Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Ever bought a bag of potatoes at the store, brought them home, then in a few days find one bad potato in it? Experience teaches you that you have to get it out of there quickly- not only because of the smell and the mess, but because it seems that ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
My company's CTO has a saying about building software. He says that it's a lot like making sausage. There's a level of detail you want to know in order to be happy with it- are you using quality ingredients, when will I get the finished product, is the facility clean... ...
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
The best project management organizations and companies out there understand that projects compete for resources, and they plan accordingly. They have governance bodies that weigh the importance of one project versus another, and they have an elaborate ranking system for establishing the priorities of projects so that everyone can see ...
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