July 31, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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Toy Story 3. Release date: June 18, 2010. 323 days from now. Does not that amaze you? No? Most likely you are not a Project Manager. And certainly not a software Project Manager. In software world we know how hard … Continue reading
July 24, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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Last weekend we kind of explored the field of software estimation, so it is about time to see, why it is not an easy task. Complexity is what makes estimating hard. Human brain capacity is more or less fixed, but … Continue reading
July 20, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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Did not I told you that multitasking is evil? Gauge your distraction to see it yourself! Multitasking is like using “all seasons” tires: they drive equally bad in summer and in winter. When you multitask, all of your activities end … Continue reading
July 17, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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Here are some links to interesting stuff on software estimation and projects planning for weekend reading and watching. Your Will Suffer From Power Laws. There are some things, which are the way the are, and you can not change them, … Continue reading
July 14, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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These days there is many buzz around recent announcement of Google Chrome OS. This is, probably, first loud announcement of development of new desktop OS since 2000 when Apple announced its Mac OS X. Of course, if we do not … Continue reading
July 9, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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I love the definition of solution from old good MSF 3.0: Solution is the coordinated delivery of the elements needed (such as technologies, documentation, training, and support) to successfully respond to a unique customer’s business problem. There several things in … Continue reading
July 6, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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There is a very interesting passage by Jurgen Appelo of NOOP.NL, which is almost completely unrelated to the idea of the post about book reading hack: I don’t want to read chapter 20, which is about platform interoperability, which I … Continue reading
July 1, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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Really nice comics blog about day-to-day weirdnessadventures of software and IT people: Geek and Poke. I just love this – Simply Explained: Checked Exceptions. (discovered via Slava Pankratov)
July 1, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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If your business is in any way supported by IT, vision is an invaluable tool for you to succeed with implementation any enterprise-level project, be it a major enterprise transformation undertaking or deployment of new version of operating system on … Continue reading