http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2008/01/19/adrenalin-junkies-and-template-zombies/ Blogging the impact of computer-related technology trends, and whatever else catches my interest. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2008/01/19/adrenalin-junkies-and-template-zombies/comment-page-1/#comment-31664 Ron Burk Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:05:33 +0000 http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2008/01/19/adrenalin-junkies-and-template-zombies/#comment-31664 #28 ("Time Removes Cards from Your Hand") is all yin and no yang. It ends with "All good project managers know when they need to play their cards so that Time cannot trump them." But of course many good project managers know their hand is dealt from a stacked deck of management that insists on being given unrealistic expectations, followed by The Crisis No One Could Have Anticipated... Again. The yang, then could be phrased as "All good project managers know when they need to hold their cards so that Time can trump their opponents cards." When management cannot make hard decisions about what to leave out, the software project manager can make those decisions, embed them in the development schedule, and then let Time acquaint management with Reality. This surely cannot be the best way of doing business, but it surely is the way a lot of software business gets done! #28 (“Time Removes Cards from Your Hand”) is all yin and no yang. It ends with “All good project managers know when they need to play their cards so that Time cannot trump them.” But of course many good project managers know their hand is dealt from a stacked deck of management that insists on being given unrealistic expectations, followed by The Crisis No One Could Have Anticipated… Again. The yang, then could be phrased as “All good project managers know when they need to hold their cards so that Time can trump their opponents cards.” When management cannot make hard decisions about what to leave out, the software project manager can make those decisions, embed them in the development schedule, and then let Time acquaint management with Reality. This surely cannot be the best way of doing business, but it surely is the way a lot of software business gets done!

]]> http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2008/01/19/adrenalin-junkies-and-template-zombies/comment-page-1/#comment-27631 Good reading: Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior at Мысли с самого низа Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:08:30 +0000 http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2008/01/19/adrenalin-junkies-and-template-zombies/#comment-27631 [...] Йордон, автор много чего - в частности “Death March”, рассказал про новую книжку Тимоти Листера и Тома Демарко со [...] [...] Йордон, автор много чего – в частности “Death March”, рассказал про новую книжку Тимоти Листера и Тома Демарко со [...]

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