Agile Has Not Crossed the Chasm, A Contrarian View
Note: I wrote this article in 2011. It was published in 2012. I hope at some point this article will be wrong. I hear all the time from...
Read MoreManagement Myth #11: The Team Needs a Cheerleader!
“We have mandatory all-hands meeting this afternoon. I’m going to have a stomachache then,” David said. “What do you mean?” Jenny asked....
Read MoreManagement Myth #8: I Can Still Do Significant Technical Work
“You know, if you want something done, you just have to do it yourself,” Clive muttered as he strode down to his office. Susan looked up...
Read MoreManagement Myth #4: I Don’t Need One-on-Ones
“I know what the people in my group are doing, Johanna. Each and every one of them.” “But you have twenty-five people in your group,...
Read MoreManagement Myth #7: I am Too Valuable to Take a Vacation
I caught up with Fred, a friend of longstanding, just before what I thought would be his normal two- to three-week vacation in August....
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