People : should they be made of gold?
The management of staff in a software engineering environment is crucial. If you do not know already that at the core of any business is the staff, then let me reiterate, at the core of ANY business is its staff. You may argue that it is the quality of the product that is being used? The “Sloppy Joes” burger van enterprise has been a roaring success for the last few years because of the quality of burger? Ok, So who buys the burgers? …

Everyone is a project manager right? If you are reading this I will take the assumption that you have an interest in project management, that being true I will take the following distinction that you have a conscious or subconscious ability to identify, interpret and understand the real meaning behind the words people say. All ‘good’ managers of people have fundamental rapport building, intuition and body language understanding to aid any understanding of the current situations, opinions and possible options. Even if you have not studied these specifically in the past …

I am very excited today as I have luckily been given a “golden ticket” to  Google Wave to try it out. If you are still one of the many people out there scratching your head and saying “what the hell is Google Wave?” then read on for the google gumph…

Get and stay out of your comfort zone. I believe that not much happens of any significance when we’re in our comfort zone. I often hear people say, “But I’m concerned about my security.” My response to that is simple: “Security is for cadavers.”
Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time.  Just because what you’re doing doesn’t seem to be working, doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that

Project success can sometimes be subjective and can be taken from factors that are not in-line with ‘usual’ definitions of project success (time/money etc) This post is not about defining success but more to discuss the core needs of a PM, a PM no less, that drives project success. The feedback of which is interesting to say the least.
I was part of an on-line discussion around this subject and i have posted below some of what I think are the key Behaviours for a successful PM and some opinions of …