Future Directions for Agile Management
August 25, 2008
Agile management (agile software development specifically) is something that makes a big difference in my work life. David Anderson consistently provides great ideas on agile management and he does so again in this 90 minute presentation on the future... Read more...
Tiger Woods and Lightning Bolt
August 22, 2008
You have done pretty well when you can get people to post your ads on their blogs for the enjoyment of their readers. Enjoy this creativity and have a nice weekend. While on sports I also will mention Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt’s performances... Read more...
Gobbledygook
August 21, 2008
How is this for Gobbledygook? Your home banking access code is expired! You must change your access code at this time. Your access code: * may be between 4 and 20 characters in length * must not have been changed within the last 0 days *... Read more...
The Power of Small Teams
August 20, 2008
The power of small teams by Avi Muchnick Choose a project that is simple to implement. Don’t try to create a complex suite of applications… Focus on solving a single problem. Philip Kaplan made email more efficient to use by stalling it instead... Read more...
Lean IT Systems - Not ERP
August 19, 2008
I am not sure, IT needs to get lean on manufacturing, does the clearest job of explaining some things, but it does state some things well: you can see how typical offshoring doesn’t work here, as it is counterproductive to true lean manufacturing.... Read more...
Lean Management in Policing
August 18, 2008
Justice served up Jacksonvillestyle is all lean by Joe Jancsurak: The Jacksonville Sheriff Offices (JSO) Crime Reducing Initiatives Management and Enforcement Strategies (CRIMES) measures, tracks and analyzes crime-fighting statistics, such as the number... Read more...
Management Improvement Carnival #41
August 16, 2008
Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. Could Microsoft’s Windows Be Disrupted? by Scott Anthony - “as Clayton Christensen pointed out in his seminal book The Innovators’... Read more...
Don’t Do What Your Users Say
August 11, 2008
In, Don’t do what your users say, Hanford Lemoore, provides a nice illustration of why customer focus is important but must be done with care. in UI design its important to understand that what a user says and what a user is telling you can be two... Read more...
Toyota Winglet - Personal Transportation Assistance
August 10, 2008
Toyota has a long term vision. The population of Japan is aging rapidly. Toyota has invested in personal transportation and personal robotic assistance for quite some time. I must admit this new Winglet doesn’t seem like an incredible breakthrough... Read more...
Individual Bonuses Are Bad Management
August 7, 2008
Gojko Adzic provides a nice post on Mary Poppendieck’s presentation at Agile 2008 on bonus, compensation and motivation: Paying programmers: are bonuses bad and what to do about it? In software development, it is very hard to establish the effects... Read more...
