Personal Site of Sandro Schnapp

Microsoft Orleons – Up next as a playground for my adventure game

Up next is Microsoft Orleons: https://dotnet.github.io/orleans/ Let’s try the sample application of an adventure – My domain: https://dotnet.github.io/orleans/Documentation/tutorials_and_samples/Adventure.html Keep you posted for more.

Multitasking – Get rid of it asap!

Multitasking – Get rid of it asap Extract from the book “Agile Structures: Scaling Agility” by Angel Medinilla This means that multitasking is a myth, as is the “total productivity.” In his book Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking, Gerald Weinberg measured the performance of an individual working on several projects: compared to working with a single ...

Cultural Transformation to agile methods in government field

Cultural Transformation to agile methods in government field Extract from https://handbook.agilegovleaders.org/ Agile methods often require a fundamental shift in the way government agencies think and operate. Leaders must be willing to ‘let go’ of some control while teams must be willing to ‘step up’, collaborate productively, and take risks. It doesn’t happen overnight. Cultivating an ...

IEMBA Middle East Study Trip – Culture is key

IEMBA Middle East Study Trip – Culture is key In April 2018 I had the chance to visit the United Arab Emirates for a bit more than a week as part of the IEMBA program at ZHAW. The below content should present a short one-pager summary of the visit, giving some insights about doing business ...

Alibaba’s ambition to become a global player in cloud computing – Academic Paper

What’s it all about During my IEMBA studies a paper regarding cloud computing, with a special focus on the Chinese giant Alibaba, has been created. I’m happy to share those results here with the management summary and the direct download link to the complete paper. The paper has been submitted on 07.12.2017. Management Summary Digitization ...

From China with Love

From China with Love I’ve written a word or two on the blog about my experiences during a study trip to China, Shanghai and Hagzhou. The Chinese have been active too covering some of our visits in PR articles. Here’s one from our visit at Geely: http://wap.yesky.com/dh/air/9/392627509.shtml Translated summary from the beginning: On Oct 24, ...

China – 19th CPC National Congress – Highlights

China – 19th CPC National Congress – Highlights Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai and HSuangzhou. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words ...

Shanghai Study Trip – Discussion with Pascal Nufer

Shanghai Study Trip – Expert discussion with Pascal Nufer Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words are ...

Shanghai Study Trip – Fosun and CSSC

Shanghai Study Trip – Fosun and CSSC Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words are of course ...

Shanghai Study Trip – Day 2 Learnings

Shanghai Study Trip – Day 2 Learnings Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words are of course ...

Shanghai Study Trip – Day 1 Learnings

Shanghai Study Trip – Day 1 Learnings Goal of this post / disclaimer This is primarily for myself in order to learn and repeat the key takeaways from a study trip in Shanghai. If you also can benefit from the below information fine; if not, also fine for me and my words are of course ...

Nice read: IT’s future value proposition

Nice read: IT’s future value proposition Key messages: IT’s value proposition shifting to integration and innovation Most characterize IT’s performance as somewhat effective; few as very effective CIOs must rewrite their job descriptions: Broader aspirations for growth and innovation and more in regards to customer engagement Integrate technology across enterprise Have a look at this ...

Thimbleweed Park is On

Thimbleweed Park is On Saturday, nice and sunny weather. Perfect day to finally installing Thimbleweed Park and give it a go! As a very big fan of the point & click adventures and especially the old LucasArts Adventures (Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, etc. etc.) I’m really looking forward for this experience. ...

10 Unique Ways To Motivate Your Team

10 Unique Ways To Motivate Your Team Nice finding of an article from Forbes which is all about motivating your team: http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2016/10/31/10-unique-ways-to-motivate-your-team

SharePoint Performance – Blob Cache and Image Renditions could be the bad guy

SharePoint Performance – Blob Cache and Image Renditions could be the bad guy The Problem We’re running quite a big SharePoint Environment and using SharePoint 2013 also for Web Content Management. In order to monitor the performance of the system, we have build a couple of web tests with Microsoft Visual Studio and are running ...