What does a feature cost? A lot of people would like to know but in the last 20 years or so, we have migrated away from the practice of budget and cost tracking for distinct features to the more Agile approach of 1) how will we make that feature and; 2) is it done yet? It’s a project management formula with the potential for enormous mischief. Let’s roll back the project management clock a bit…
I’ve just been told by the people at Marquis’ Who’s Who Directory that I have been listed there. I am humbled by the recognition. I can remember seeing the Who’s Who directory in my library at school in my teens. If you had told me then that I would one-day be listed among some of those other famous people, I would have laughed in disbelief. For those who may not know this directory, it has…
When project management software got started, resource-leveling was the ultimate end-goal. Has it disappeared? Back in the day… I seem to start almost every article lately with that expression. It may be particularly important for this one. Back in the day, when I first entered the project management software industry in the early 1980s, talk of resource leveling algorithms was all the rage. Some very clever people, many of whom I was fortunate enough to…
I’m very proud to have been named a top 10 Icon Leader of 2024 by Industry Chronicle Magazine. It’s no doubt because of the 40 year anniversary of HMS Software which I lead and the 30 year anniversary of the TimeControl timesheet system we created to which we owe so much of our success. The award is meaningless without acknowledging that any leader isn’t a leader unless he or she has a team to lead. …
I’m quite flattered that Business Talk Magazine has elected to name me one of their Influential Business Leaders of 2024. I had mentioned the website for this magazine a while back but this week, the November 2024 edition was released including the entire article. As great as that is, I also got this quite nifty certificate which, you can be sure I will have framed and mounted in the office. My thanks to Business Talk…
