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Why Friday afternoons are good for software projects

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Software Project Survival Guide – Book Review

I’ve read a fair few books on software projects and this one initially escaped my notice because of the title. It has a bit of a “defensive” title, so I thought it might be one of those books that advises … Continue reading

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X & Y Theory

Which gets the best results from a team, a software team – a PM who is dictatorial, assumes everyone is a slacker, and that people only turn up at work to do as little as possible, knows that nearly all … Continue reading

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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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