The Design Of Design By Frederick Brooks

Software projects are about humans… They’ve always been. During my study, I got inspired by Barry Boehm’s Theory W, everything Fred Brooks has written, Tom DeMaro and Tom Lister, and Alistair Cockburn. Actually, “The Mythical Man Month” (affiliate link) by Brooks is still one of my all time favorite classics. That is why I was …

Project Sociology – Part 2 (repost)

This is a repost of the original Project Sociology article/video. In the first episode of this series I used a very simplified model of how stakeholder behavior is determined: Stakeholders have needs Based upon there needs and their perception of project reality they will choose a strategy that benefits them most. The execution of this …