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Project Management

When do you know my product will be perfect?

April 17, 2012

Certainly it is not perfect. It can still be improved. That’s an incorrect question. The correct question is: when can I ship it? It can be shipped when it is adequate. But it’s not perfect. We cannot… Well, it is not. Actually, the efforts put in making it perfect beyond what’s adequate are waste. It’s [...]

Mini Saga – Key Discriminator

April 8, 2012

Answers like below may become key discriminator at the time of interview. However, it depends on the type of organization you’re facing: Key Discriminator Kate appeared for a software project manager interview. Interviewer: “Tell me about one thing you are NOT very good at?” Kate: “Software Programming! – That’s the reason I could focus on getting it [...]

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On continuous delivery

March 5, 2012

It doesn’t have to be a perfect delivery. Just make one. In fact, make quite a lot of. Not delivering is usually the wrong delivery. Decide to deliver early and often. Just deliver. It’s okay if your software still needs some improvement. Whether you delivered it or not, matters. Certainly, it’s unsafe and throbbing. That’s [...]

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The Software Project Management Tale – Technology First!

February 19, 2012

“I just don’t understand why we’re NOT using latest version of the programming language to build this software application. By the time we will finish building this application, this version of language will be out of beta and released,” the programmer showed his disappointment. “Okay, does current version of the language you’re using solve your [...]

Instead, Develop the Traits That Matter

February 2, 2012

She was managing one of the most important projects of the company for past 26 months. One day, the junior most team member asked her if he was smart, she said, “No”. He asked him again if he thinks that he wanted to have him in her team, she said “No”. Then he asked him [...]