Monthly Archives: June 2009

Hard Core Elite Software Teams

The first common perception of a great self-directed software project team is that it is insular and arrogant. It will be viewed as a closed clique, misunderstood and distrusted. Unless the team makes great efforts to be open and generous … Continue reading

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Three Strikes

Some years ago a project manager was leaving a project that he knew was in trouble. In the brief time he had with his successor he gave the successor three numbered envelopes and told him to open the envelopes, one … Continue reading

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Project Poker

“On Target.”,  “On Target.”, “On Target.”, “On Target.”, “On Target.”, “On Target.”, “On Target.”, so said the seven wise project managers who are all part of a very-big-important programme of change.  So who wants to be first to say, “well, … Continue reading

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