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Monthly Archives: June 2005
Real Project Crises
We talk blithely about the “crisis” in software development or IT. But most of the time, that’s just projects over schedule, over budget, and under featured. Real project crises are about people. I heard that one of my clients … Continue reading
Drawing Boundaries
Esther and I are editing (the next-to-final pass, we think) the book this week, integrating comments from our reviewers. We are very fortunate; our reviewers provided wonderful feedback. And some of the feedback we’re not going to use — … Continue reading
Blog Housekeeping
I’ve changed a few things about this blog: I enabled each post to be its own archive. You can click on the title or on the “link” in the byline. You should be able to use the little email icon … Continue reading
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We’re Blind to Our Own Mistakes
I maintain the AYE web site as part of my responsibilities this year for the conference. I post the news, the new articles, and do the general updating. Monday, I posted one of Don Gray‘s articles, Shifting the Burden … Continue reading
Adaptability is Key
It’s been a tough week, and it’s only Wednesday morning. We’ve had a bunch of family illnesses — nothing deadly, but difficult to diagnose with long term effects. A very old friend of the family died. And because it’s … Continue reading
You Can Always Change Course
If you’re managing a project longer than a few weeks, you may realize that the project’s progress is not quite where you think it should be. It can seem impossible to change course. But choosing to continue what you’re … Continue reading
Impossible Schedules Reinforce No Thinking
I’ve been thinking a lot about impossible schedules. I’m talking about the project schedules that no matter how you organize the project, it’s not possible for this group of people to cram that set of features into this much … Continue reading
Can You Open Your Windows?
I’m in Israel this week, continuing an assessment I started last week. For those of you in the US, sit down. The people who have offices on an outside wall have windows that open. Yup, they do. The A/C and … Continue reading
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Beware of Blaming and Judgmental Facilitators
I’ve been thinking about project retrospectives. Too few project teams participate in end-of-the-project retrospectives, and to few managers arrange for them. My clients seem concerned by the price of an outside facilitator and the cost in time to the … Continue reading
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