Archive for August, 2007

Writing Right: The Art of the Status Report

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Status reports are a dreaded thing that most of us have to do in the corporate world, no matter our jobs.  Often we fluff, embellish, or exaggerate out of fear of not showing enough progress.  We are vague to help our accomplishments seem bigger.  We improvise.  We adapt.  We try ...

PM-Fu: Keep Your Eye On The Ball

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Keep your eye on the ball.  Take your eye off it, and you'll always fail- you're just swinging blindly. This is a simple concept we learn as kids.  It applies all through life.  It also is an old cliche, and it gets written on time and again.  Nevertheless, I'm going to ...

Always Strive for the Best! (and Never Get Anything Done)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Best is the enemy of better.  You may have heard that before. Often times I've seen this... someone asks for a solution for a simple problem.  During design, the designers say "and it really should do this" and the customer says "and it would be great if it did that", and ...

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