Earlier this year I experimented with a small video about the importance of project goals. Quality and content were not great, but heck, it was an experiment. I uploaded it again… enjoy! BTW I have some great new videos lined up for you… all I need is time
Project Management Lessons from a Doomed Satellite Program “Sunday’s New York Times features a lengthy discussion of the factors contributing to the spectacular failure of the government’s $4 billion spy satellite program. The project was ultimately canceled in yet it is clear from the the various participants that are quoted in the article that the …
Or Not Every Single Process Component Is Effective Alone Although I propose picking different techniques and process components from every method that you can lay your hands on, this doesnt mean that you can just pick a single piece from a method and hope it will work.I stress that an issue should be tackled by …
Or Different Circumstances, Different Effectiveness in Techniques Traditional approaches (read “plan-driven”) will dictate that you first specify in detail what you want, before you start building the software. In the rigid approach, where you may not code anything before the design is approved, we call this the “Big Design Up-Front”. Photography by HouseOfText. We all …
For the person who wrote: “When looking daily at the remains of my planning I feel like an FBI Profiler, or more appropriate, a Project Profiler.”, the latest article by Malcolm Gladwell is a welcome wake up call. I am the person writing about the Project Profiler. And Gladwell, author of the The Tipping Point …