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• Tips for effective communication

  Communication is a really inefficient activity and that's because it takes a lot of effort to do it well. This can also be exacerbated when in an environment with mixed cultures where participants may find the "listening" part of communicating a greater... Posted Dec 07 2004, 05:31 PM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: Community, goals2004_ProjectManagement, Knowledge and Collaboration

• Some golden rules to adhere by when thinking about features

  When we started doing a spec for ProjectDistributor Justin and I had some long chats about what features we wanted in and how they would be implemented. In fact, there were dozens of features that we discussed and, as we progressed we found that we needed... Posted Nov 04 2004, 08:09 AM by digory with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Tools, Code Snippets, goals2004_PairProgramming, goals2004_CodeQuality, goals2004_ProjectManagement

• You don't need to have a deathmarch

  When creating project plans make sure that you define some interim milestones for the development phase. Interim milestones allow the development team to see measurable progress and provide key stakeholders with visibility about the progress of the project... Posted Oct 28 2004, 07:54 AM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: goals2004_ProjectManagement

• The Colonel Kurtz Project

  Patricks Cooney, theorizes over a new project management orthodoxy... http://www.patrickcooney.com/weblog.aspx?i=61 How do we spot Kurtz projects? Try the following: Scanty information: Nobody is saying anything, documentation is non-existent or irrelevant... Posted Oct 26 2004, 10:37 PM by digory with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: goals2004_ProjectManagement

• Taskpath

  At an interview the other day I was asked to describe what type of person I am. After a brief pause for thought I replied that I'm a task-oriented person. It's true; I am. I'm sure that that's why I love projects so much - you jump on a project, execute... Posted Oct 22 2004, 04:49 PM by digory with | with no comments Filed under: goals2004_ProjectManagement