Of Pandemics And Project Management
In any emergency or simply a chaotic situation like the typical software intensive project, I always looked to find data that helped me anchor my understanding of the situation.
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Life Hacks That Work
What we do, day to day makes the difference. These are some of the lifehacks I use after six decades of life. A lifehack is a habit or activity that provides significant benefits for a reasonable price.
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The More Things Change In Programming The More They Remain The Same
Software projects today are getting more and more complex. Projects that used to take minutes to complete a full build now start with fetching from the repository and may require an hour or more to build.
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Developer shortage? Look within
The answer to most companies’ developer shortages is likely to look within, and make those developers more productive.
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A Few Will Do
I just wanted to develop a rocket with a small team, and not 15,000 people like had been done in the past. I wanted to show you could do this with 200.
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Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible
We measured all types of individual work environments, and what we’ve found is that if you solve for design, noise, and access to people and resources, they perform equally, and one is essentially not better than the other.
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Policy Based Approvals Instead Of Approval Meetings
The system should be able to automatically approve them, freeing up people to focus on the more high-risk changes that do require more in-depth analysis and understanding before they can be approved.
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Everyone Was Wrong
Suddenly, it turns out there are many years of hard work behind Tesla’s overnight success.
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We Are Going To Have To Change
There is no way at this point to stop climate change. Pretty much every system is going to have to change. We're going to have to adapt to this.
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Falling Prey to a Simple Message
Most organizations have fallen prey to a simple message — implement Agile as a series of ceremonies and everything gets better. Unfortunately, this is often not the case when the human-side of the equation is lost. By getting back to the basics of motivation and adaptive performance, you...
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You Didn’t See The Real Problem
“If you don’t find the solution, it’s because you didn’t see the real problem.” Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn shared leadership lessons
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Not A HIT
The healthcare industry may be experiencing an ongoing productivity paradox, mirroring earlier patterns in manufacturing and other industrial sectors.
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Stay In The Game
While he won’t rule out further acquisitions, he says PSA doesn’t need to grow dramatically to be successful. “More than volumes, profitability is the most important element,” he says. “I prefer agility and efficiency to being the biggest car group.” Bloomberg Businessweek, September 3, 2018,...
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It’s Fair. We Have To Fix Someone Else’s Problems
It’s not fair. When we screw up, it’s fair, we have to fix it. But it feels less fair when we have to fix someone’s else’s problems.
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Deep Dive
In contrast to the flybys typical of GM executives, his first official visit to Rüsselsheim a year ago became a six-hour inspection tour as he took a deep dive into Opel’s operations, initiating part-by-part comparisons with Peugeot and Citroën. The review uncovered hard-to-justify excesses such...
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