State of Indiana Makes Using Waterfall SDLC’s a Criminal Offense

”Waterfall software development lifecycles have terrorized technology projects in this state for too long,” Governor Mitch Daniels said at a simple signing ceremony held at a meeting of the Central Indiana chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI). “This bill will end the tyranny of big upfront planning, big upfront design, and litigation style change management.”

Photography by CmdrGravy.

Enterprise Architecture and Death by Planning

"In many organizational cultures, detailed planning is an assumed activity for any project. This assumption is appropriate for manufacturing activities and many other types of projects, but not necessarily for many software projects, which contain many unknowns and chaotic activities by their very nature. Death by Planning occurs when detailed plans for software projects are taken too seriously."

Carnival of Project Management

We are almost ready for this months Carnival of project management, however for those who haven't read the latest issue… "There were over 30 entries to this month’s Project Management Carnival." As always hosted by Elizabeth Harrin.

Project Leader, Manager, or Monitor?

"As I work with different clients doing software development, I’ve been struck by how different the Project Managers are. From what I have seen, the people in the role of Project Manager tend to fit into one of three archetypes: Project Leaders, Project Managers and Project Monitors."

Visualizing Economics

"Visualizing Economics is run by Catherine Mulbrandon. Here you will find information about the US and World economy presented through graphs, charts and maps."

The Project Management Problem

"A vast majority of professionals think they have a problem these days — project management. Problem is, that's not the problem. Well, it is, but not the way they usually think it is. Let me be a little more vague . . ."