In light of my current series of postings on the ABZ's of Communication for PM's and Techies, my good friend, Hollis Wagenstein, alerted me to…
Carol DekkersJune 24, 2010
This is the 2nd of my new 26 part (A through Z) blog series with Tips on Communication for Project Managers and Technical Professionals! With…
Carol DekkersJune 17, 2010
It's been said that effective communication is one of the most important and critical skills that a software developer can have today. The Project Management…
Carol DekkersJune 7, 2010
Greetings from Japan and the ISO software engineering standards meetings this week! Writing ISO standards can be fun as well as challenging (among other things)…
Carol DekkersMay 25, 2010
You've probably heard the popular saying: No one plans to fail, but often we fail to plan! Did you know that the most common method…
Carol DekkersMay 17, 2010
Did you know that published studies cite rework as being over 40% of software development effort? It's incredible when we put this into realistic terms…
Carol DekkersMay 10, 2010
Originally published in CrossTalk May 2005 Most of us grew up with proverbs. As adults they are part of the vocabulary we use in everyday…
Carol DekkersMay 7, 2010
Years ago, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) emerged as revolutionary approach to customer/sales psychology. All one needed to do was to mirror customer behavior and customers would…
Carol DekkersApril 28, 2010
Every week, I read stories of another offshore software company assessed at the highest levels of process maturity based on the Capability Maturity Model (Software…
Carol DekkersApril 27, 2010