Archive for May, 2010

Stomp the toads, but don’t kick the puppies!

Controversial thought of the day: when is it okay to verbally reprimand someone for bad behavior on the job? For some of us, never, we’re all individual contributors and have no real say on the actions of others (except maybe to vocalize “It hurts me when you…“) For people managers though, there’s eventually a time [...]

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Project Managers are like Walruses

We care deeply about our buckets! A friend of mine who works as doing software QA told me once that if he charges to the wrong time code he typically has four or more people yell at him. For Developers, I understand just how annoying it is to remember the many different bill codes that [...]

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A brief intro to Agile and how it’s changing the role of Project Manager

I’m learning yoga. So far, it’s helped to make me more flexible, both mentally and physically. (I can bend in ways I never thought possible, and after going through a workout I no longer have the desire to yell…much.) By in large, that’s considered a “good thing” in business these days. Flexibility, resilience, the ability [...]

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Try Balsamiq Mockups for faster turnaround with developers

I’ve mentioned my distaste for wireframing in previous posts. It’s not that I can’t do it, it just takes me a while and makes me second-guess every placement I make because I know I lack expertise in User-Interface Design (something that’s currently on my list of self-improvement items.) So, what difference Balsamiq Mockup do diffferent? [...]

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