What If… People Focused on Opportunities?
I am renting out my house in Rotterdam to strangers. I rarely make use of it anyway. (And I have another home in Brussels too.) So why no...
Managing Risk vs. Managing Yourself
I have returned from Sweden as happy guy, though the mosquitoes tried to make my vacation miserable. They were successful in leaving thei...
Programming and Project Management Styles Resonant (guest post)
This is a guest post by Pradeep Bhanot. Pradeep is the Product Marketing Director for IT Governance solutions for EMEA at CA. He is based...
Commit to Sprint Planning or Definition of Done, Not Both
I'm having trouble with people's use of the term commitment. In Scrum and other agile processes, the term commitment-based sprint...
Planning for Feature-Complete Deadlines
Next week I will be on vacation in Sweden. I am really looking forward to that. If the northern part of Sweden allows it, you can expect ...
The Three Types of Change
Last week I moaned about power laws, and how they make our lives miserable. The realization that power laws are disturbing our work gave ...
Your Project Will Suffer From Power Laws
You have this great new project. With groovy new technologies, a fine bunch of developers, and a preliminary set of requirements that loo...
Agile Is NOT a Risk Management Strategy
Last week I told you that agile is a risk management strategy. But it's not. I lied. (Sort of) It is true that agile covers all the p...
Agile Is a Risk Management Strategy
Some people claim that agile software development is a risk management strategy. Why? Because all principles of risk management are nicel...
Risk Management = Banana Peels AND Dollar Bills
I've been trying to think about risk. What is it? What does it mean when we're taking a risk? Five years ago I took a risk when I...
One Curse a Day Keeps the Burnout Away
My friend has recently suffered a burnout. From one moment to the next he suddenly had a mental collapse, and he was completely unable to...
Fixed Price Contracts in Agile Projects
Again and again I am asked (or feel compelled) to explain why agile software development fits nicely with fixed price contracts. Some peo...
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