I was on the subway last night, sitting next to a couple of project managers. I could tell they were PMs because I overheard part of their conversation, including how one proudly announced he’d successfully got a Software Requirements Specification signed off after only three months, and the other bemoaned how she had to keep a tight rein on her customer because he kept changing his mind. Read the rest of this entry »
Equally pointless is trying to predict what task a particular person will be working on twelve months from now, at precisely 3pm.
I’m trying out a new theme for this blog – I was using Abstractia but I’ve just installed Portfolio Press, so let me know what you think and especially if you find any problems.
[Part 1 of my recap ("the morning") is in a previous blog entry.]
After lunch I decided to investigate the Open Spaces area, and the title “Painless Agile Adoption” caught my eye. Having told past managers that Agile adoption is necessarily painful and not everyone will make it through the transition, this was going to be an interesting discussion. Read the rest of this entry »
You’ve probably noticed that I’ve added Google adverts to my blog (to all my blogs, in fact). It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while and I’ve resisted because I’m worried it might deter people from visiting my sites, but right now I need to keep the cats in kibble so every penny helps. I’ve tried to make the ads less intrusive and hopefully they won’t prevent anyone from reading my blogs, but in case it does here’s an incentive: once I’m working again I’ll remove the ads, so let me know if you hear of any small-ish software development teams in Toronto who need a project manager! 