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. Categories Posts
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. Categories Posts
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. Categories Posts
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. Categories Posts
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. Categories Posts
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. Categories Posts
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? Categories Posts
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. Categories Posts
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. Categories Posts
2022-07-19 A quick intro to development methodologies Just as there’s more than one way to pet a cat, there’s more than one way to develop software. At the risk of over-simplifying, you can consider two broad methodology categories: waterfall and agile. Strictly speaking, these are software development methodologies, not project management methodologies. You can plug any of them into your project management lifecycle. Over many projects, your... Categories Posts