Merge branch 'SSWConsulting:main' into main

categories/company-operations/rules-to-better-office-operations.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ index:
   - remind-your-team-to-turn-in-timesheets
   - ensure-your-team-get-relevant-communications
   - know-where-your-staff-are
+  - continuous-learning
 ---
 
 DevOps is about keeping software healthy by releasing often and inspecting stats each day from the live system.

rules/autonomy-mastery-and-purpose/rule.md

@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 ---
 type: rule
-archivedreason:
 title: Do you aim for Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose?
-guid: f42b9818-111c-4963-9ca6-b8228fb9548c
 uri: autonomy-mastery-and-purpose
-created: 2021-05-03T05:33:05+10:00
-authors: 
+authors:
   - title: Adam Cogan
     url: https://ssw.com.au/people/adam-cogan
   - title: Ulysses Maclaren
     url: https://ssw.com.au/people/ulysses-maclaren
 related:
   - have-a-clear-mission-statement
+created: 2021-05-03T05:33:05+10:00
+archivedreason: null
+guid: f42b9818-111c-4963-9ca6-b8228fb9548c
 ---
-
-* **Autonomy** — Software developers have a desire to be self-directed. Many find that micro-management is restrictive and stifles their creativity.
+* **Aligned Autonomy** — Software developers have a desire to be self-directed and find that micro-management is restrictive and stifles their creativity. However its important that teams stay focused on working towards their team goals.
 * **Mastery** — Software developers love sharpening their skills.
 * **Purpose** — Software developers want to work on important projects that have meaning and make an impact.
 
@@ -29,4 +28,4 @@ More info on this:
 
 * [Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive:_The_Surprising_Truth_About_What_Motivates_Us)
 * [How to Motivate your Team – The Power of Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose](https://ulyssesmaclaren.com/2019/06/04/how-to-motivate-your-team-the-power-of-autonomy-mastery-and-purpose/)
-:::
+  :::

rules/block-lsass-credential-dump/rule.md → rules/block-lsass-credential-dumping/rule.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ authors:
     url: https://ssw.com.au/people/chris-schultz
 created: 2022-05-13T05:36:32.525Z
 guid: 39c59fbc-5168-43f7-ae8f-5dd1b290b41f
+redirects:
+  - block-lsass-credential-dump
 ---
 If an attacker gets into a computer on your network, they can dump hashed credentials of any user that has logged on to that computer from lsass.exe. This is easy to do if you know where to go - thankfully, it is also fairly easy to block!
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ In a Domain environment, you can roll out Credential Guard with a GPO.
 
 ### Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Intune
 
-If you use Microsoft Endpoint Manager, you can roll out Credential Guard with an Attack Surface Reduction policy. 
+If you use Microsoft Endpoint Manager, you can roll out Credential Guard with an Attack Surface Reduction policy.
 
 1. Go to **Microsoft Endpoint Manager | Endpoint Security | [Attack surface reduction](https://endpoint.microsoft.com/#blade/Microsoft_Intune_Workflows/SecurityManagementMenu/asr)**
 2. Create a new policy, or edit an existing one
@@ -45,4 +47,4 @@ If you use Microsoft Endpoint Manager, you can roll out Credential Guard with an
 
 For more information or for instructions to implement Credential Guard on a single computer, see [Microsoft's documentation on Credential Guard](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-manage).
 
-For more security tips, read [Adam Cogan's 10 Security Tips for CEOs and SysAdmins](https://adamcogan.com/2022/04/10/better-security-10-tips-for-ceos-and-sysadmins/).
+For more security tips, read [Adam Cogan's 10 Security Tips for CEOs and SysAdmins](https://adamcogan.com/2022/04/10/better-security-10-tips-for-ceos-and-sysadmins/).

rules/collaborate-across-timezones/rule.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ To do this effectively, you need to do a project handover every day. This takes
 
 Send an email at the end of your day to the person in the other timezone. This email should contain the progress you made today, any decisions that were made, and any big changes that impact the rest of the work.
 You should also list the remaining tasks and ask them to reply if they have completed the tasks from the previous email.
-If there is business hours overlap, get a [checked by](checked-by-xxx) from the recipient.
+If there is business hours overlap, get a [checked by](/checked-by-xxx) from the recipient.
 
 ::: email-template  
 |          |     |

rules/do-you-contact-the-media-from-time-to-time/rule.md → rules/contact-the-media-from-time-to-time/rule.md

@@ -21,18 +21,17 @@ When you find a media contact you think is appropriate to contact, add them to C
 
 Then send an email like this:
 
-
 ::: greybox
 
 Hi XXX,
 
-My name is Adam Cogan and I just checked out your site www.theirsite.com
+My name is Adam Cogan and I just checked out your site <www.theirsite.com>
 
 I saw your column XXX and thought it wouldn't hurt to tell you more about SSW XXX product that does XXX.
 
