...with which I forecast that sometime next year, unless you live in, for example, Death Valley, it will rain. Forecasting the reappearance of the CIOs-must-be-business-people article is entirely parallel. I...…
...head and say, “Good job,” or “Oh, my.” You’re reading more than just news or history. You’re reading an instruction manual on how and how not to lead. Take advantage...…
...paperwork — a 100-item questionnaire, for which most responses didn’t and couldn’t change for any given ship undergoing inspection. Pull out your IT policies and procedures manual and ask yourself...…
...use this information in your later life? Perhaps tomorrow, when you take a fresh look at the organization you manage. Because you have to decide how much surface area you...…
...with the epics, decomposing them into release trains, and release trains into user stories. Voila! You’ve turned Agile into waterfall, except for the design of user interface details and perhaps...…
...Conrad Macina, who observes that both sides call a merger a merger, but in an acquisition, the acquiring company calls it an acquisition; the acquired company calls it a merger....…
ManagementSpeak: Help me to understand. Translation: I don’t know what you’re talking about, and I don’t think you do either. Thanks to reader Brian Jaffe....…
...“ignorance is bliss” is the way to keep a healthy work/life balance. Google Translate won’t help you when you hear phrases like this. Thanks to this week’s contributor, who did....…
ManagementSpeak: I understand that you feel you are overloaded. To help me get a handle on your workload please keep a daily record of everything you do and how long...…
...huge hug. It went like this: “Mrs. Murray, I’d like you to meet my grandson. I promised him the best steak in Minneapolis. Can you help us out?” Mrs. Murray...…
