Category Archives: Project Management

Add Snagit printer to your workflow

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

I have just found out that Snagit printer can be of great benefit to project managers. As a project manager document control is a big part of what I do. Final versions of documents are always PDFs. One common problem … Continue reading →

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Lean software development: Minimum Marketable Feature and Minimum Viable Product

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

In an earlier post I talked about Eric Reis’ game changing book The Lean Start-up and Minimum Viable Product. This excellent blog post from Jeff Patton provides another layer of detail. [Agile] Stories must be minimal marketable features The term … Continue reading →

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The difference between “policy” and “strategy”

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

I am writing a book on project management (ElephantPM) and I have been looking for a succinct explanation of the difference between “policy” and “strategy”. The project management function itself is operational (project managers have line managers and do the … Continue reading →

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How to price software products – think brand

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

I recently gave a presentation to the UKCFUG entitled “How to make and sell software products”. This talk was sponsored by Fog Creek because I offer training in the UK and Europe for FogBugz and Kiln. I thought I would … Continue reading →

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Project Management Joke

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Q. What’s the difference between a project management methodologist and a terrorist? A. You can negotiate with a terrorist.

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Doctor-IT creates ElephantPM brand

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

Doctor-IT has created the ElephantPM brand to market its project management services. ElephantPM nows offers FogBugz and Kiln (Mercurial) installation and training in addition to hands on project management. Request to readers: To get ElephantPM into the Google index I … Continue reading →

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A week in the life of a development team manager – in song

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

For many years I was a development team manager. I recently heard Flanders and Swann’s “The gas man cometh” and as a tribute to them and all software development teams everywhere, I composed this little ditty. ‘Twas on a Monday … Continue reading →

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Who should own the IP in a new venture?

Posted on December 10, 2010 by

The most contentious part of any new product development is often the question of who should own the existing IP (intellectual property). This is wrong, what each party should concern themselves with is who should own the future revenue. Personally, … Continue reading →

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Resource provider engagement in the school fair

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

In an earlier post I observed that in my experience one of the most problematic areas for project managers is the consistency of support from key resource suppliers. This was forcibly pointed out to me again this week. My wife … Continue reading →

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A review of the 2010 PCG Freelance Lecture by James Bellini

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

I went to inaugural Freelance Lecture, held in the Stationers’ hall by the PCG last night. Sue Lawley was a charming and wonderfully effective chairman but I am afraid that although the speaker Dr Bellini is a “leading futurologist” he … Continue reading →

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