Category: Project Management

The Status of Status

Last week I presented some of my thoughts about status reporting to the Vancouver Software Development Managers. What do you think?...

In praise of simple tools

I write using Emacs and LaTeX. I'll grudgingly copy and paste to other formats because the organization demands it but I do better work with...

SCE to AUX

DevOps Lessons from Apollo 12. 90 Seconds that defined what it means to do good work under pressure....

Lightning talks, and not…

Lightning talks seem scary, but are in fact one of the best ways to introduce yourself to public speaking in general. Once you can do...

Promo for my SCaLE 16x talk

A promo video for my SCaLE 16x talk. This one features Mr. Spock and Flash the Linux Cat. As noted in my comments, pretty much...

New Zealand Again? Yes.

Technology and Project Management are universal languages and themes, but they express themselves differently in different environments, different economies and different cultures. Those different expressions...

Don’t believe the client

You have to disbelieve the client. When a mid-sized client tells you "this is the solution, when can we do it?" it's not the same...