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| Page 1 of 2 | Previous | Next | CROSSDERRY BLOG JANUARY 5, 2012 Agile Mythbustin’ (RT @bobsarni, HT @brown_note) Nice collection of agile “objection” answers, though I’d be a bit kinder to the resisters. RT @bobsarni, HT @brown_note) Agile Doesn’t Work For…: Ever run across these guys? Filed under: PMO Tagged: agile , Bob Sarni , Craig Brown , Mythbusters , Organizational Change , resistance to change. | CROSSDERRY BLOG JANUARY 5, 2012 Story points and the meaning of done Dan Ackerson at Boost Agile (@boostagile, HT Craig Brown @brown_note)) posted on what he calls “cross-dysfunctional” development teams. My take: this is another demonstration of why agile development has to be more disciplined than waterfall, not less. | | | | | |
| CROSSDERRY BLOG JANUARY 27, 2010 Best and Worst Project Names « Crossderry Blog Home About Experience Trap/Complexity Set KM Set Metrics Set Crossderry Blog Entries RSS | Comments RSS Where’s Crossderry read? You’ll get a decent name if you work with an experienced OCM crew. However, the most effective names I’ve seen weren’t focus-group tested so to speak. The name conveyed danger and privation. | CROSSDERRY BLOG JANUARY 31, 2010 “Just Ask” Leadership Home About Experience Trap/Complexity Set KM Set Metrics Set Crossderry Blog Entries RSS | Comments RSS Where’s Crossderry read? Earlier this year I had a chance to do a Q&A with Gary Cohen , author of JUST ASK LEADERSHIP: Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions. Where does it go? Zen, PM, and Life Blog at WordPress.com. | CROSSDERRY BLOG FEBRUARY 3, 2010 Using questions “within” your personality Home About Experience Trap/Complexity Set KM Set Metrics Set Crossderry Blog Entries RSS | Comments RSS Where’s Crossderry read? The second topic in my Q&A with Gary Cohen , author of JUST ASK LEADERSHIP: Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions , focused on personal transformation. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Bookmark me! | CROSSDERRY BLOG FEBRUARY 28, 2010 Another pitfall of the Golden Rule Home About Experience Trap/Complexity Set KM Set Metrics Set Crossderry Blog Entries RSS | Comments RSS Where’s Crossderry read? When we treat others as we would like to be treated, it may or may not be well received. If it is not well received, we consider the others to be ingrates, and so the downward spiral begins. Listen. | | | | | | | |
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CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010  Tout your winners
Home About Experience Trap/Complexity Set KM Set Metrics Set Crossderry Blog Entries RSS | Comments RSS Where’s Crossderry read? PMOs too often get painted as the dour “project police&#. But as noted in Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin’s post on The Million-Dollar Question: What’s the Value of a PMO? But, no such luck. MORE >> -
CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010 MIT formula for uncertainty: pad your estimates
Home About Experience Trap/Complexity Set KM Set Metrics Set Crossderry Blog Entries RSS | Comments RSS Where’s Crossderry read? Hogarth and Anil Gaba’s Winter 2010 article in the MIT Sloan Management Review (full article here ). Or more properly, I hope that this Forbes excerpt — Why Forecasts Fail. That part makes sense. MORE >> -
CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 PM Quote of the Day — St. Thomas Aquinas
Home About Experience Trap/Complexity Set KM Set Metrics Set Crossderry Blog Entries RSS | Comments RSS Where’s Crossderry read? Thomas Aquinas Posted on October 30, 2009 by Paul Ritchie Beware of the person of one book. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Bookmark me! Zen, PM, and Life Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer MORE >> -
CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009 PM Quote of the Day — Leo Tolstoy
Home About Experience Trap/Complexity Set KM Set Metrics Set Crossderry Blog Entries RSS | Comments RSS Where’s Crossderry read? Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Filed under: PMO Tagged: | Leo Tolstoy , PM Quote of the Day « HR and Commitment-phobia Don’t bad mouth SAP project managers to me! MORE >> -
CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010 Sound and fury, signifying nothing
Home About Experience Trap/Complexity Set KM Set Metrics Set Crossderry Blog Entries RSS | Comments RSS Where’s Crossderry read? Communications practices are a gold mine for the troubled project prospector. You might as well tell me: “Dig here… plenty of goodies buried in this team, project, etc!&# Have a nice weekend. MORE >>
- Week 4 Performance Report — Operation Dunk 2010 CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010
- Shiny, happy objects all around CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010
- Whose “truth” are you after? CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
- SAP's product side is the problem « Crossderry Blog CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010
- Stop. Look. Listen. CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010
- Puzzles vs. Mysteries CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010
- SAP's Sleeping Product Giant « Crossderry Blog CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010
- Being accountable as a customer CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010
- Not having enough resources is normal CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Erma Bombeck CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Mike Judge CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Truman Capote CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Joseph F. Newton CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Harold J. Smith CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Yoda CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009
- My two cents worth… CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010
- More on bridging the PM/Executive communications gap CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
- At least acknowledge the “school solution” CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
- Week 2 Performance Report — Operation Dunk 2010 CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010
- Portents of Impending Doom CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010
