Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Manage by Variance

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  It is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a project without a detailed plan. Once you have a plan, update it as necessary. ...
Monday, January 11, 2021

Miraculous Productivity Increases

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The technology industry is saturated with people who preach that this tool or that technique will reduce development cost. We al...
Monday, December 14, 2020

What Version of Java Compiled This

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I try to use the latest stable version of Java/JDK when I can. There are a lot of performance improvements in newer versions o...
Friday, November 13, 2020

The Method Won't Save You

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We have all heard the preaching of "method zealots" who say, "If you just adopt my method, most of ...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Use An Appropriate Process Model

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Dozens of process models are available for software projects to utilize: agile, waterfall, SAFe, throwaway prototyping, incremental de...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Community Adoption of New Practices

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Community adoption of new practices can mean a lot of things.  From getting a small team to try a new methodology or tool to convincing the ...
Monday, September 14, 2020

Misbehaving

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I've been listening to Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard Thaler on audiobook. In chapter 3, "The List,...
Monday, September 07, 2020

Understand Risks Up Front

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On any software project it is impossible to predict exactly what will go wrong. However, something will go wrong. In the early stages of pla...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Fix Requirements Specification Errors Now

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Errors in the requirements specification will cost you: 5 times more to find and fix if they remain until design. 10 times more if the...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Top 10 Project Management Risks

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As a software architect, I've assisted in project management and filled the role of product owner. For all of these roles it is impor...