Try an Alternative Solution, Just for Once
When you're reading this I am on my way. I have timed the appearance of this post to coincide with my 12-hour car trip to Slovenia, a...
Fooling Myself with False Velocity
I’m an idiot, I have fooled myself. I’m usually quite good at fooling others, but this time I have fooled myself. And I did i...
The Perfect Job Interview Question
A Perfect Job Interview Question is one single question that leads to a perfect assessment of a candidate for a job. I think I have found...
Thank You, Stupid Americans
This is a copy of my earlier post I wrote for Max Pool at Codesqueeze.com. I’m including it here for completeness. It turned out th...
Why Managing Small Projects is Harder
Some people think that managing small projects is easier than managing big projects. They are right, unless the economies of scale requir...
Edward Lorenz (1917 – 2008)
Edward Lorenz has died on the 16th of April. Many of you probably don’t know whom I’m talking about, so I will explain. Loren...
Scope, Resources and Processes: Change Everything!
As an agile writer, I like to write articles in multiple iterations. Feedback from readers is essential to me. There’s no such thin...
Seven Little Moments of Ecstasy
I enjoy seven little moments of ecstasy for every book that I purchase. Let me tell you about them. The first little moment of ecstasy is...
A Product Is Successful Until It Fails
When is a software product successful? We all know industry reports (particularly the infamous CHAOS report of the Standish Group) are al...
Getting Square with the Iron Triangle
Here’s a little quiz for those who aspire to be a project manager. (Probably 95% of my readers will stop reading here right now. Bu...
Project Success is NOT Stakeholder Satisfaction
A number of people, including some at the Project Management Institute, think that project success is defined as the achievement of stake...
Specialization is Good
I think specialization is good, and cross-functional teams are not. Here’s why… Suppose you are the publisher of a magazine a...
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