 More than happy to give you a free copy and more information. Please reply to this email if you want one.
 
 Thanks, Adam Cogan
- http://www.ssw.com.au
+ <http://www.ssw.com.au>
 
 :::

rules/do-you-have-a-content-marketing-strategy-for-your-business/rule.md → rules/content-marketing-strategy-for-your-business/rule.md

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ guid: e35ee082-1de2-4f1c-98f1-68e5f08c131d
 
 Try googling content marketing. You’ll find lots of articles about it, and maybe some reports saying how this has been one of the main marketing strategies in the last 3 years. Content marketing is a strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly-defined audience — and, of course, to drive profitable customer action. That’s why this is so important to be a part of your strategy. In other words: in order to sell the big piece of the pie, you have to show your audience small samples first.
 
-
-
 <!--endintro-->
 
 We are in a new era of content. Not just any content, but a well-crafted and relevant content for your target audience. To be able to find the right content for your followers, you have to plan, not just create randomly without a focus and without documenting your research.
@@ -27,13 +25,11 @@ When you follow a documented and organized content marketing strategy, you will:
 * Easily justify a higher budget to be spent on your content marketing (e.g. for recording a video or doing a partnership with an influencer )
 * Will be able to track results as soon as they have a clear goal and metric to follow, according to your strategy
 
-
 It should definitely include:
 
 * Your audience personas
 * A content planner that matches these personas, channels, deadline and budget
 * Goals
 * Metrics that will be followed
 
-
 ![Figure: Marketing Content is valuable with the right approach! - Image source:        Joe Lesina](contentmkt.png)

rules/continuous-learning/rule.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+type: rule
+title: Do you continuously learn?
+uri: continuous-learning
+authors:
+  - title: Brady Stroud
+    url: https://ssw.com.au/people/brady-stroud
+  - title: Adam Cogan
+    url: https://ssw.com.au/people/adam-cogan
+related: 
+ - use-the-brains-of-your-company
+redirects: []
+created: 2024-04-25T08:44:37.000Z
+archivedreason: null
+guid: 5aca523d-8c2f-4434-a1e3-75d527885b2e
+---
+
+Technology is a fluid industry, with new tools and techniques being developed all the time. To stay ahead of the curve, it is important to continuously learn and improve your skills. This can be done through a variety of methods, such as attending conferences, reading books, watching videos, and participating in online courses.
+Companies should encourage their employees to continuously learn by providing them with the resources and opportunities to do so.
+
+An example of this is SSW's Chewing the Fat. This is a weekly Microsoft Form that is sent out to all employees educating them on a new topic. This is a great way to keep employees up to date with the latest technologies and trends.
+It is also an opportunity for employees to share their knowledge and ideas to help improve the company.
+
+![Figure: Chewing The Fat - weekly email and form sent to every SSW Employee](ctf-email-screenshot.png)
+
+SSW also gets employees to do at least one induction item per week until there are none left.
+
+![Figure: Every weeks SSWers are encouraged to learn and improve](sugarlearning-item-screenshot.png)

rules/do-you-assign-severity-to-pbi/rule.md → rules/do-you-assign-severity-levels/rule.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors:
   url: https://ssw.com.au/people/anton-polkanov
 related: []
 redirects:
-
+guid: f8b0373d-551d-4491-b5b9-8192de32e4e9
 
 ---
 

rules/copy-of-your-email-into-your-inbox/rule.md → rules/do-you-receive-copy-of-your-email-into-your-inbox/rule.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ authors:
     url: https://www.ssw.com.au/people/kaique-biancatti
 created: 2023-04-12T06:50:43.070Z
 guid: 28c7cfda-f78b-45fe-a60f-bd0e523e89bd
+redirects:
+  - copy-of-your-email-into-your-inbox
 ---
 Microsoft 365 groups - When anyone sends an email to a Microsoft 365 group (Office365 groups) e.g: <[email protected]> they don’t receive a copy of their own email, which is different from normal distribution groups.
 

rules/do-you-create-a-migration-plan/rule.md → rules/migration-plans/rule.md

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ related:
   - migrate-from-system-web-to-modern-alternatives
 created: 2023-09-06T23:08:53.979Z
 guid: d47bb1e4-261f-436e-84fc-fdb1b21e0d36
+redirects:
+  - do-you-create-a-migration-plan
 ---
 
 Migrating from .NET Framework (4.x) to the latest .NET (5+) brings huge advantages to your app's performance, hosting fees, and maintainability. But it's important that you understand what the road to .NET 5+ looks like for your app *before* you start breaking things! So how do you ensure your migration is being done the right way?

rules/do-you-have-a-minimum-number-for-live-events/rule.md → rules/minimum-number-for-live-events/rule.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ archivedreason: null
 guid: 41d5c770-d6b6-4a03-aa77-36ec6b243ac1
 ---
 
-Having a minimum number for live events is important so everyone is on the same page. We find that a good minimum for live events is 6 people. 
+Having a minimum number for live events is important so everyone is on the same page. We find that a good minimum for live events is 6 people.
 
