The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[yakcinar]

Everybody knows the western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in my opinion. And its soundtrack off course.

When I was thinking of writing a blog about how to be a good BASIS guy, I saw the blog "Are You a Rock Star Blogger?" (I liked the blog and played tthe game. I advice you, too.) After that I changed the header of this blog. I like the soundrack by the way.

I also think that many people will have something to say about BASIS guys. when I commented on one of the blog, a colleague wrote about BASIS crimes as "Insufficient supplies of coffee…"" :sad:

Lets come to the topic. What is good, bad and ugly for a BASIS consultant?

The good BASIS consultant;

• Shows emphaty and put him/herself  in place of the customer (not only customer also other consultants)
• Is helpfull to colleagues
• Is tidy: Does not leave many old documents on the desktop or filesystems of the SAP server
• Takes notes, documents what is done
• Learns from mistakes
• Makes plan or runbook even for small work
• Is secure
• Is hard working
• Is honest
• Is a team member
• Knows about OS, DB, Network, Storage
• Follows the technology and new features
• Uses additional languages
• Reads guides and follows guides
• Troubleshoots well
• Has good communication skills
• Has a certification
• Keeps eye on systems always
• Has sixth sense to use sometimes
• Has some IT Backgroud or some development background
• Has good understanding on functional topics or client business process
• Is experienced being involved in many projects
• Involved in big projects
• Asks people before stoppping the system
• Is user friendly
• Does not say bad words to colleagues and shouts at people
• Strong hearted
• Has Patience
• Has determination and vigorous nerves
• Gets official trainings
• Dooes not afraid of making hands dirty
• Challanges
• Ask seniors in doubt
• Never gives up
• Knows the power of knowledge
• Knows how and where to find the information
• Takes responsibality
• Knows how to manage resources
• Loves his job
• Does not forget duties
• Is on time for meetings

The bad BASIS consultant;

• Does not follow the guides
• Does not complete the work
• Does not take notes
• Does not help people
• Does not inform others
• Does not clean upp after installations
• Does not respect others
• Is selfish
• Does not want to be a team member
• Does not have lesson from mistakes
• Starts work without checking backup
• Betrays the ream
• Is not on time

And the ugly one;

• Stops system without informing users
• Says bad words to other people
• Gossips about people
• Hides what he learns
• Makes the same mistake again and again
• Ruins the team
• Always late

These are the things fallen from my keybboard to the blog in short time.

As I said, most of you have many things to say I bleieve.

Why don't you comment on this?

Thank you for reading and sharing.

Regards,

Yuksel AKCINAR