Project Management Source: Memo for Bosses: 101 Ways to Prevent your Office from Hating You

Project Management Source: Memo for Bosses: 101 Ways to Prevent your Office from Hating You

DON’T…

1. Make your employees come in on their days off even when you know there is no real work to be done.

 2. Call them when they are on vacation, not unless the office has burned down, in which case the call is moot anyway.

3. Be biased, play favorites or show partisanship when dealing with your subordinates.

4…..

Herding Cats: Difference Between Planing and Scheduling

Herding Cats: Difference Between Planing and Scheduling

Planning is Not the Same as Scheduling

Both are needed. Planning comes first, followed by scheduling.

When we built our home here in Colorado, there were a set of plans created by the architect. I didn't personally build it , I watched it be built by the contractors. These plans showed where the rooms were on the foundation, how these rooms interacted with each other through doors, hallways and open areas. Were the plumbing went. Where the HVAC went. Where the electrical outlets were located and the 100's of other "features" of the home.

These plans were not a schedule for the construction of the house. These plans were not the architecture of the house either. There were elevation and plan views. But the architecture was represented in the conversations between us and the architect.

The drawings were the "Plan" for how the components of the house fit together.

From the plans, the building su

What is managing software development?

Raganwald: What is managing software development?

The fundamental definition: “Management” is

• accountability for results,
• authority over resources, and
• making decisions based on judgement.