 <!--endintro-->
 

rules/different-levels-of-testing/rule.md → rules/testing-pyramid/rule.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ related:
 created: 2022-11-25T02:53:59.794Z
 guid: ee5b40cf-cf8e-4b0c-a421-ab34f28d8b76
 ---
-Having an awareness of the different types and levels of testing is critical to developing appropriate test strategies for your applications. 
+Having an awareness of the different types and levels of testing is critical to developing appropriate test strategies for your applications.
 
 ::: greybox
 Remember that different types and levels of tests help to mitigate different types of risk in your software.
@@ -23,16 +23,17 @@ There are various models to help with this, most stemming from Mike Cohn's simpl
 
 ![Figure: Mike Cohn's automated testing pyramid (2009)](test-pyramid-cohn.jpg)
 
-> "All models are wrong, but some are useful" 
->       - George Box
+> "All models are wrong, but some are useful"
+>
+> * George Box
 
 The test pyramid is a model and, like all models, it is wrong, though it is perhaps useful.
 
-The core idea of this model is that an effective testing strategy calls for automating checks at three different levels, supplemented by human testing. 
+The core idea of this model is that an effective testing strategy calls for automating checks at three different levels, supplemented by human testing.
 
-The pyramid model shows you where proportionally more automation effort should be placed - so a good strategy would see many automated unit tests and only a few end-to-end (UI-driven) tests. 
+The pyramid model shows you where proportionally more automation effort should be placed - so a good strategy would see many automated unit tests and only a few end-to-end (UI-driven) tests.
 
-The pyramid favours automated unit and API tests as they offer greater value at a lower cost. Test cost is a function of execution time, determinism, and robustness directly proportional to the size of the system under test. As automated unit and API tests have a minimal scope, they provide fast, deterministic feedback. In contrast, automated end-to-end and manual tests use a much larger system under test and produce slower, less deterministic and more brittle feedback. 
+The pyramid favours automated unit and API tests as they offer greater value at a lower cost. Test cost is a function of execution time, determinism, and robustness directly proportional to the size of the system under test. As automated unit and API tests have a minimal scope, they provide fast, deterministic feedback. In contrast, automated end-to-end and manual tests use a much larger system under test and produce slower, less deterministic and more brittle feedback.
 
 Let's look at the 3 levels of automation in a little more detail.
 
@@ -62,19 +63,19 @@ See [Do you remember to use automated UI testing sparingly?](/automated-ui-testi
 
 ### An alternative model - the bug filter (Noah Sussman)
 
-Many different test pyramid models have been inspired by Cohn's simple original idea. 
+Many different test pyramid models have been inspired by Cohn's simple original idea.
 
 An interesting take comes from [Noah Sussman](https://infiniteundo.com/post/158179632683/abandoning-the-pyramid-of-testing-in-favor-of-a) who re-imagined the test pyramid as a bug filter (turning the pyramid on its head in the process):
 
 ![Figure: Noah Sussman's bug filter model (2017)](bug-filter.jpg)
 
-Note that the area of the bug filter changes at each level. Unit tests focus solely on product code, but integration tests might include databases or external web services. End-to-end tests cover an even larger architecture. Bugs can appear from these new systems without having passed through a previous filter. 
+Note that the area of the bug filter changes at each level. Unit tests focus solely on product code, but integration tests might include databases or external web services. End-to-end tests cover an even larger architecture. Bugs can appear from these new systems without having passed through a previous filter.
 
 Katrina Clokie (in her book [A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps](https://leanpub.com/testingindevops)) explains this bug filter model as follows:
 
 > I imagine the bugs that drop through this filter as being butterflies in all stages of their lifecycle. Unit tests are going to capture the eggs — bugs before they develop into anything of consequence. Integration tests are going to capture the caterpillars. These may have arisen from a unit test egg that has hatched in the integrated environment, or may have crawled into our platform via a third-party system. End-to-end tests capture the butterflies."
->     - Katrina Clokie
-
+>
+> * Katrina Clokie
 
 ### Further reading
 

rules/create-draft-pull-requests/rule.md → rules/use-and-indicate-draft-pull-requests/rule.md

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ related:
 - do-you-use-co-creation-patterns
 - write-a-good-pull-request
 - co-authored-commits
+redirects:
+  - create-draft-pull-requests
 ---
 
 The use of Draft Pull Requests is a handy practice to indicate work in progress promoting early collaboration and continuous feedback.