Project Management
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Agile
Do You Value Management?
I’ve met many managers who were in the wrong position. Sometimes, it was the Peter Principle. Sometimes, it’s managers who…
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Agile
How Many People Can You Manage as a Manager?
In my first management role, I “managed” one person. My managee didn’t need much management. He guided me into how…
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Agile
21 signs of BAD MANAGERS I met in my career as a software manager
21 signs of BAD MANAGERS I met in my career as a software manager: Bias against action or against planning,…
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Software Development
What is the Future of Work?
I just read Scott Berkun’s The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work. For me, it was a…
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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. “I 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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