Saving the Day What is it about running in and saving the day like the old westerns that companies enjoy. Why is it we value the Herculean effort to correct or fix the result of poor strategy, poor decision, insufficiently staffed, or poor execution? Could we agree that generally is better to get things correct […]
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CES 2018 Event I have never gone to CES 2018 Event (Consumer Electronics Show) and was taken aback by the size of the event. There was considerable to see, even with the minor discomfort of periodic electrical blackouts at various parts of the show. I have a great enthusiasm for creating new things (I have […]
Taxonomy of Project Failure – Risks Experience suggests there are many ways to project failure due to our project management actions, this does not include the riskiness of the effort in general that comes with the uncertainty associated with projects – these are not operations. Projects by definition have uncertain components, this is especially true […]
Agile beyond product development I have recently had another wonderful discussion with John Cutler on agile beyond the actual product development work of the organization. This may seem trivial on the surface, but the reality is the company or organizations is only as fast as the slowest element. Imagine the finances for the endeavor are […]
You are in college now, and you see people that are likely smart as far as youth will provide. Everybody can have strong “opinions” and perhaps their track record in high school has been one of success after success or being the person known to be knowledgeable – as far as high school topics go. […]
Behavioral Extinction By: Shawn P Quigley and Jon M Quigley Extinction The Dodo, the Tasmanian Tiger and the Carolina Parakeet are extinct. Extinction; however, does not just apply to animals but can be applied to behavior as well. In the case of behavioral extinction we will be discussing things and/or actions that make motivation and […]
There have been some twitter discussions going on about the validity of the term end-to-end (E2E) testing. I have been around this concept for many years and still see the validity in the term and the approach. To that end, I will describe as quick and briefly as I can since this is a blog […]
I read the article Product Beats the Process and felt compelled to respond Product Beats Process The author, Jeff Morris Jr. is right, the populous or customers at large probably do not care about how we arrived at the product. They do not care about the process. They do not care about the creative problem […]
Hiring and Safety Now, I know that title, Hiring and Safety, probably sounds like this is going to be a work place safety post, but no, that is not what this is. I have been in twitter conversations with John Cutler (@johncuttlefish) about providing a psychologically safe place for employees. A place where the work […]
Recently, I was in a conversation with a project manager whose organization had just made a radical alteration to their manner of handling work breakdown structure. There is a connection between the work breakdown structure and the financial tracking for the project. Ideally, there is an immediate connection between the WBS and the expenditures for […]
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