Project Management
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Software Development
Is Offshoring Less Expensive? Exposing Another Management Myth
I was in the midst of an assessment when the CIO came to me, and shut the door. âI have…
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Agile
To estimate or not to estimate, that is the question
Disparaging those who provide software estimates seems to be a growing sport. At conferences, in blogs and the twitter-verse it…
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Agile
Agile Product Planning: Vision, Strategy, and Tactics
Product planning is just as important in an agile context as it is in a traditional setting. Unfortunately, some product…
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Agile
Telecommuting, Hoteling, and Managing Product Development
There are two sides of this conversation about telecommuting: the employee side and the management side. I hope you stick…
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Software Development
Fragmented projects and overcommitted people
In 2010 I wrote two articles on Burn-Out and exhaustion in software teams. Since then there were more and more…
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Software Development
Bumping Into Manager Rules
You might have met a manager on a bad manager day. Equally as frustrating is when you work for a…
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Software Development
Nurturing Leadership
I had an email conversation with a colleague about when you let people fail versus when you rescue themâhow you…
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Agile
Contracting in Agile – You try it
One of the key principles in Agile development is âCustomer collaboration over contract negotiationâ Unfortunately, that means that if youâre…
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Agile
Client Reviews: From Waterfall to Agile
We are currently transforming a large organization with 200+ people to adopt new agile behaviors. The transformation started off with…
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