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Changing Values

It’s hard to change your corporate culture, because it requires changing the way people think, feel, and act. And smart people can do really stupid things when they try to change other people. Once,...

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Urgency vs. Motivation

If stress is a weed, urgency is the seed. –Jason Fried Just the other day a project manager I know asked me how she can “instill a sense of urgency” in her team. She wants to get more done, and get it...

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People VS Process?

Lean Manufacturing people go around saying “it’s always a process problem.” Meanwhile Gerry Weinberg, who wrote several books that I love, and gives lots of great advice, including the some of the best...

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Ignoring “technical debt” is like playing with dynamite

Earlier today, I posted the somewhat controversial Focusing on Technical Debt is a dead end and apparently I missed some of the subtlety required to get my actual point across. I still don’t believe...

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Technical Debt isn’t always Debt

After yesterday’s posts about why you should not focus on reducing technical debt and why that’s not an excuse to ignore it either. Dave brought up a good point in a comment. Technical debt can be...

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