In my quest to analyze project stakeholders I came across some very interesting observations by Alistair Cockburn in his book Agile Software Development. In the first chapters he doesnt discuss agile, but he is describing characteristics of individuals and groups that, in his opinion, lead to why agile is a good method for certain projects.
The [...]
Human Failure Modes: Why You Make The Same Mistakes Over And Over
How Do You Describe A Project Problem?
There is so much knowledge about software project management available in bookstores, universities, businesses and the internet, if you encounter a problem in your project, chances are the right solution is already invented and waiting for you to find it.
Two problems are popping up here:
1) how do you define the problem in your project?
2) how [...]
Towards Speedy Assessments Of Project Problems
Most problems in a project occur when the project is actually running. This may seem obvious, but consider the amount of time spent on analyzing the situation and taking measurements to counter potential problems; the majority of this is done at the start of the project. When the project is running on full speed, when [...]
Why Project Potion?
I had some emails from readers who wondered why I coin the term “Project Potion” in my book “Surprise! Now You’re a Software Project Manager”.
The origin of the term comes from a blog posting from 18 months ago:
I have to work on my self promotion. I am struggling to make some sense of how to [...]
Executing The Plan
Here is an interesting point that Lauri Koskela and Greg Howell mention in their article I forgot to mention in my previous posting about the fundamental problems concerning plan-driven methods. The lack of information about how the project plan should actually be performed. For example, the PMBok guide is amazingly brief about this.
So, management creates [...]
