Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Do the “Right Thing” for your project, the customer, the company, and yourself…
We are into the 21st century. Do the “Right Thing” for your project, the customer, the company, and yourself. If not, it has consequences as we all have/are seeing. It’s the ethical thing to do, maintain your integrity and the company’s credibility.
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Documenting Lessons Learned
Documenting lessons learned. It’s a day to day attitude and activity. Based on the number of failed IT projects for the past decade it seems that transfer of knowledge and feeding back (sharing) lessons learned, did not take place. Frequently we see lessons learned not identified, discussed, documented and archived on a continuous or daily…
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Have you heard about Extreme Programming?
This month I attended a social event on application and software development within the commercial IT industry. We were discussing the software and system development process. One gentleman, a developer and programmer, stated that many companies still seem to focus on Implementation without understanding how important it is to transition to design and implementation with…
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Extreme Programming – Built from the past.
Some in the commercial IT industry, don’t seem to understand (or have not learned) how important the entire development process is to completing successful projects or programs. It’s not just moving quickly, so fast, into implementation because of pressure from the customer and sometimes your own company. Even rapid development and the iterative development process…
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“The process to find another job has taken longer than I anticipated. I have almost terminated or stopped my search efforts.”
We have all been there before but when you go through it, it becomes a very personal thing. One thing I do know, you can’t give up on your search activities. Your positive efforts, no matter when or how long it takes through these times, will prepare you to take that next positive step forward.…
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Unclear Development Processes and Methodologies
There are many methodologies for IT development and implementation projects (hundreds, because many companies have their own “flavor” of a methodology or two, and maybe several) but they all should have/contain basic processes/activities: feasibility/initiation; planning; requirements analysis; design (Architecture/Detail Design); implementation/construction/build/test (unit, integration, functional\\(capability/qualification; system test (stress, functional, performance, volume, etc.); user acceptance test; operational…
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Technology Project Challenges… Continued
Skill Set Requirements – Not Just Being Certified Resource requirements for a project or program have become a day-to-day challenge. RayAnn identified the challenge of resource availability in a previous information source, at the same time you have to ensure that the resource is the “right fit”; has the appropriate skill set. At one time,…
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Concerns as a consultant.
The other day two consultants, a developer and network engineer, made the following statements. “Cost cutting has consultants concerned about their current assignments because when an evaluation is conducted they will be cut before an employee. That is understood. We understand it’s a business and company/organization decision.” They thought that they were about to be…
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Why Project Management of IT Projects is Different from Project Management in Several Other Industries.
In a past presentation, I presented my perspective on why IT project management is different from project management for some other industries. Project management is about managing with best practice processes, (see September newsletter article and the book), tailored to the particular program or project. A project manager is not only responsible for project initiation, planning,…
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Health Check – The 2010 Impact
“A Restatement” Going into 2010 we still have many concerns that are impacting our lives (individuals and families), our communities, businesses and the IT industry: mergers, the fluctuating stock market, national and international security, continued business financial difficulties and unmet profit margins, layoffs, and regulations’ (i.e., CFR 21, part 11and HIPAA) requirements issued for the…
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