Hello All,
Managing a software development project will really test the metal of the best software development professional. And while many of us turn and run like hell when we see a fixed price software development project coming our way, there are some that obviously seem to enjoy the pain.
Well…it is close to 5PM on a Friday and I just had to share with you an article I found out on the www.itmpi.org website. It was written by Robert Charette and can be found at the following address.
http://www.itmpi.org/assets/base/images/itmpi/privaterooms/robertcharette/SUCCESS.pdf
I hope you enjoy the article and I encourage you to look through the other articles on this website. They are plentiful and very insightful.
Enjoy the weekend.
Pete
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[...] Friday Afternoon Software Development Humor [...]
This is not as tongue in cheek as one might think. I was a project manager at the now defunct DaimlerChrysler. The project I was shepherding had one week left before the deadline. Asking questions and making some simple estimates I realized we had exactly one week of work left to do. A miracle had occurred.
I rushed into my boss’ office Monday morning to deliver the good news. My manager was furious! He commanded an immediate and complete halt to all work and instead demanded we document how every other department in the building had caused us to be late.
I realized then he was right to be angry. DaimlerChrysler was not run on innovative new car designs, it was run on blame. My manager had come to realize during his decades with the company that a successful project produces no blame, no corporate capital. The best way to get ahead was to bludgeon the other managers back with blame for a failed project.