It isn't all about the code?
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Entries in Best Practices (27)
Witness to a Barn Raising
What can the Amish tell us about working together? I watched an Amish barn raising last night, and reflected…
I was way behind in my laundry, so last night was designated Laundry night. In between running up and down the stairs, and some picture hanging, I watched the Harrison Ford movie “Witness”. It’s an excellent drama set in Philadelphia (my home town) and the nearby Amish Country.
Larry Cone
in Best Practices, Best of coneblog, Miscellany
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When the User Interface Really Matters
I had a chance to talk shop with an interesting fellow recently, a retired Boeing test pilot. It turns out that test pilots don’t just test fly planes – in modern aviation they are involved in testing all aspects of the plane, including the user interface.
In those turning moments, be silent
Did you ever have one of those moments in a project where everything stops, there is a breathless pause, and the world starts to turn in a new direction? I had one yesterday…
Larry Cone
in Best Practices, Best of coneblog, Project Manager Tools
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Beware of a Guy in a Room
In recounting my early development experiences, I’ve described a situation where I “went dark”. In the literature, there are many discussions of the project situations and individual developer pathologies that give rise to this situation. But for the Project Manager who is managing risk, a “Guy in a Room” can turn into a real problem.
“Chunking” – A Key Project Management Skill
A wise colleague of mine, who specializes in IT governance issues, observed at breakfast the other day that “Chunking” was a key project management skill.
By “Chunking”, my friend Don means that activity done in the pre-project phase in which the prospective project is divided into “chunks” that are digestible by the IT organization, or the enterprise as a whole.
Larry Cone
in Best Practices, News & Events, Project Manager Tools
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