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Artificial Intelligence (AI) 🔥87 Rules

  1. Rules to Better ChatGPT Prompt Engineering34
  2. Rules to Better AI Use25
  3. Rules to Better AI Development18
  4. Rules to Better AI-Generated Media10

Client Engagement256 Rules

  1. Rules to Better Specification Reviews23
  2. Rules to Better Proposals13
  3. Rules to Better Sales43
  4. Rules to Better Account Management25
  5. Rules to Better Software Consultants - Dealing with Clients57
  6. Rules to Better Software Consultants - Working in a Team82
  7. Rules to Better Software Consultants - Happy Clients10
  8. Rules to Better Tenders3

Communication398 Rules

  1. Rules to Better Communication27
  2. Rules to Better Giving and Taking Feedback25
  3. Rules to Better Email93
  4. Rules to Better Board Meetings5
  5. Rules to Better Calendars26
  6. Rules to Better Inbox Management14
  7. Rules to Better Outlook18
  8. Rules to Better IM33
  9. Rules to Better Microsoft Teams39
  10. Rules to Better Slack5
  11. Rules to Better Technical Documentation50
  12. Rules to Better Presentations20
  13. Rules to Better Powerpoint Presentations32
  14. Rules to Better Outsourcing11

Company Operations419 Rules

  1. Rules to Successful Projects83
  2. Rules to Better Bench Management4
  3. Rules to Better Office Operations10
  4. Rules to Better Offices11
  5. Rules to Better Induction5
  6. Rules to Better Timesheets13
  7. Rules to Better Accounting32
  8. Rules to Better CRM15
  9. Rules to Better CRM for Users29
  10. Rules to Better CRM – Mail Merge4
  11. Rules to Better Personal Assistants (PA)12
  12. Rules to Better Contractors2
  13. Rules to Better Recruiting15
  14. Rules to Better Business Management12
  15. Rules to Better Reporting Services70
  16. Rules to Better Power BI20
  17. Rules to Better Business Intelligence7
  18. Rules to Better Search4
  19. Rules to Better Health and Exercise in the Workplace5
  20. Rules to Better Travel20
  21. Rules to Better Research & Development8
  22. Rules to Better Brainstorming10
  23. Rules to Better Remote Work28

Design289 Rules

  1. Rules to Better Designers18
  2. Rules to Better Content Design20
  3. Rules to Better Figma4
  4. Rules to Better Accessibility2
  5. Rules to Better Interfaces (General Usability Practices)32
  6. Rules to Better Interfaces (Forms)28
  7. Rules to Better Interfaces (Popups and Messages)15
  8. Rules to Better Interfaces (Reports, Charts and Dates)7
  9. Rules to Better Interfaces (Windows Applications)21
  10. Rules to Better Interfaces (Wizards)9
  11. Rules to Better Interfaces (Mobile)7
  12. Rules to Better Interfaces (WinForms Controls)17
  13. Rules to Better Websites - Navigation39
  14. Rules to Better Websites - Layout and Formatting68
  15. Rules to Better Logos2

Infrastructure and Networking381 Rules

  1. Rules to Better Active Directory16
  2. Rules to Better CRM Migration from 3 to 45
  3. Rules to Better CRM Migration from 2011 to 20132
  4. Rules to Better CRM Migration from 2015 to 20162
  5. Rules to Better Data Protection Manager (DPM)3
  6. Rules to Better Hyper-V18
  7. Rules to Better Hyper-V Clustering10
  8. Rules to Better Internet and Networks22
  9. Rules to Better Skype for Business (formerly Lync)11
  10. Rules to Better Presentation PC's10
  11. Rules to Better Security34
  12. Rules to Better Security - End Users23
  13. Rules to Better SharePoint26
  14. Rules to Better SharePoint for End Users12
  15. Rules to Better SharePoint Migration from 2007 to 201014
  16. Rules to Better SharePoint Migration from 2010 to 201310
  17. Rules to Better SharePoint Migration from 2013 to 20169
  18. Rules to Better SharePoint Migration from 2016 to Online6
  19. Rules to Better SharePoint Virtualisation6
  20. Rules to Better SQL Server Administration4
  21. Rules to Better Windows Defender1
  22. Rules to Better Windows Servers11
  23. Rules to Better Exchange Server9
  24. Rules to Better PCs8
  25. Rules to Better Microsoft Surface2
  26. Rules to Better Zendesk16
  27. Rules to Better Control413
  28. Rules to Better System Administrators32
  29. Rules to Better Backups10
  30. Rules to Better WhatsUp Gold6
  31. Rules to Better Office 3657
  32. Rules to Better Automation3
  33. Rules to Better Access Databases20

Marketing and Video437 Rules

  1. Rules to Better Marketing46
  2. Rules to Better Marketing Plans10
  3. Rules to Better Branding21
  4. Rules to Better Google Ads and SEM20
  5. Rules to Better Google Rankings and SEO42
  6. Rules to Better Inbound Calls17
  7. Rules to Better Outbound Calls12
  8. Rules to Better Microsoft Dynamics Marketing (MDM)7
  9. Rules to Better Blogging26
  10. Rules to Better bit.ly3
  11. Rules to Better QR Code5
  12. Rules to Better Websites - Branding and Marketing15
  13. Rules to Better Newsletters4
  14. Rules to Better Google Analytics Reports3
  15. Rules to Better Event Management24
  16. Rules to Better Social Media for Business49
  17. Rules to Better Social Media for Personal Accounts28
  18. Rules to Better Social Media - Paid Advertising4
  19. Rules to Running Better User Groups11
  20. Rules to Better Video Recording68
  21. Rules to Better YouTube22

