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Posted on July 8, 2008December 3, 2014

Examples in Writing

Dwayne’s comment on my post, Architecting from the Features, made me realize I hadn’t provided an example of how I’d changed the book. Head slap on me! One of my rules of writing, which I use when I’m revising because I rarely remember as I’m writing the first draft, is to explain what I’m writing …

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Posted on July 6, 2008December 3, 2014

Architecting from the Features

I’m writing the portfolio management book, and I just finished a whole big re-architecture. I’m so excited. I realize most people aren’t that excited about a rearchitecture :-), especially not of a book in progress. But I am, because I took my own advice. When I started writing the book, I had several partly done …

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Posted on April 23, 2008June 8, 2020

New Ventures: New Book on Project Portfolio Management

I was under the weather last week, and am finally well enough to think. I still have the raspy voice from coughing all week, but you can’t hear me. Since I worked out this morning, my brain is actually firing on all cylinders. I signed a contract with Pragmatic Bookshelf for my next book about …

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If you want to write a book or write for money (in some form), read this thread.

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