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Jan 26, 2005

Picture Hanging in Project Management
A metaphor for the problems involved with handing tasks to junior developers.

Nov 29, 2004

Stapler Testing in Project Management
Testing a stapler isn't as simple as it seems. Mike Kelly came up with 144 tests to see if a stapler is up to par.

Nov 11, 2004

EA Spouse in Project Management
Complaints about how software developers at gaming giant Electronic Arts (via)

Jun 26, 2004

21 Rules of Thumb %u2013 How Microsoft develops its Software in Project Management
As someone who has been involved with software development for over two decades, the whole area of how you actually bring together a team and get them to successfully deliver a project on time, is one worthy of a lot of attention, if only because it is so hard to do.

Dec 18, 2003

Out of Mind, Out of Sight in Project Management
Sometimes it takes a child's perspective to remind us of the things that have become "invisible" to us. We make choices that become part of the daily flow and are forgotten until something happens that reopens our eyes.

Dec 3, 2003

Becoming a Better Estimator in Project Management
We can all learn to be better estimators, and our projects will be safer and stronger for the effort. In Tom DeMarco's book Controlling Software Projects, he presents a simple method for tracking and scoring the accuracy of your estimates. Here, Tim Lister walks through the process.

Aug 11, 2003

Smart Rooms in Project Management
The Barn and its Thinking Surface have been constructed to facilitate meetings whose goal is to produce some kind of design, whether software, hardware or a consumer product

Jul 15, 2003

Testing strategies for dysfunctional software organizations in Project Management
Often, organizations fail at testing because they have unrealistic expectations for their QA personnel. They ask them to do the impossible. They make their QA people responsible for something they can't control, so that no matter how good they are, these people are likely to fail.

Jul 10, 2003

Dakota Indian tribal wisdom on project management in Humor
The Dakota Indians say, 'when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount'. However, in many companies a range of far more advanced strategies are often employed.

Feb 9, 2003

When Employees Miss Deadlines in Project Management
Why can't my employees plan their time better? Or is there something I should be doing differently as a manager to improve the situation?

Feb 8, 2003

Ming the Mechanic: Work in Project Management
And the ridulous thing is that the piece I needed could have been coded in about a month by an experienced C programmer. And if I had told them that I needed another programmer, they would have said "Yes, of course". But I didn't. I just tried to work harder.

Jan 31, 2003

Open and Free Project Management Tools in Project Management
This is the place where you can follow the development and status of the project management tools under some kind of Open Source or Free Software license.

Jan 17, 2003

Joel on Software - Mouth Wide Shut in Project Management
When you tell someone about the upcoming clam steaming feature, no matter how careful you are to delimit what it actually does, they will inevitably spin elaborate fantasies about how it cures baldness and warts and has a telepathic user interface. When you finally deliver something, they are bound to be disappointed.

Jan 7, 2003

Lean Toolkit in Project Management
"Lean Development: An Agile Toolkit for Software Development Leaders" - This is a review copy of a book to be published by Addison Wesley in June, 2003.

Tesugen.com: Lean development in Project Management
Lean manufacturing is concurrent rather than sequential; decisions are made as late as possible; critical decisions aren't pushed up the hierarchy, but made by the engineers themselves; a single leader envisions what the car should be, and constantly communicates this to the engineers. The car design environment is as complex as in software, and the lean approach has been tried and proven there. (Book review)

Dec 5, 2002

Heavyweight vs. Lightweight (Project) Methodologies in Project Management
Sure, people want predictability and control, but planning to the gnat's ass months and quarters in advance doesn't produce that predictability. Project team members will tell you so. (review of Builder.com article)

Dec 4, 2002

Pro Developer - Optimize Your View in Project Management
It's time for programmers to regain control of the software development process. Learning sneaky and not so sneaky tricks to deal with all the non-coding issues that threaten our programs, our free time and our sanity is what we'll be doing in the months ahead.

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