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Time Management for System Administrators

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O'Reilly Media, Inc., Feb 9, 2009 - Computers - 228 pages

Time is a precious commodity, especially if you're a system administrator. No other job pulls people in so many directions at once. Users interrupt you constantly with requests, preventing you from getting anything done. Your managers want you to get long-term projects done but flood you with requests for quick-fixes that prevent you from ever getting to those long-term projects. But the pressure is on you to produce and it only increases with time. What do you do?

The answer is time management. And not just any time management theory--you want Time Management for System Administrators, to be exact. With keen insights into the challenges you face as a sys admin, bestselling author Thomas Limoncelli has put together a collection of tips and techniques that will help you cultivate the time management skills you need to flourish as a system administrator.

Time Management for System Administrators understands that an Sys Admin often has competing goals: the concurrent responsibilities of working on large projects and taking care of a user's needs. That's why it focuses on strategies that help you work through daily tasks, yet still allow you to handle critical situations that inevitably arise.

Among other skills, you'll learn how to:

  • Manage interruptions
  • Eliminate timewasters
  • Keep an effective calendar
  • Develop routines for things that occur regularly
  • Use your brain only for what you're currently working on
  • Prioritize based on customer expectations
  • Document and automate processes for faster execution

What's more, the book doesn't confine itself to just the work environment, either. It also offers tips on how to apply these time management tools to your social life. It's the first step to a more productive, happier you.

  

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User Review  - Chris AtLee - Goodreads

some great tips for managing ever-growing TODO lists. I did skim the last few chapters since they dealt with setting up wikis, etc. Read full review

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User Review  - Bradley Arlt - Goodreads

If you are a sysadmin and haven't read this book. Buy it right now. If you don't have the time to buy it, then you *must* buy it right now. Now lock yourself in your office for one hour and read the ... Read full review

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Contents

Time Management Principles
1
Focus Versus Interruptions
12
Routines
32
The Cycle System
48
To Do Lists and Schedules
58
Calendar Management
80
Life Goals
92
Prioritization
101
Stress Management
115
Email Management
124
Eliminating Time Wasters
133
Documentation
145
Automation
157
Epilogue
191
Index
195
Copyright

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About the author (2009)

Thomas A. Limoncelli is a noted system and network administrator employed at Google. He speaks at conferences worldwide on a variety of topics.

Christina J. Hogan has more than ten years' system administration experience. She now works at the BMW Sauber F1 team as an aerodynamicist.

Strata R. Chalup is a twenty-year veteran of system administration and technical project management. She is the founder of Virtual.Net, Inc.

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TitleTime Management for System Administrators
AuthorThomas A. Limoncelli
PublisherO'Reilly Media, Inc., 2009
ISBN059655303X, 9780596553036
Length228 pages
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Computers / Networking / General
Computers / Social Aspects / General
Computers / Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction
  
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