Maybe it's the circle-R in the PMP® signature that put me off.
What's important is that the PMP-certified project manager is absolutely married to fixed-price software development. The idea of "Agile" was unthinkable. They were very clear that we had enough information to create a fixed price.
It's hard to …
more ...Check out this post: "Why Quit? Because They Have Bigger Monitors".
Brilliant summary of a few small cost things that have a large impact. How many other signals are being sent?
Jim B. once pointed out that some organizations are entirely run by the accountants. You can have a good …
more ...Read this on Gizmodo: "How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet" Compelling stuff: "Integration Is The Enemy of Innovation". "[Corporate Development milestones] often completely ignore what made the smaller target valuable in the first place." Lessons learned: it's hard to apply structured, formal, financial controls to innovation. As soon …
more ...Read this Computerworld posting: Should the CIO know how to code? The answer is "Yes." The examples of "well-functioning non-technical CIOs" are people as rare as hen's teeth. "These are leaders who know what they don't know. They are good at asking the right questions, probing for further insight, and …
more ...when it comes to the exceptional cases, all bets are off. So keep your mind open to weird, young [ideas] that you meet …more ...
Read this in Forbes: "Innovation's Return on Failure: ROF".
Also, this: "The Necessity of Failure in Innovation (+ more on CDOs)".
This, too: "Why innovation efforts fail".
While we're at it: "Accepting Failure is Key to Good Overall Returns on High-Risk Development Programs".
I can't say enough about the value of …
more ...Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc Brilliant summary of what really motivates people. The most important advice: provide a sense of purpose and get out of people's way so that they can do the right thing. Micromanagement, incentives, annual performance reviews and the like aren't as useful …
more ...Saw this recently.
Why do most gov websites look like they were created by someone's 10 year old nephew yet cost millions to make? — Steve Dekorte (@stevedekorte) December 29, 2011
I think this aptly summarizes the results of a waterfall methodology.
I've been refurbishing an older project -- written in 2008. Probably with Django 1.0.1. Certainly with Python 2.5.
The Django 1.3 release has been around since March. The change underscored the importance of technology refresh.
The best part was to delete code. There were two significant reasons …
more ...See this Limitations of Agile Software Development and this The Agile "Religion" -- What?.
What's important is that the limitations of Agile are not limitations. They're (mostly) intentional roadblocks to Agile.
Looking for "limitations" in the Agile approach misses the point of Agile in several important ways.
The most important problem …
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