Why Requirements Stink
Rodica pointed me at this article on why requirements stink on ice from the Forrester blog, which asks the…
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New O’Reilly book: Beautiful Teams
There’s a new book, soon to be released from O’Reilly called Beautiful teams, edited by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer…
Free $600 ticket to Monday’s MasterClass (San Francisco)
Next Monday, March 30th, I’m teaching my full day course on how to lead and manage breakthrough projects in…
Your project has no goal
There’s a fantastic little essay over on Noop.Nl about some clever philosophical questions about what projects are. The essay…
Live webcast, why designers fail (and what to do about it)
On Tue April 14th I’ll be doing a live webcast for UIE on Why designers fail and what to…
Q&A from today’s webcast
Thanks to everyone who tuned in – we had almost 300 people according to WebEx. The webcast will be…
Live webcast, in 45 minutes (10am PST), today
Coming up in less than an hour is my live webcast on how progress happens . A few hundred…
Wednesday Linkfest
Tons of good stuff this week: The evolution of a project manager – Interesting take on the various levels…
Review: WordPress 2.7
I hate upgrading WordPress for one reason: hand copying files. Hand copying files, even as few as are required…
When your VP doesn’t understand your job
A common problem experts have is working for an executive who has no idea what they do. The trap…
How to deal with people who are jerks
Christian recently asked, in a comment on how project managers get power: How did you work with those infamous…
Palm centro: follow up review
A few months ago I finally purchased a new cell phone, a Palm Centro, first in about 5 years.…
A lesson in customer service (why my site was down today)
I was out and about today, and got home to find email from a friend telling me my site…
Live webcast: How progress happens, Free! March 19th
Next week I’m doing a fun, live, one hour webcast on my latest thinking about progress and innovation. The…
How project managers establish power
I remember the day I started working as a program manager on the Internet explorer team. On my second…
Program Managers vs. Interaction designers
Recently Joel on Software posted about how to be a program manager and he lists UI design as one…
Wednesday linkfest
Here’s the good stuff I’ve found recently: How the ideas for Raiders of The lost ark were developed. The…
Best advice I’ve seen for web startups
In 25 minutes, David Heinemeier Hannson of 37 Signals slices through most of the nonsense and hype around startup…
The top 100 speeches of the 20th century
As research for my bestselling book on Public Speaking, I listened to dozens of famous speeches. I found a…
(Seattle) Presentation Camp – Saturday April 4th
Thanks to the kick-ass work of Kathy Gill, the first ever presentation camp in Seattle is scheduled to run…