Category: People
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Who is to blame? Try the I-shikawa diagram.
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Is Agile a cancer to be eliminated?
Back in September 2014, Erik Meijer, a Dutch computer scientist, gave a remarkable keynote speech at Reaktor Dev Day in Helsinki, Finland. It began with a claim that “Agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the industry”. You can follow the full video at Vimeo . This speech incited a large number…
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Signs of a failing project: recognise some?
Going for project success is obvious, but how can we know if a project is headed to a failure? If we define that a project will fail if: – It does not deliver what is needed and expected; – Goes far out of budget and post-delivery cost; – Will or cannot deliver on time. Then…
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Your project does not work… Cargo Cult maybe?
Your project does not work and you cannot figure out why. Is it possible that your team and you are victim to the Cargo Cult science? … They’re doing everything right. The form is perfect. It looks exactly the way it looked before. But it doesn’t work… Reading Richard Feynman’s commencement address given at Caltech in…