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Category Archives: project management
Good Risk and Bad Risk
Bruce Tate writes about this in his book “From Java to Ruby“. But what does this mean? If you are running projects or are managing a team/company (for that matter), you have been told to manage risk(s). Chances are good … Continue reading
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What is Common Sense after all?
So, what is Common Sense or as we Germans say “Gesunder Menschenverstand”? According to Wikipedia Common sense is what people would agree in common. What does that mean? I think Common Sense is what a group of people have learnt … Continue reading
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InfoQ Interview on Lean
The guys over at InfoQ have an interview (video) with Mary and Tom Poppendieck on Lean online. The explain the heritage of Lean as well as the basic principals applied to software development in general and product management in particular. … Continue reading
Done or not done: that is the question
“How far are you with this task?”. This question is quickly asked and chances that you get an answer like “we are 80% done” are very high. Does such an answer really makes sense? How do humans assess the progress … Continue reading
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Weather as a metapher for the project status
Johanna Rothman brought up the interesting idea of using weather report icons as a metapher for the project status instead of the usual traffic lights in her latest blog post. There is also a column in StickyMinds Online Magazine by … Continue reading
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Dimensions of a project
There are a couple of factors that define a project. Usually you have three or four of them. So what are those? * Scope * Cost * Time(line) * Quality Why are they key? They are highly coupled (think rubber … Continue reading
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