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Decision Trade-offs

Posted Monday, January 19, 2004 3:25 AM by lauraj
As I was catching up on my reading last night, I found this post . Peter Torr was talking about "always making the wrong decision", and asking for forgiveness in advance for making *someone* unhappy when their project is released. (Peter works on the Read More...
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The rule of 3

Posted Monday, October 20, 2003 1:21 AM by lauraj
Remember to apply the rule of three with decision-making. If you don't have three valid options, (one of which might be to continue on) you don't understand the problem. If you think your only option is to maintain the status quo, you're not working to Read More...
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When to outsource

Posted Monday, October 20, 2003 12:59 AM by lauraj
David Anderson quotes an answer by his boss on outsourcing at an all hands meeting.  We will outsource when there is no knowledge associated with an activity, such as repetitive execution of test plans. We will not outsource where there is knowledge Read More...
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Agile methods for assessing progress

Posted Monday, October 20, 2003 12:42 AM by lauraj
Robert Martin  points out that the important thing about Agile methods is that they produce real data, and data is what you need in order to really know where you are.  Compare that to how most software projects are run. They begin with Read More...
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