The Iron Triangle of Valuation
This blog post takes the classical project management triangle (deadline, price, quality) equation to the people side of project management.
Tagged: people
The Top-Five Most Valuable Development Team Positions
This article contains a list of resources about the most valuable positions in a software development team. The original content mentioned had disappeared, so you will find below another list of resources about the how to form the best software development teams and what are the roles involved.
The Core Protocols, an Experience Report – Part 2
The Core Protocols are our ‘best practices’ for people, teams of people and organizations that want to get great results – all the time.
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
We’ve been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is either through fear of punishment or through external rewards such as money and fame.
Being a Victim is a Choice
Declan Whelan talsk about how team member can act as victim when they say the word “can’t, never, …”. He suggest how this situation can be changed to get a performing team.
Working Effectively With Developers
Developers and testers often do not work effectively together. Either the developers can change, we can change, or both. I’ve never had much luck directly changing other people’s behavior. The article “Working Effectively With Developers” discusses of the interactions between developers and testers.
How to Manage Programmers
In his blog post “How to Manage Programmers” Tuomas Pelkonen discuss how to deal with programmers in a software project. Everybody knows that programmers are probably the hardest people to manage, because the way they work is so different from the norm. The things that are important to them are...
Motivation in project management
An very deep and interesting discussion on an article about motivation in project management and how it is perceived by project managers.