The daily life of a project manager, it seems, is to broker discussions about what features we can or can’t add to the system before launch. In part, this is an aspect of having a single large deployment. But let’s not get sidetracked on that debate.

The Endless Debate

The zone of the…

We all know Samuel L Jackson is an outstanding actor and has played some of the most memorable roles ever shot on film. But did you also know that he is a badass project manager?

I don’t know if he worked as a project manager as his night job when…

If you’re working solo or in a small team, you either do everything yourself or get help. If you’re getting help, then there are many options like volunteers or contractors. One common option is hiring from an online platform like Freelancer.com or Upwork.com. There are many of these available.

I’m…

Everyone who starts something up is super motivated by the prospect of success, but how do you make that happen?

That’s the question you want to be answered.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s a side-hustle or you have funding from day 1, that’s the question everyone is asking.

But most…

i'm kinda stuck as a barely-happy user of Evernote until someone implements a working migration tool for my 7k+ existing notes, and duplicates (or betters) their excellent web clipping tool (at least for Chrome). I guess Evernote and i are like a couple who don't really like each other any…

Imma be really blunt here: any team that can't resolve these types of issues shouldn't be doing agile. I don't mean that in a critical way - I mean that you will be much happier using some different sort of development framework - of whcih there are dozens if not…

Do you remember the defining moments in your career? Those moments that you look back on and say: “it all changed here”.

I had one of those moments on Monday, October 1st 2012, at around 09:15 am in Boston, MA, and it changed my approach to managing software projects forever.

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How do we improve our conception and practice of project management? I don’t mean project management in the PMI sense. I mean, a broad organised approach to solving problems and enabling new outcomes.

There are many points of issue and problem in the various spheres of project management. But analysing…