Monthly Archives: September 2008
Recursive Directives: Iterative Process Abstracted
The classic model of inputs and outputs (as taught by PMI and just about every other PM school of thought in regard to larger project phases as opposed to a description of the environment of an SDLC) can be extended … Continue reading
Rapid Iterative Firing of Tracer Bullets
User Stories are very alluring to a contemporary PM, because the impulse to break them down into requirements is almost unavoidable and provides immediate meat to sink teeth into. In the more Agile-minded PM’s mind, there is the impulse to … Continue reading
Comments are Enabled Again
Okay, behave. Everything is backed up just in case WordPress lets me down again. I am going to launch a new site soon, so the whole Google blacklist fiasco will be a thing of the past. I am even going … Continue reading
Just-In-Time or Polymorhphic Process?
<iteration 1> The Just-In-Time philosophy minimizes waste. Championed by Toyota, the JIT approach aims to not only optimize process, but simultaneously reveal and strengthen weak links in the chain of process. Polymorphic Process is something I made up just in … Continue reading
UML Esoteric? I think not. SysML, maybe so.
Recently I heard someone I respect say that UML is not used that often in real scientific (I guess he was implying intelligent, though I know some DUMB scientists) efforts. From UML.org’s nice article on Visual Modeling: UML has become … Continue reading
Project Management Myth
I have not posted in some time. I am sure that many of my readers have disappeared. More likely, they have just stopped checking in. I doubt any of you have spontaneously combusted, though it would be cool if you … Continue reading
I have been away, but am coming back.
Hoo boy. Lots going on in my life lately and I want to thank everyone who has written to see if I am okay. Its very flattering. There are some truly (or apparently) decent folks out there. I am okay. … Continue reading