Is Your Software Development Team Set Up for Failure?
A common concern keeping CIOs up at night: Am I getting the best RPM out of my team? Often the answer is no.
Category: Defining Success
July 6, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
You Guys Start, We’ll Figure This Out Later
Learn how this simple phrase could be the main warning sign that your project is in danger before you even start.
May 24, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Attitude of Estimation
Learn how to overcome the biggest obstacle any team has to getting consistent estimates — our attitude towards estimates.
May 10, 2011 | 3 comments | View Post
What Abbott & Costello Can Teach Us About Software Requirements
How recognizing “Spellcheckers” can decrease ambiguity around details and increase project success.
April 26, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
How to Turn a WAG (Wild-Ass-Guess) Into a SWAG (Scientific-Wild-Ass-Guess)
Learn how to put the S — the science — back in a WAG so even an off-the-cuff estimate can be meaningful and useful to your audience.
April 8, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
Estimating Without Fear: How To Do Away With Padding and Still Come Out Looking Like a Hero
When your team puts together an estimate, does it command a sense of confidence, trust and respect from those reviewing the estimate?
March 18, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Biggest Management Lie You’ll Ever Hear: “I Won’t Hold You To It”
The next time management says I need an estimate but I won’t hold you to it, call them out on it!
Software Requirements: Are The Business People With You?
Get everyone in the room to face the challenge of gathering accurate software development requirements. A survey of IT Leaders sheds light on the challenges.
Changing the Conversation on Software Requirements: Collaboration in the IT Team
By working together to create software requirement documents, the IT team can deliver exactly what the business needs.
September 14, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Changing the Conversation on Software Requirements: The Role of Business and IT
Creating more or “better” software requirements documents is not the silver bullet in achieving successful project results.
September 7, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post