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Liked It “In this book you follow along as a fictional project manager copes with a slew of issues, discoveries and revelations in the midst of his im possible project. For me the genius in this book lies in the protagonist keeping a journal of lessons learned from each day on the project. Today - my...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“In this book you follow along as a fictional project manager copes with a slew of issues, discoveries and revelations in the midst of his im possible project. For me the genius in this book lies in the protagonist keeping a journal of lessons learned from each day on the project. Today - my first day at work since completing the book - I unconsciously wrote myself a note in the same exact style employed in the book ("Build one phone, not six applications"). Here's a taste of some of my faves form the book - but you really must read for yourself because much of the learning takes place within the book's narrative. * No matter hos serious the threat, the work still won't get done on time if the time originally allocated for it was not sufficient. * Think of a jelled team - ready and willing to take on a new effort - as one of the project deliverables * The danger of standard processes is that people will miss chances to take important shortcuts * There is no way to get projects to perform substantially beyond the norm without making large reductions in the total amount of debugging time * Keep meetings small by making it safe for unessential people not to attend. * Awful suspicion" Projects that set out to achieve "aggressive" schedules probably take longer to complete thatn they would have if started with more reasonable schedules.”
Charles S wrote this review Monday, March 3 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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