May 2007 - Posts

• New work items? Let's think about it...

  I know this article is about a month old, but the day it was printed, I found it very intriguing - I mean first off, let's face it...when the client requests a new feature, as a PM, your gut wants to jump on it and provide good service to your client by idenftifying if it clearly sits out of scope, if it teeders on the fence in the gray area., or if it indeed is in scope. I can honestly say that procrastinating is a good trait to use when such requests come in. Rather than jumping on the latest feature that's gotta get into the app, leave it idle for 48 hours or so. For one, what may seem simple from a dev perspective to implement, and be considered something that could be done quickly with little cost, you may be opening a can of worms by reaching out too early! Don't let the team members identify to the clients the breadth or scope of the work either - drive this yourself - set the stovetop to Simmer!  http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=288463&pageNumber=1   Posted May 27 2007, 09:32 PM by palexand with no comments Filed under: managing, project management, wpf, .net 3.0

• Tales of managing .Net Framework 3.0 projects

  In this blog, I plan to discuss the minutiae of my craft - managing technology projects based on the .Net 3.0 platform. I can say with certainty that early on, this platform clearly had boundaries between the developers and the designers, and it was a difficult shell game to get the right resources doing the right tasks in the right order on the right bits. Nonetheless, .Net 3.0 has come a long way since then, but trials and tribulations still exist, although somewhat different nowadays. Conversely, there are a lot of niceties to be learned, from a project management perspective, having executed many, many projects both UI intensive and services intensive. Check back soon for some articles. I’ve got a bunch of interesting tidbits brewing in my head I’d love to share.   Posted May 11 2007, 12:59 PM by palexand with no comments Filed under: managing, workflow, project management, pm, wpf, .net 3.0