Why software sucks: an essay
Ever wonder why so much of what’s made is so bad? Here’s some answers and advice on what to…
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This week: managing up to executives
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #45 – Managing up to executives. This week’s situation comes from…
How to decide when to fix bugs, part 2
Part 2 of how to decide when to fix bugs, covering all the heavy duty strategy not covered in…
This week: when the party’s over
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #44 – When the party (project) is over: We’ve been working…
The 3 ways to work
As an exercise, I’ve tried to distill philosophies of work into 3 possible approaches. Dividing things into threes can…
web developer or designer needed (CSS/HTML)
Hey folks: www.scottberkun.com has a list of web dev work that needs to be done. If I don’t hire…
This week: Assigning programming work
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #43 – Assigning work to programmers : I’m a former programmer…
Essay: work vs. progress
So much time seems wasted doing work that doesn’t help progress things forward. Why does this happen? What can…
Essay: How to decide what bugs to fix
There’s another new essay of mine up on one of the O’Reilly websites. How to decide what bugs to…
This week: Managing the 2nd class project
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #42 – Managing the 2nd class project: I am tasked with…
Mark the date: Free webcast on the art of project management
Dr. Dobbs Journal Magazine will be broadcasting a live netcast by yours truly on the art of project management.…
This week: you make the call
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #41 – You make the call : You’re the project manager.…
This week: Loose cannon programmers
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #40 – Loose cannon programmers: I’m a team lead and have…
New essay: how to learn from your mistakes
If you’re doing something interesting, mistakes are inevitable. How you learn from your mistakes defines what kinds of mistakes…
This week: How to reorganize a team
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #39 – How to reorganize a team. Here’s the details of…
Talent vs. Experience
This week in pm-clinic: Talent vs. Experience
Discussion summaries now available
The weekly discussion summaries from the first 30 weeks of pm-clinic are now up. These summaries distill each week’s…
Ending the wars between testers and programmers
One of the long standing tugs of war in the software world is between those who write code and…
This week: Lead programmers . vs project managers
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #36 – The role of lead programmers vs. project managers. Here’s…
This week: Leading the unleadable?
Last week in the pm-clinic discussion forum was topic #34 – Getting started in leading teams. This week: Leading…