Features Set vs Time to Market – the VPE Perspective
Introduction Features, Schedule, Quality — Pick any two” – so goes a popular saying among many engineers. And it indeed […]
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Planning
Requirements Management – The VPE Perspective
Problem Statement Requirements are a special issue for Engineering management because it is where their relationship with the Business teams
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Red flags indicating possible project failure
Designing, implementing and integrating major IT systems has numerous pitfalls that don’t appear, for example, in building construction. People who
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Building a greenhouse can highlight critical elements of a successful project in any discipline – part 2
The process of procuring and building a greenhouse has given me some very concrete examples of some of the most
Building a greenhouse can highlight critical elements of a successful project in any discipline
My wife, Karen, and I recently relocated from the Silicon Valley to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. The process
How do you get it over the finish line?
Today’s entry I wanted to focus on a tactical, down-in-the-trenches topic that several of my colleagues and I have bantered
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Replay with Time-boxing and Parking Lot method.
Time-boxing is a method which allows you to do everything that you want to do without the above pitfall. You
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An Integrated Approach for a Successful Project Launch
To get a new project rolled out and build a positive momentum from the beginning, it’s important to use an
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Manage deliverables, not tasks
One of our most basic tools for regaining control of a project that is at risk is the deliverables list
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How many threads can you hold?
This article is about attention and focus, in your own life and the life of the teams you lead. Attention
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Strategy and Entrepreneurship – Are they Mutually Exclusive?
Recently, a Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal article reported the results of a BrandZ study that Apple’s brand is #1,
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