Archive for the 'Change' Category

Organizational Underwater Currents

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

Well, the Israeli elections are over, and the results took (almost) everyone by surprise. Small parties, which no one thought will get into the parliament, managed to sweep the public, and now have a significant electoral power.
The interesting story is that no pre-elections poll managed to anticipate this immense movement of voters from their traditional parties […]

The Living Project Plan

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Don’t you just love planning? Creating a fancy Gantt Chart, placing every task and every resource in its place. Feeling that you are in control, and that you have it all figured out. Then, you publish your plan, print the Gantt on a big poster and hang it where everyone can see what he or […]

Reducing “Constant Change”

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

There are many voices in the software industry arguing that the thing that describes our industry most is the fact that requirements are dynamic and customers are constantly changing their minds. This was the grounds for numerous methodologies and practices, all aimed at reducing the effect of this constant change. Some of these ideas are […]