Adam Goucher has a post about how he organizes interviews, So, you’ve got yourself an interview with me. I asked Adam why he spends so much time on Company/Position overview (15 minutes) and the candidate’s Elevator Pitch (5 minutes). He said (I’m paraphrasing) that he’s hit the war for talent, and feels that he needs […]
Miss Snark has a great post, Internminable, about how to move from a free position to a paid position. Scroll down to: 1. Shows up on time and on schedule. For you gentlemen, change “8. Wears shoes. Wears underwear. Wears clothes that cover the stomach. All at the same time.” to be something like: Wears
I’m writing part of the PM book, and said this about the minimum requirements for a configuration management system (CMS): Modern CMSs can branch, label, automatically merge multiple authors’ changes, and allow for developers to work in their own private workspaces (sandboxes). If your CMS can’t do that, dump it and obtain a new
Louise points to an article about questions candidates should ask at the end of the interview and follows up with her own, Questions to Ask at the End of the Interview: A year from now, how will you evaluate if I have been successful in this position?” Louise goes on to explain why she likes
I’m busy writing the PM book, and saw these great posts. So instead of making myself crazy trying to write more good stuff for you, I decided you should read these. What is managing software development? is a great read. BTW, the working definition I have of project manager is: the person who knows
I’m off to teach project management at Sela the week of Dec 3 and Dec 10. Then onto Jerusalem for the week of Dec 17. If you’re in either place and want to get together for coffee, let me know.
Anyone out there know Omnigraffle and is willing to help me draw some pictures for the PM book? I have a picture that I want to simplify but I don’t know Omnigraffle well enough to do so. Please send me an email if you do know how and can help me. Update as of
Esther, in her Get out of your way! post describes a situation where by our behaviors, we cause the thing we don’t want to happen. It happened to me this week. I’ve been working on the PM book, and I’ve been struggling with the lifecycle chapter for a couple of months now. Probably longer,
A colleague asked how to deal with this situation. “It’s clear Brad is being a jerk. I’m working with him on how to be less of a jerk. But Susie asked me today when I’m going to do something about the problem–nothing she says seems to make a dent in his behavior. What can I
If you’re a regular reader of this blog (or the Hiring blog), you can see that I’m not shy or demure. I’m blunt and direct. And in most circumstances, I manage to straight-talk without hurting anyone, even myself. But that wasn’t the case earlier this week. I was writing the PM book, concentrating. The phone