February 2014 Goals
2014 Release Planning I am about 75% there! Most of the plan is done and we are currently working as if it is set and stone. However, I have one customer that pushed back our meeting and our organizational overview was schedule for the end of this month. I’m not expecting a lot of changes … Continue reading
January Links – Conflict, Meetings and Pride
Favorite business links from January 2014 Conflict Strategies for Nice People Dealing with conflict is by far my least favorite thing to do and it’s easily 20% of my daily job. There really isn’t any way to get around it, you can ignore it at your own career peril or you can find the best way … Continue reading
Release Planning
My release planning is a little different than other agile teams I’ve encountered and it deviates somewhat from what I believe the excepted method of developing one is, as well. In any given iteration we work on 10+ user stories concurrently, those stories can account for many different products and or projects. Because of this … Continue reading
Career Planning – Your Model
I feel like, in some ways, I was exceptionally lucky growing up. Throughout my childhood I was told I capable of accomplishing anything I had an interest in pursuing. Both of my parents are intellectual and growth orientated, my grandparents were all self-made, entirely optimistic and competent people and my teachers and mentors were all … Continue reading
Weekly Review – Recharging FTW
One Thing I’ve Learned The being a data geek/project manager does have its life benefits; recently I’ve had a health challenge that while not serious has forced me to focus on being healthier. To that end I’ve done my analysis, weighed some risks, crunched the numbers and have come up with a good workable twenty … Continue reading
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