Archive for the ‘Scope’ Category

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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The Right Tool for the Right Task

I’ve been asked a couple times now to do Wireframing. I know it’s an incredibly valuable skill, and that people who can do it well are 10x more valuable for web development projects than those that can’t. Unfortunately however, I tend to not be so hot at it. I don’t have the years of study [...]

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Gold Plating Features for Fantastic Failure

Gold plating is a wonderful term. I used to work in a jewelry store as a bookkeeper years ago, so in the literal form it’s something I’m fairly familiar with. Picture this: beautiful girl, recently heartbroken, walks into the store with the intent of trading in all the old  jewelry her cheating good-for-nothing ex-boyfriend gave [...]

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(Un)Motivational thought for the day

If something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. If somethings not worth doing, it’s worth procrastinating, whining, complaining, delaying, and otherwise making a complete ass-hattery of the situation. Seriously though, I guarantee there will be a time when you are given a complete crap task to do. I mean, so completely pointless and below you [...]

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