- Week 3 Performance Report — Operation Dunk 2010 CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010
- Wow, Leo Apotheker's gone already? CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010
- Help others answer “their” questions CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010
- Asking vendors partnership-promoting questions CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010
- The cost of control CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010
- The only time Crossderry will beat Herding Cats CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010
- Why can't we plan for leadership? CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
- Week 10 Performance Report — Operation Dunk 2010 CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010
- Innovative innovation myths CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010
- Podcast Link — Enterprise IT: Inside an SAP customer CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010
- The unasked change control question CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
- Power of Strategic Commitment — Interview Intro CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009
- HR and Commitment-phobia CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
- Building capabilities for the New Year CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2010
- Owning your change program CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2010
- Story points and the meaning of done CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
- Agile Mythbustin’ (RT @bobsarni, HT @brown_note) CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
- SAP Virtualization and Green IT CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — WC Fields CROSSDERRY BLOG | SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009
- Benefits vs. Disbenefits « Crossderry Blog CROSSDERRY BLOG | SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009
- How do you judge character? CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Chinese Proverb CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2009
- Isn't a “disbenefit” really just a cost? « Crossderry Blog CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Frank Capra CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009
- Manager-Leader Gap in IT Strategy CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Akio Morita CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2009
- Deming and Project Management CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Arnold Palmer CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009
- The SAP/Oracle Choice re: Integration CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Jane Austen CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009
- Is the PMBOK Guide a standard if it is always changing. CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Anonymous CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009
- Top 25 Project Management Blogs (from oDesk blog) CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Mark Twain CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2009
- IT and matrixed organizations CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Chinese Fortune Cookie CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009
- Explaining “Speed vs. Thoroughness” trade-offs CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 18, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — George Canning CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 18, 2009
- Heresy on Stage Gates CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Benjamin Franklin CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Galileo Galilei CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009
- The pleasures of post hoc reasoning CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Albert Einstein CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2009
- More on stage gates and project reviews CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Benjamin Franklin CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2009
- CIO job rotation and commitment to IT value CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009
- Waterfall, Agile, now “Sim”? CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — JW Schopf CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009
- Last Day at SAP CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009
- How I found Mead Johnson and my new role… « Crossderry Blog CROSSDERRY BLOG | SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009
- Our relocation project — capabilities vs. specs CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Watts Humphrey CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 13, 2009
- Why I moved to Mead Johnson — macro positives « Crossderry Blog CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Edward Tufte CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009
- Why I left SAP…”macro” negatives « Crossderry Blog CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Shaquille O'Neal CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009
- Why we resist risk mitigation CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 27, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Yogi Berra CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 27, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Ferris Bueller CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Horace Greeley CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2009
- How Managers Exert Influence CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009
- Was software engineering ever alive? CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Beatrix Potter CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2009
- Why SAP ramp-ups are hard to get into CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Anatole France CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009
- Which PM “faux pas” make your hair stand on end? CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009
- PM Quote of the Day — Winston Churchill CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2010
- What will I need to “build” so I can dunk? CROSSDERRY BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010
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