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Technical Talent Move and it is bad I would like to credit this blog post to Tony DaSilva, since his tweet a day or so ago.  As I read it, I had instant reactions. That is right, reactions as I could see a range of ideas radiating from his post.   My first reaction, because I […]

October 16, 2015

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There are many out there who are vehement in their support of agile over conventional project methods, as if success hinged on adopting only one of these over the other.  The truth is, project management is not operations, and you will find yourself in situations where one or the other will not work. One of […]

October 15, 2015

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One of the benefits of agile, at least in theory, is the single product owner. In conventional projects we can have many people in the position of the product sponsor or product owner.  These multiple voices can provide contradictions in which our product development team must wade through to determine the real requirements.  Experience indicates […]

October 14, 2015

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Business Imperative There was a discussion going on LinkedIn and Twitter about technical debt, and management decisions. Sometimes business imperative trumps technical debt, but you must acknowledge the technical debt, and compare the business positives against the technical debt negatives. Technical Debt We should probably start by giving a definition of technical debt.  Technical debt […]

October 12, 2015

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Thinking back I have been working on the introduction to product testing course at Value Transformation’s learning portal.  Working through the material reminded me of some experiences I have had that I think should make it to the rest of the world. I was once a verification and test person; I have been a tester, […]

August 26, 2015

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Register for the free introduction to product (hardware and software) testing in a course online that covers the topics: Stakeholders / Sponsors Project Scope Configuration Management Static Testing Techniques (inspections) Dynamic techniques Approaches to testing Regression , Re-test and Human Interactions Evaluation Putting it together with TIEMPO Test Management This course includes the creation of […]

August 18, 2015

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We have created an online introduction to product testing course. The course is free, and highly interactive. It consists of ten modules on topics listed below with some of the attributes per module.       1.)  Stakeholders and Sponsors   2.) Scope and Requirements   3.) Configuration Management and Testing   4.)  Static Testing Techniques   5.)  Dynamic Testing […]

August 6, 2015

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I recently had a brief twitter discussion with Mario Lucero that lead to a lengthy discussion over Skype who lives in Chile (the world is not so large).  His recent experience suggested to him that a company that employed conventional project management to not be a good candidate for agile.  My experience ran contrary to […]

July 20, 2015

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Project Management Tools and Risk Management There still remains meat on the bones of this study from Software Advice.  On LinkedIn, Joe Hessmiller had an observation that Client relationship and Risk management was far down on the list of concerns. Under the heading More Buyers Request Advanced Functionality Than Basic[1] client management and risk management was […]

July 16, 2015

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Project Management Tools and Transparency We continue with our review of the latest report from Software Advice.  Specifically, we will focus on one of the top three reasons or drivers for buyers are looking to move from manual tools to a less labor intensive project management tool.  The specific language is below: The top reasons […]

July 15, 2015

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