Category Archives: Management

I’m a bit of a to-do list nut, always looking for new and better ways to manage the list. It sounds trivial, and in some ways it is, but I think it’s also very important for a manager.  One of … Continue reading →

Last time I said I’d talk a bit about my preferred tools for software project management.  Right now, I’m a huge believer in just using the bug database.  Pick a good one, a web-based one, and I can’t see any … Continue reading →

When I first started managing a small software team, I was expected to use MS Project and its Gantt charts as the primary means of planning the team’s work.  For a while now, I’ve believed that this is a terrible … Continue reading →

Question: when hiring engineers, do you look for positive reasons to hire someone (they’ve done something good, have a good capability, a particular strength or good potential), or do you look for reasons not to hire someone (not enough experience, … Continue reading →

Here’s a fairly common project management problem: You need to assign priorities (or some other kind of value, say “risk level”) to a number of different project elements.  You need these values to be balanced so they make sense across … Continue reading →