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Category Archives: HIring the Best Knowledger Workers
Video Interview Posted at InfoQ
Deb Hartmann interviewed me (video and audio!) at Agile 2007. We mostly talked about schedule games from Manage It. (We briefly discussed Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management and Hiring the Best Knowedge Workers, Techies & Nerds.) For those … Continue reading
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Podcast from Agile 2007 Posted
Bob Payne interviewed me in this podcast at Agile 2007. We mostly talked about project management, some specifics from Manage It!, and also talked about hiring for an agile team.
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Tagged agile, Manage It, project management
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Sightings of BCD, Manage It!, and Hiring the Best…
Tech Republic has the estimation chapter from Manage It!. There’s a great Manage It! review at Book Review: Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management. Michael Fransen enjoyed Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management. He posted a … Continue reading
Who Wants to be a Technical Lead?
In his comment, Rich explains, “I am directly managing 12 employees and 14 contractors doing application support and maintenance for something like 12 or 15 software products. I have most of my old team, and 6 other teams. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged leadership, management, one-on-one
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Functional Managers, Project Managers, Matrix Managers
In the Hiring the Best… book, I wrote this (p. 253): Functional managers organize the work of similar people (people performing a given function). They hand off their deliverables to another group. Project managers coordinate the work of numerous … Continue reading
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Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds is Available
My book about hiring, Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People is available, as of today. (I don’t have my copy yet, and my reviewers don’t have their copies yet either. … Continue reading
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Pre-Publication Book Announcement: Hiring Technical People
As you can probably tell, I think people are the most important equation in successful product development. Good people can trump inadequate management and/or an inappropriate process. Dorset House has announced the pre-publication price for my book (available in … Continue reading
