Herding Cats

Promise Based Planning

A recent Harvard Business Review article on "Promise Based Management," reminded me of Hal Macomber's campaign for managing projects through "promise making." You can search Hal's site for all things "promise" for insight into the methods used in construction. While... Read more →

Two Must Read PM Books

I just finished Herding Chickens: Innovative Techniques for Project Managment, Dan Bradbary and David Garrett Flawless Execution: Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World, James... Read more →

Postponing Deliverables

Some time ago on the Agile Leadership forum a poster mentioned that one of the attributes of agile software development was the ability to postpone the delivery of features to the next release cycle. This was conjectured as a benefit... Read more →