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2022-11-23

Developer and user communication channels

As your project grows, the community has to decide whether or not to maintain unified channels or separate them. How do you decide?

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2022-11-09

Using Taiga to manage writing a book

Taiga’s advanced kanban features made it a great tool to keep track of my work in the year and a half I wrote my book.

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2022-10-26

The difference between “when it’s ready” and “YOLO” schedules

Releasing software when it’s ready and a “YOLO” approach aren’t quite the same. While the latter is whimsical, the former has a plan.

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2022-10-19

There is no good time for a meeting, only the time you pick

Scheduling a meeting is the most difficult task placed before a program manager. Here’s how you can find a time when all the times are bad.

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2022-10-12

Why Are There So Many Competing Open Source Projects?

Why do you have so many choices? Explore the reasons, drawbacks, and benefits of competing open source projects.

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2022-09-14

Adding accountability in open source

When everyone is responsible, no one is. That’s why even democratic projects need to make someone accountable for important tasks.

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2022-09-07

Three ways to assign people in Taskjuggler

How can you assign someone to a task in a Taskjuggler project? There are three different approaches that you can choose from.

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2022-09-01

Who are you excluding with your default language?

Picking a single language gives you that common basis for communicating. But who do you exclude when you pick that language?

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2022-08-04

Why program management matters in open source

In my latest article for Opensource.com, I explain how program managers help combat the exponential increase in communication channels.

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2022-07-29

Your open source community needs a program manager

My latest article for The Pragmatic Programmers explains why your community needs a program manager and how to find one.

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Category: Posts

Developer and user communication channels

Using Taiga to manage writing a book

The difference between “when it’s ready” and “YOLO” schedules

There is no good time for a meeting, only the time you pick

Why Are There So Many Competing Open Source Projects?

Adding accountability in open source

Three ways to assign people in Taskjuggler

Who are you excluding with your default language?

Why program management matters in open source

Your open source community needs a program manager