti ditangani. Jadinya bergerak ke sana ke sini, tapi di situ-situ saja. Artinya berputar-putar saja dong? Lha ya iya. Lha kenapa? Ya karena manajemen waktu dan sumber daya yang lain belum bagus. Belum terarah. Atau, memang sedang panas-panasnya di level konsep sementara operasional pun mesti berjalan.

Kalau mau dibilang bagus, ya di sisi itulah bagusnya. Banyak potensial yang bisa terwujud. Dan jika yang namanya potensial itu terwujud, bisa berlipat kali hasilnya daripada yang ada sekarang.

Tapi apapun bagus atau tidak bagus, yang aku rasakan seperti berada di tengah lautan ide, isu, rencana, argumen, tugas. Segala hal pemikiran yang di awang-awang campur baur dengan hal-hal yang realistis.

Jam ini, menit ini harus mengerjakan yang mana? Pilih saja salah satu yang sedang mengapung di dekatmu. Salah pilih akibatnya ya berputar-putar tadi. Salah tembak mengakibatkan benda-benda yang mengapung makin banyak. Makin tenggelam. Salah tembak lagi, makin banyak lagi. Terus, kalau sudah kebanyakan, akhirnya menyerah :-)

Lha… kayak video game saja nih.

Nah… kalau apungannya sudah banyak sekali, bagaimana sempat mikirin yang personal? Kapan sempet isi blog?

Lha, kok sekarang sempet yah? Oh iya. Lha ya sempet aja, ini jadinya masalah mood management, masalah acceptance. Kalau memang nggak bisa selesai sekarang, apa mau dipaksain terus dipikirkan, terus dikerjakan? Bisa-bisa nggak sempet berlibur, nggak sempet pacaran, nggak sempet mampir maen ke temen. Jadi ya terima saja. Kerjaan yang tidak pernah selesai. Sebagian akan jadi gaya hidup. Kemampuan untuk mengabaikan yang nggak penting akan jadi kunci sukses.

Hm, nanti segera menyusul juga kemampuan untuk mengabaikan yang penting :-)

Kemudian kemampuan untuk mengabaikan rasa bersalah :-)

Hehe… just joking. It’s a matter of management, it’s a matter of leadership. Doing what is right, what gives great impact. At this time, it looks hard. Another look at the past, you will see there are no big differences. The same old story with a bit variation.

Nulis apa sih gua ini… entah deh… Cuma pengin nulis setelah lama nggak nulis aja kok.