Another Set of Eyes
There are many organizations, and plenty of pockets of resistance within organizations, that don’t leverage the value of peer reviews in any form. Individuals create their work products on their own, possibly taking the time to step back and have a look at them from a different perspective or running a few tests on them, then the product is essentially tossed over the wall to the next consumer. Read more
You Can Estimate Anything!
Quite often people say that they are being asked to provide an estimate before they have enough information. This usually happens in the very early stages of a project, but can also occur anytime a major change comes in and we need to figure out how long it will take to get the job done. Read more
Getting In the Groove
These days, we are hammered with more information than ever, and expected to get more done in less time. For most of us, this drives up the pressure to juggle a number of tasks simultaneously, in a frail attempt to meet expectations. We are busier than ever, and there is no end in sight. Read more
The Procedures That Ate Manhattan
Pretty early on in life, I came to the conclusion that large creatures move more slowly (relative to their size) than small ones. Bees appear to be perpetually caffeinated, elephants just lumber along. More mass, more inertia, that sort of thing. Read more
