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Pragmatic Manager and InfoQ Video Posted
I have posted last week’s Pragmatic Manager, Are You Being Guilted Into Doing More?. At Agile 2011, I had a great video conversation with Shane Hastie about agile project portfolio management. The chair is big, I’m not so short. The … Continue reading
Pragmatic Manager Emails Posted
I caught up with posting a couple of Pragmatic Manager email newsletters last week. My January email was Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work. The April email was Agile Programs: Possible or a Pipe Dream. If you subscribed, you’d have read them … Continue reading
What I Wish I’d Said for the Lightning Talk: 100% Utilization
I did decide to talk about how we got started on 100% utilization and what to do about it. I didn’t say everything I wanted to say, so here is what I wish I’d said: How 100% Utilization Got Started … Continue reading
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Tagged 100% utilization, change, conference, context switch, meetings, multitasking, talk
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Kill, Commit, or Transform Your Projects
Daniel wrote a lovely post, Kill, commit, or transform your projects over on praglife. Keeping projects around that are not staffed, multitasking on several projects (committing to none of them), and running away from reality doesn’t help anyone. The projects … Continue reading
Learning or Working?
I’ve been teaching workshops for much of the past few weeks, and I’ve noticed an interesting pattern. I get great comments (and usually good numbers) from people who participate in the workshop. I don’t get many comments, and I get … Continue reading
A Few Rants on Meeting Etiquette
I get to see a lot of meeting behavior. A few rules I use for meetings: End the meeting at 5 minutes before the hour. Most people have another meeting starting on the hour, and this gives them a shot … Continue reading
Serial Monogamy Project Participation
I’ve been writing a bunch of articles about project portfolio management, exploring the ideas about committing to projects. (See Serial Monogamy Project Management for some initial thoughts.) But, as I’ve been working with clients and writing more, I’ve been realizing … Continue reading
Matrix Management is Not the Root Cause
I was reading Ralph’s post, Whose Fault Is It?, and I realized that if you don’t know enough about management, you can misunderstand the root cause. Ralph’s example is of defects in an iteration and how they were not detected … Continue reading
Posted in portfolio management
Tagged management, multitasking, project portfolio management
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Serial Monogamy Project Management
I ran into Dan North at the Agile conference today, and explained a little about the project portfolio book. I’m writing it because I have a number of clients who are having trouble breaking the multitasking habit (working on more … Continue reading
Posted in portfolio management
Tagged Manage Your Project Portfolio, multitasking, project management
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How Many Projects Are You Managing?
I gave a talk at a local ICCA chapter last night, and met a project manager who told me he was managing 7 projects. I must have lost my poker face, because he chuckled and said, “Well, you do what … Continue reading
