How to know your staff hates you
Sometimes people are subtle – other times, well, not so much. Take this parting shot left for the manager…
Category: Management
Pms vs. Programmers (This week in pmclinic)
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum– PMs vs. Programmers: Welcome to April (If you’re in the USA, time…
Quality is job #15 (This week in pm-clinic)
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum– Quality is job #15: Here’s this week’s situation: We just shipped v2…
This week in pm-clinic: Plan for the plan
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum– Plan for the plan: I work at a near v1 release start-up…
The Boss That’s Never There
In every office, in every building, there’s a manager who’s never there. They’re always double booked for meetings, running…
Why vision documents stink
At a talk yesterday I asked an audience of program managers how many of them had read a vision…
The exceptions to Brooks’ Law
In Fred Brooks’ Mythical Man Month, he states: Brooks Law: adding manpower to a late software project makes it…
Interview with Fred Brooks (Fortune magazine)
Fortune magazine has an interview with the legendary Fred Brooks, author of the grand classic The mythical man month.…
Lessons on social bookmarking (Learning from del.ico.us & blink)
Here’s a good short essay about lessons learned from the founder of blink, a 1999 social bookmarking effort. This…
Google’s 10 rules compared to Microsoft
MSNBC posted Google: Ten golden rules by Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, on how Google manages their knowledge worker staff.…
Right For The Wrong Reasons
Funny things happen when human nature collides with reality. In the vast archive of comical situations, none are more…
Embarassed in Seattle: The monorail
If you doubt the ironic powers of the universe, look no further than the Seattle monorail. You see, for…
Pm-clinic: The happy holiday bonus
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #55 – The happy holiday bonus. Dear pm-clinic, I’m a team…
This week: winning at schedule chicken
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #54 – Winning at schedule chicken. Dear pm-clinic, My project team…
This week: the fate of acquired teams
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #53 – The fate of acquired teams. Dear pm-clinic, Your assignment,…
This week: the joy of team rivalry
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #52 – The joy of team rivalry. I’m a team leader…
The data death spiral
Whenever data is misused as the only means for making decisions, a death spiral begins. Blind faith in data…
This week: Making handoffs
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #51 – Making handoffs. Here’s this week’s situation: I’m a lead…
The evil wall of requirements
One of the things stupid people do is this: Person A (aka Mr. stupid) writes a requirements document. He…
This week: How to be the wolf
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Topic #50 – How to be the Wolf. Here’s this week’s situation:…