July, 2008 - Silicon Valley Project Management

An unrepeatable success?

By Anita Wotiz / July 12, 2008

Back in the very old days (early 80’s), I was on a team (of 24, I think) that delivered a […]

By Anita Wotiz / July 10, 2008

Saying “no” is hard for everyone. “If I say “no”, they will think I’m not a team player.” “If I

By Anita Wotiz / July 9, 2008

Recent posts on the importance of usage scenarios (use cases or user stories) in the development process warmed my heart. In my

By Anita Wotiz / July 8, 2008

The latest San Francisco magazine contains an article on a new platform called Mugsy and a company, Pure Verticals, that

By Anita Wotiz / July 7, 2008

I’ve written somewhat negatively about outsourcing in the past: primarily issuing warnings about doing it without proper planning, for the

By Ed Gaeta / July 6, 2008

I have worked in a true Project Organization, a Strong Matrix and a Weak Matrix. From a corporate perspective, there

By Ed Gaeta / July 4, 2008

Ok, we have performed a number of interviews and town hall meetings at all levels of the company, evaluated the

By Ed Gaeta / July 3, 2008

The last two companies I have worked at were both experiencing significant challenges with bring products to market in a

An internal service group had been operating as a project office in a self-funding mode: internal clients “purchased” services and