Category · 13 posts
Project Management
2006
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I screwed up with a client. Here's what I've learned.
Several days ago I finished a very angry phone call from one of my clients. They were letting me know how disappointed they were in me for letting them down, and how I just cost them a whole bunch of money and time for…
2005
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Nice article on ordering code construction tasks by Jeremy Miller
Jeremy Miller has some sound advice and an interesting read on the order of code construction (a nice "Where should I start building my project, and how do I continue to implement the various pieces of the…
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Father of Rational Unified Process Goes to Redmond
This is pretty big. "Microsoft has tapped Ivar Jacobson, known as one of the fathers of the popular Rational Unified Process (RUP), to lead an effort to deliver a lightweight unified process to the Microsoft Solutions…
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QA Podcast: The Journey From Business Needs to Test and User Acceptance
Got this in the emails, and it sounds itneresting: "Hi Roy, Just a quick note to say that I thought you might be interested in this recent podcast we completed, entitled "The Journey From Business Needs to Test and User…
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What does an Agile work environment look like? Here's one variation
This is a nice overview and actual pictures from a team room environment working with XP. Check it out at: An XP Team Room " Many newcomers to Extreme Programming wonder what a team room looks like. (For those…
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Employing TDD and unit testing with Waterfall methodologies
One of the things I've encountered lately is large organizations (1000's of developers) trying to get "Agile" while still trying to retain some sort of sanity in the ranks. I do believe that such moves should be made…
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The Quality Pledge
"I just received this in email: Pledge Our company is completely and absolutely committed to quality. * * Except on time-critical projects and during adverse cash-flow situations. When else would you need to be…
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About architecture and astronauts
I really like what Joel writes about Architecture Astronauts (thanks for sending, Alex K.!). Sometimes it does feel that way. "When you go too far up, abstraction-wise, you run out of oxygen. Sometimes smart thinkers…
2004
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My interview with Johanna Rothman goes live on ITConversations.Com
Guest host Roy Osherove speaks with Johanna about everyday problems in project management, software delivery and the hiring of technical people. They discuss interviewing strategies, and some bad examples of…
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Chatting with Johanna Rothman
I just finished a wonderful meeting with non other than Johanna Rothman , one of my favorite blog authors, who just happens to be in Israel this week. We talked for about two hours on topics relating to project…
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Great Coders Deserve Great Managers
I totally agree with Johanna on this one : Great coders do need great managers. I know I've often wanted demended of my workplace to invest in me just as much as I invest in my work. There are several points:…
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It's healthy to be scared of new projects
I think it's healthy to be afraid of new projects. Really. Whenever I get a new assignment, when I just get the first sentences of the project description, and I don't know how I'm going to implement it yet, I get those…
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Communicating Project Progress with a white board
One of the things most notable about XP that I really like is the notion of pure communication through the simplest things. For example - the whiteboard. In an XP project - the whiteboard is your biggest friend. It's…