Monthly Archives: February 2008

Gantt Charts

I think they are great, as a guideline, but lay out a project plan in a Gantt chart over a 6 month period and then compare what you planned against what happened… I like them in small timeboxes, as guidelines, … Continue reading

Simple Tip for Managing Status Meetings

Okay, if you have read my other blog posts, particularly my post about developing a custom PM methodology, you know I am all about inputs and outputs. This is, obviously, for traceability. When you are running your status meetings, leave … Continue reading

Nine Benefits of Incremental Delivery

MSF stresses the importance and value in iterative development and incremental delivery in Agile environments. Why? It’s a good question. With the advent of new tools and platforms, the Waterfall approach is not only old, but maybe silly. Still, the … Continue reading

Trillian Killer? Side by side comparison.

Hey there. This has nothing to do with PM or BA or IT, really. I just stumbled on an app that is cool, open source, and useful. I like to pass these things on. I especially like competition in the … Continue reading

Simple System Definition in Pictures

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Next: Use Cases to Development Requirements to Test Cases Thanks, Josh

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SYSML – UML but cooler?

SYSML isn’t all that different from UML as it would tend to exist in the wild. In my opinion, and based on what I know right now, it looks like an attempt to standardize a deviation from a standard. I … Continue reading