The common thread for all human pursuits is our nature. This is best exemplified in our current economic crisis and the events leading up to the dénouement. Peter Schiff is a market participant and analyst who was scorned and laughed at for his prescient conclusions on the US financial markets and economy.
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One of the difficulties I have with the Agile software methodologies and its proponents is that they go to far. They are often susceptible to hyperbole while hawking their methodology like used car salesmen. Their …
First, I’d like to wish everyone a belated Happy New Year. I’m starting to get back in to the swing of things, and I’m looking to publish as frequently as I was before the months …
It’s often said, you have to take risks to be successful. Who would disagree with that? Starting a business is risky. Investing in the stock market is risky. Going to college is risky. Getting married …
It finally happened. It was only a matter of time before the day of reckoning would strike. Leading up to the crisis, you’d never have known there were clouds forming in the real-estate and credit …
It was worse than I thought. I figured I’d be able to get at least one essay a week published during the month of November, but that even proved to be difficult. I’m just juggling …
What if you could be more accurate in your software estimates? What if you could gain more control over your project schedule? What if you could improve your product quality and know that you did …
The month of October has just come to a close, and it was an interesting month here on You Want it When? The month started with the first of a series on metrics: “Software Metrics: …
Purpose
To clarify some possible misconceptions about the goal of this article series, it is NOT to advocate that there should be unrealistic schedules. Quite the contrary, I don’t support expecting a team to deliver herculean …
Scott Sehlhorst, who writes Tyner Blain, a blog dedicated to software product success, and I had a debate over email about outsourcing. Scott recommended a topic and I decided to focus the discussion on his …
Management Approach
I’ve identified eleven tasks that I believe are essential for delivering to an unrealistic schedule. While the tasks are numbered, they signify a loose priority. It’s not intended for them to be followed exactly one …
