I’ve been having some strange email conversations with two testers, one business analyst, and a project manager. Yes, a total of four new people. They have each found jobs on projects. And, they are in over their heads. Each of them wrote to me, hoping I would help. The testers wanted to know how to
Matt Heusser has a great column over at Stickyminds this week. Take a look at A Long View of the ‘Short’ Technology Career. If you are an older job searcher, and you are looking for a job, one thing you might do is look for a technical job. That’s what I suggest in Manage Your
Do you use Iteration Zero for your agile projects? An Iteration Zero is an iteration where you set up all the servers, make sure you have a release plan, develop a product backlog, and in general do all those things that “assure” you that your project is ready to go. Some agile project managers do,
I wrote a column for Gantthead, How to Use Iteration Zero (or Not). I’m not a big fan of iteration zero, except for learning. In which case, it’s a great idea. Go take a look and see what you think. Please leave comments over there.
I wrote a series on cultural fit for my Pragmatic Manager email newsletter. In reverse order they were: How Do We Treat Each Other? What Does Your Organization Reward? What is Okay for You to Discuss? Those are the three biggies when you talk about organizational culture. That’s what candidates see when you hire. That’s
I delivered a keynote last week at StarWest, Becoming a Kick-A** Test Manager.” If you want to watch me in action, you can register for the virtual conference, and see a number of the keynotes and talks. I had an interview, too. I try to build interaction into all my talks, including my keynotes. I
“Hey, George, I want to talk to you about training for my group,” Andrea said. “Don’t start with that again,” George said. “I know you have a group of developers who need training. Two years ago, when you ran testing, you had a group of testers who needed training. Why do all your groups need
Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 9, #15: Your Culture:How Do We Treat Each Other? October 3, 2012 ISSN:2164-1196 In This Issue: Your Culture:
I have another management myth posted on Stickyminds. This one is about training. “Management Myth #9: We Have No Time for Training” is up on the site. Now, I have to admit, that when I was a new manager, I fell for this myth. Oh, I knew enough to make sure that we had lunch-and-learns.
I’m finally writing a Pragmatic Manager email to my faithful readers. That’s when I noticed I had forgotten to post my July email newsletter. Yikes! So, here is What Does Your Organization Reward? I am committed to emailing another email newsletter this week. Are you on my newsletter list? Sign up on my site or