Others3 Rules

  1. Rules to Better Cars3

Project Delivery412 Rules

  1. Rules to Better Scrum66
  2. Rules to Better Product Owners31
  3. Rules to Better Scrum using GitHub (Issues and Projects)17
  4. Rules to Better Scrum using Azure DevOps (Work Items)20
  5. Rules to Better Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)10
  6. Rules to Better Jira10
  7. Rules to Better GitHub52
  8. Rules to Better Pull Requests22
  9. Rules to Better Version Control (aka Source Control)37
  10. Rules to Better Version Control with Git17
  11. Rules to Better TFS Migration to the Cloud4
  12. Rules to Better TFS 2015 Migration12
  13. Rules to Better TFS 2012 Migration6
  14. Rules to Better TFS 2010 Migration13
  15. Rules to Better Continuous Deployment15
  16. Rules to Better Octopus Deploy4
  17. Rules to Better Branching and Builds9
  18. Rules to Better TFS Administration2
  19. Rules to Better TFS Customization8
  20. Rules to Better DevOps37
  21. Rules to Better DevOps using GitHub (Actions)11
  22. Rules to Better DevOps using Azure DevOps (Pipelines)8
  23. Rules to Better Azure Marketplace1

Software Engineering1308 Rules

  1. Rules to Better .NET Projects73
  2. Rules to Better .NET 8 Migrations14
  3. Rules to Better Architecture and Code Review58
  4. Rules to Better Azure43
  5. Rules to Better Blazor3
  6. Rules to Better MVC29
  7. Rules to Better Bots7
  8. Rules to Better Clean Architecture17
  9. Rules to Better Vertical Slice Architecture1
  10. Rules to Better Modular Monoliths5
  11. Rules to Better Microservices6
  12. Rules to Better Domain Driven Design4
  13. Rules to Better Version Management1
  14. Rules to Better Bug Management and Product Feedback8
  15. Rules to Better User Acceptance Tests (UAT) for Bug Management13
  16. Rules to Better CRM for Developers43
  17. Rules to Better Power Platform9
  18. Rules to Better SharePoint for Developers71
  19. Rules to Better Code Commenting8
  20. Rules to Better Error Handling10
  21. Rules to Better Kendo UI3
  22. Rules to Better Nuget4
  23. Rules to Better SQL Server Schema Deployment15
  24. Rules to Better Web API8
  25. Rules to Better Web API - REST11
  26. Rules to Better Web API - GraphQL5
  27. Rules to Better Web API - gRPC3
  28. Rules to Better Open Source Software11
  29. Rules to Better TypeScript6
  30. Rules to Better Application Performance21
  31. Rules to Better Apps (mobile)9
  32. Rules to Better .NET MAUI (was Xamarin)11
  33. Rules to Better Code85
  34. Rules to Better Code Quality7
  35. Rules to Better Code (legacy)3
  36. Rules to Better Data Analytics3
  37. Rules to Better RayGun4
  38. Rules to Better Microsoft Project Server4
  39. Rules to Better Application Insights13
  40. Rules to Better IIS3
  41. Rules to Better Internationalization24
  42. Rules to Better Windows Forms3
  43. Rules to Better Installers4
  44. Rules to Better WPF and Silverlight6
  45. Rules to Better Access UI6
  46. Rules to Better API Management3
  47. Rules to Better Power Apps14
  48. Rules to Better Powershell3
  49. Rules to Better SQL Databases - Admin25
  50. Rules to Better SQL Databases - Developers68
  51. Rules to Better SQL Databases - Performance16
  52. Rules to Better SQL Databases - Indexing6
  53. Rules to Better Unit Tests32
  54. Rules to Better Naming Conventions30
  55. Rules to Better Entity Framework18
  56. Rules to Better LINQ5
  57. Rules to Better Testing28
  58. Rules to Better Sitefinity5
  59. Rules to Better WordPress7
  60. Rules to Better TinaCMS2
  61. Rules to Better Websites - Development65
  62. Rules to Better Angular27
  63. Rules to Better AngularJS9
  64. Rules to Better React16
  65. Rules to Better Next.js12
  66. Rules to Better Vue4
  67. Rules to Better Website Development - ASP.NET38
  68. Rules to Better Websites - Tuning and Maintenance10
  69. Rules to Better .NET Core4
  70. Rules to Better Websites - Deployment7
  71. Rules to Better UI (Bootstrap)9
  72. Rules to Better Websites - Graphics22
  73. Rules to Better JavaScript and jQuery27
  74. Rules to Better Connection Strings7
  75. Rules to Better Regular Expressions6
  76. Rules to Better Windows Forms Applications56
  77. SSW Rules to Better Large Builds in Visual Studio.NET2
  78. Rules to Better VB6 Migration to .NET3
  79. Rules to Better Command Lines5
  80. Rules to Better DotNetNuke6
  81. Rules to Better Exchange Server9
  82. Rules to Better Windows Forms Applications - ClickOnce7
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