November 25, 2011
by Dima Malenko
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Recently I presented at IT Brunch online conference with a talk about experience of my team doing part time agile development. Here are some highlights: On a personal productivity level do not mix narrow focus tasks like fixing a bug … Continue reading
June 13, 2011
by Dima Malenko
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Recently I’ve got a question from a colleague: “Have you had a situation when somebody was trying to manipulate you or your behavior? What can be the best way to stop/resist this sort of attitude? Stop any interaction with the … Continue reading
May 30, 2011
by Dima Malenko
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Merlin Mann on corporate culture in “Back to Work” #17: Living inside brick building full of lies.
May 25, 2011
by Dima Malenko
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Last week I gave a talk about importance of doing what talk about at Agile PechaKucha vol.2 in Kyiv. Here is slidecast from my presentation (in Russian): Just Do It View more webinars from Dima Malenko Check out the rest of … Continue reading
May 11, 2010
by Dima Malenko
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When I’m asked a question, my reply often is “Well, there are two answers to that question: a short one and a long one (or a simple and complex)…” And that is because there are indeed two types of answers … Continue reading
February 26, 2010
by Dima Malenko
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…People respond with heroic behavior. And when they act heroically, they stop improving. They just act heroically again, again, and again, and they stop learning. David Anderson in interview for Software Engineering Radio.
February 11, 2010
by Dima Malenko
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We all know this law coined by Elia Goldratt: Tell me how you’ll measure me, and I’ll tell you how I’ll behave. This cause-consequence relationship between incentive and action is very important for managers. As with many other things this … Continue reading
December 22, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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Many junior PMs think that Change Requests (in our company we call them Change Orders) always come to project team from the outer space, whenever the client or other stakeholders want to change something, like increase the scope or tighten … Continue reading
December 14, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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I’m reading Garr Reynolds’ “Prezentation Zen” and his points about efficiency of presentations, which can naturally be translated into efficiency of communication, resonated with my mind: The presentation would have been greatly improved if the presenter had simply kept two … Continue reading
December 5, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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Now when my commute went from 10-20 mins to 30-40 mins in each direction I quickly burned the backlog of podcasts. I gave a try to some new and so far I like what I hear. Here they are: Manager … Continue reading