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Another Bad Agile Analogy

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When we use analogies to convey a concept, care is needed on several fronts to confirm: The analogy is actually correct. The analogy is connected to the problem or issue we're trying to convey. This is called The Misuse of Analogy Fall...

Posted at 02:33 AM in Agile | Permalink | Comments (12)

The Gardening Analogy for Project Management

The garden analogy suggested by Jurgen Applelo is a great concept. Gardening around the world takes dramatically different approaches. Here in the United States there are many gardening zones. Having grown up in a "gentleman rancher" en...

Posted at 10:42 AM in Project Management | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack (0)

DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. “There’s nothi...

Posted at 08:32 PM in #NoEstimates, Agile, Capabilities, DDSTOP, Debunking, Estimating, Governance, Logical Fallacy, Management, Mathematics, Principles, Project Management | Permalink | Comments (0)

Comment by Jack Dahlgren on “Complex Adaptive Systems and Agile Project Management”

Glen, I'm in agreement with you in this specific instance. An analogy is appropriate for inspiri...

Posted by: Jack Dahlgren | June 14, 2005 at 11:52 PM

Comment by Paul_boos on “Another Bad Agile Analogy”

Glen, I'm a gardener... I personally like the analogy. You garden to produce a specific set of...

Posted by: Paul_boos | September 07, 2011 at 12:42 PM

Comment by Glen B. Alleman on “Another Bad Agile Analogy”

Thanks for the link. I'd say analogies need to provide insight that cannot be found in their ab...

Posted by: Glen B. Alleman | September 07, 2011 at 01:26 PM

The Higgs and its reason for being here

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The question is why is there a Higgs Boson is commonly asked in our group of engineers and business neighbors. There are lots of good explanations. One is provided by the PhD Comics guys. Recently there was a question from an electrical ...