Actually, Project Managers are Pretty Good at Estimating Software Projects
Apr 18,
2018
Fortunately for the organizations they work for, development teams are smart enough not to build the original project’s design — which is why we have Scrum and Agile. But, even with Scrum, good estimating may be the least important thing you have to do: Adopting Scrum, Kanban, or any Agile methodology means that you have […]
Kanban – The Quiet Revolution in Managing Software Maintenance
Sep 14,
2017
Kanban provides a revolutionary — and simple — way to manage the most important job IT departments have: Maintaining existing applications. But to effectively manage software maintenance you first have to understand the fundamental difference between maintenance and development. Before I became an independent consultant, I was the head of the IT department for a […]