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Notes from the trenches on Agile, Lean, Kanban and the craft of leading teams that ship. Areté — the pursuit of excellence — is what this is all about.
“In business and in life: the lighter we are the higher we get.” ~ Miguel Gómez Arbocco, a good friend. Lean is a whole way of thinking that fundamentally tells us: keep the most valuable, discard the rest. Because the rest is weight, is useless inventory, that drags you down, and makes everything harder. When you go …
Traditionally Project Management has identified three constraints that must be managed to achieve success on any project, namely: Time: or the schedule, to meet deadlines and deliver Money: our available budget, and financial resources Scope: extent of work that has to be performed. Collectively they are known as the …
Get the Best Tools – Why most pros should consider the new Macbook Air? If there is a principle in project management, and Getting Things Done that I have learned is that we should use the best tools possible for the job. For over 7 years the best tool for me in the area of computers has been an Apple laptop, and …
**The Gap Logo Fiasco:**Corporate Identity in the Age of Social Media In case you didn’t know already last Wednesday Oct. 6th, Gap introduced a new logo (seen above) to replace the classic design. Reaction was almost universally negative to the new creation, many actually calling it a piece of %!$@#, and yes you can …
Real artists ship. Andy Hertzfeld, member of the original Mac team. No amount of vision, no dreams, no project plans, patents or detailed battle plans are worth anything without real working execution! Hard work, and shipping are the big difference between amateurs and pros. Pros ship!