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Small start-ups
Ana had been laid off from a software-development company. After some time thinking about it, she managed to convince David and Alberto to join her in a project they had been discussing since college: founding their own company to develop … Sigue leyendo
Too small to fail
Kaizen, or continuous improvement, is a well-known term in business or industrial organization. It’s now spreading widely in every sector of the economy, but it also applies in social life or medicine. This philosophy arose in Japan. Their industry had … Sigue leyendo
Five lessons learnt in project management
Every time I finish a project, I try to make a balance report for myself. I look at the things that went wrong and the things that went right. The things that I tried and worked, and those that I shouldn’t repeat. … Sigue leyendo
Lessons learnt
Mistakes are made all the time when we manage projects—at least I have made a few. In this section I will list only some of them. They are the most relevant or the most confessable ones, depending on your point … Sigue leyendo
The engineer and the bridge
In the 5th century BC, a certain Roman engineer was appointed to direct the construction of a bridge over the river Leza. The bridge was important for the area. People and goods would be able to use it to cross … Sigue leyendo
Lessons learnt from others
An old Spanish saying says “no one learns a shred from another person’s head.” But let’s try it anyway by reading some experiences other people encountered while managing projects. In the previous section I’ve told you about my own mistakes … Sigue leyendo
The 80/20 Rule
How can we avoid featuritis and concentrate just on the tasks that will make us more efficient? Many years ago, approximately a century ago, someone called Pareto realised that 20% of the pea pods in his garden amounted for 80% … Sigue leyendo
Keep it Simple from Agile 101 book
Some time ago, I had a conversation with an IT colleague, about the sector nowadays. Something reminded me of an Andrés Diplotti cartoon I’d seen on Google+. In it you could see a client reviewing the application that the programmer had … Sigue leyendo
Agile 101 available for pre order
New ebook, Agile 101, is already available for pre order in Kindle stores worldwide. You can find the link to the Amazon.com page here: Agile 101 – Practical Project Management. Order it now and you’ll receive your copy on 5th … Sigue leyendo
Totales en blanco en Oracle BI Discoverer
Otro post técnico. En este caso cómo resolver el problema de los totales en blanco en Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer: En algún trabajé como administrador de la EUL (capa de usuario final) con las herramientas de Discoverer y nos encontramos … Sigue leyendo
Upcoming book: Agile 101 – Practical Project Management
New book, new prezi. I have prepared for you a presentation of the upcoming book Agile 101. There you can find a short description of the chapters you can find inside. Check it out on Prezi site or directly here:
From Agile 101: The role of product owner
Are you sure you need a Clippy-like assistant on your app? Many titles could be used for the person who acts as Project Director on the client’s side: the person with the product vision that the company needs, the one … Sigue leyendo
Oracle XE, Forms 6i and a trip to Ecuador
Quite some time ago I had to deploy an application developed with Oracle Developer 6i (also known as Forms & Reports). Another public institution bestowed upon our customer, a museum, a system that would help them to catalogue, inventory and … Sigue leyendo
Blank Totals in Oracle BI Discoverer
Another technical post. This time about how to solve the Blank Totals problem in Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer: I worked years ago as an EUL administrator with the Oracle Discoverer tools. We found a problem that troubled us during days: … Sigue leyendo
How to make estimates come out the way you want (don’t fool yourself) – From Agile 101 book
Now, let’s hear a quick story about how we fool ourselves when somebody requests a quote for a job. It may have happened to you at some point. A client has requested a quote. He has an idea in mind … Sigue leyendo
More on estimates – From upcoming book Agile 101
When we talk about estimating using Agile techniques, some things are difficult to accept for those of us who have been planning and calculating timing and deadlines for a few years. We can find several techniques for Agile planning: Planning … Sigue leyendo
From Agile 101 book: Real artists ship!
Sometimes, and quite often, we delay delivering our work because we believe it is not ready. We think that we still have things to improve or correct, that we still have to work on it. More often than not, that … Sigue leyendo
From Agile 101 book: The Ant and the Cicada
One summer a cicada was resting in a field, when she noticed a small ant running around here and there. – “What are you doing?” asked the Cicada. – “The Queen has asked me to build a new anthill!” replied … Sigue leyendo
How we used Scrum in our software projects
These days I have been preparing and updating a Prezi presentation about how we used Scrum (or Agile development) in our software development projects. You won’t find there a Scrum theory implementation but the process and methods we used to … Sigue leyendo
Functional tests with Selenium WebDriver
(Sorry, this is a technical post about software testing, but don’t worry, you can find here some of my non-technical blog posts) A few years ago we used Selenium IDE in a web application project just to check the functionalities … Sigue leyendo