Once the planning and preparation are complete, getting to an Automatic Geophysical Observatory (AGO) site can seem like a project […]
Project Management at 30 Below — the AGO project cycle, Part 2 Read More »
Early December. Andy woke to bright sunshine and a light snowfall… inside his tent. The sun had been up already
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Steve Wynkoop and I were talking a lot about designing and managing our professional careers on a weekly interview on SSWUG.org. This episode was about what steps to change your position in the your current company.
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I received the below great question a few days after my Art of War for Product Managers and High-Performing Professionals.
What if two product managers disagree on something and can only agree to disagree? Read More »
There are things in our professional careers that naturally scare us, but are required for advancement and continued growth. We are normally afraid of places we haven’t been before, things we haven’t tried before or subject matter that we know nothing about. If fear is a sign that we are pushing our envelop, then conquering that fear is a sign of real personal and professional growth.
So, how do we gather enough courage to take that next step?
How to do things that scare us. Read More »
This week we will take a short-cut into slapping ourselves back on the path. We won’t spend time investigating why and what took us off our course. Instead, we will jump into action with the idea of “doing one scary thing a day” to help keep up moving forward at a faster pace.
Do one scary thing a day. Read More »
We’re at an inflection point. Agile practices transitioned over the last couple years from “emerging” to “predominant”. Companies are sampling
Colleges: Teach the “How”! Read More »
I’ve been enamored of remote pair programming since briefly leading development at Socialtext, where no three developers were in the
Remote Pair Programming Read More »
“Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of
Think Failure to Succeed Read More »
Dumping-off. We ask others to do stuff for us all the time – stuff we don’t want to do, don’t
Do you Dump or Delegate? Read More »
Managing Projects Overseas – Part III – Simplify the Process We just spoke of global perspective of managing projects overseas,
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