Section 2.1 of “Death March” now uploaded

As noted in a previous blog posting, I’ve begun writing a new, updated edition of my Death March book, which was last updated in 2003.Having already uploaded the Table of Contents, Preface, and Chapter 1, and overview/intro to Chapter 2, I’ve now uploaded section 2.1, which is entitled “Identifying the Political Players in the Project.”

I expect to write/revise/upload [...]

Need Death March examples, case studies, war stories, interviews

As I’ve pointed out in the past few blog postings, I’m updating and revising the Death March book that I last published in 2003.

While I’ve got plenty of new material of my own to add, I’m also looking for new case studies, war stories, gossip, examples, feedback, and commentary from readers, reviewers, and real-world software developers [...]

Updated “Using Twitter in the Enterprise”

I’ve updated the material that I used for a Webinar presentation on “Using Twitter in the Enterprise” for the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute a few days ago; I think this new version is better organized, and it has some new material.You can download the 5.6-megabyte PDF file by clicking here; you can also view the presentation (with [...]

Webinar presentation: Using Twitter in the Enterprise

I’m giving a Webinar presentation on “Using Twitter in the Enterprise” for the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute at 1:00 PM EST on February 23, 2009; click here if you would like to register and attend (free). You can download the 5.6-megabyte PDF file by clicking on the icon below; you can also view the [...]

“Mashup” presentation at Rome Enterprise 2.0 conference

I’m presenting a talk on “Mashups as an Enterprise 2.0 Strategy” in Rome on December 4, 2008, as one of several speakers covering a wide variety of topics related to Enterprise 2.0. You can download the 3.1-megabyte PDF file by clicking on the icon below; a couple of the slides will seem rather cryptic and [...]

Top Ten Software Engineering Concepts, v10

I’m giving a presentation on “Top 10 Software Engineering Concepts” at a CompAid “Software Best Practices” conference in Chicago on November 13th. I hope you’ll be there in person to hear all the nuances; but if you’re stuck in some other part of the world, you’re welcome to download the (10 megabyte) PDF version of [...]

“Death March” at Parsons New School for Design

I’m giving a 2-hour presentation on “Death March” projects at the Parsons New School for Design in New York City tomorrow (October 31st). I took a version of the presentation that I gave in Russia last month, made a few modifications, and then told Apple’s Keynote program to skip roughly half of the slides. But I’ve uploaded [...]

New Jersey Software Process Symposium

I’m giving a keynote address at the New Jersey Software Process Symposium on October 14th … somewhere in the wilderness of New Jersey. (All I know is that I’ve checked in at the New Brunswick Hyatt Regency hotel on the evening of the 13th, in the midst of pitch-black darkness all around, and I’ve got [...]

Web 2.0, version 53

During the past week, I’ve had a chance to review and edit the V52 Web 2.0 materials that I recently published. The result is a new V53 version, which you can download as a PDF file by clicking here or on the picture below, or which you can view/download by visiting my Slideshare page. The [...]

Future of Web 2.0

I’m giving a short presentation on the “future of Web 2.0″ at a CIO roundtable session in Chicago on May 12th. You can download the 14.2MB PDF version of the presentation: