Uncle Phil's Guide to Being A Team Player
Although you aspire to higher callings, you find yourself on a project in somewhat less that a leadership position. You do not have the lofty title of Project Manager. You aren't even recognized as a...
View ArticleUncle Phil's Guide to The Doomed Project
Thomas Edison, after 99 failures to find a material that would work as light bulb filament is quoted as saying, "now we know 99 things that won't work". I don't know of a single executive that would...
View ArticleUncle Phil's Guide to Communications Management
For you folks that are serious Software Development Project Managers, you know the importance of a well crafted, carefully documented, and scrupulously enforced communications plan. This installment is...
View ArticleUncle Phil's Guide to Project Management...Jeopardy Codes
These status flags provide only a very cursory level of highlighting. Project Managers are forced to provide repetitive explanations that could be eliminated by the adoption of the proposal below.
View ArticleUncle Phil's Guide to Project Management - Through the Looking Glass
While I'm pretty sure Lewis Carrol didn't have this in view when he wrote this story, the themes seem to echo many of the experiences I've had over the years.
View ArticleDoing it Write
It seems that one of the rites of passage in today's business world is to be placed on a team and charged with the task of developing "requirements" for what is called by the sponsor a mission critical...
View ArticleProject Management is Like Star Wars
In spite of the listing of communications skills gracing my consulting resume, the task of simplification of project manager job to a five year old's level of understanding defied my abilities
View ArticleMusings From Uncle Phil
Evaluation of financials from competing projects will almost always put a project with "ranged costs" derived from risk analysis at a disadvantage to the host of other projects using "best case"...
View ArticleUncle Phil's Guide to Project Management
The Capability maturity Model (CMM) has become a de facto standard for assessing the improving software processes.
View ArticleNot Again!
...the agenda for the Forrester Research Technology Leadership Forum 2007 hit a nerve...
View ArticleThis is a reason to celebrate?
This treatise concentrates on what I feel is the biggest cause of project failure â not knowing what the user wants. Athletes know where the finish line is, how high the bar is set, or what the score...
View ArticleUncle Phil's Guide to Learning
Uncle Phil is going back to school. Well, at least to class. This isnât to score some points for continued certification (I donât care about that). It is to accomplish two real goals
View ArticleUncle Phil's Learning Experience
As promised Uncle Phil is reporting back from class. Although I was educated beyond my intelligence years ago, I make it a habit to go to class every now and then to see what, if anything, I can still...
View ArticleUncle Phil's Guide to Closing Down a Project
...most non-commercial software development projects either complete in a flurry of activity that can never (or should never) be documented or in complete and abject failure.
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