The Wedding Planner
Planning a project is like planning a wedding: simple on the surface, a marathon in the details. And in tech, who plays the wedding planner?
Blog
Shorter posts and reflections, in chronological order. Notes on strategy, technology and organizational development.
Battle of the Submarine
Subway or Quiznos? Behind the choice of a sub lies a real business question: who is the expert — you or your client?
Management of Crisis Management
When a crisis hits, the real problem is often less the crisis itself than how you manage it — from organizations that never improve to those that finally bring the right people together.
Spaghetti Effect
Throwing ideas at the wall to see what sticks — but the size of the spaghetti, and the bowl that holds it, matter more than you think.
169.03% Estimation
A software estimation technique inspired by PERT — and why I often end up multiplying the initial estimate by 169.03%.
The battle of Experience and Education
Between the one who swears by experience and the one who relies only on theory, the ideal state sits in the middle — where each challenges the other.