Category Archives: Management

On the Radar: Web Calendars, Lip-Syncing and Love (oh, my)

* “Boil the ocean”:http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22boil+the+ocean%22&btnG=Search, an egregious consulting term used to limit the scope of a project: “we’re not looking to boil the ocean with this.” Fast Company took “a shrewd look”:http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/88/debunk.html at the phrase, and Bob Congdon digs up its … Continue reading

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Projects vs. jobs–what’s the difference?

Well, I said I would write it. This is the blog where I go on and on about what project management is and how it’s different from work. Fascinating, I know. Continue reading

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Mozilla Changes Gears

There’s quite a buzz in the Mozilla community about an organization restructuring. This restructuring comes with the third modification of Mozilla’s roadmap. Mozilla: Mozilla Development Roadmap. We have come a long way. We have achieved a Mozilla 1.0 milestone that … Continue reading

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Project Management Methodologies

One of the interesting (if tedious) responsibilities for my Senior Project class at NJIT is to discover, interpret, and choose a project management methodology. Having had no real prior experience in the theory of project management, this has been a … Continue reading

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Open Source Project Management

Update: it’s no secret that I am using Basecamp for project management these days. The Linux desktop may not be ready for Joe User and his grandmother, but is it ready for the knowledge worker? This is a question I’ve … Continue reading

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