A few days back, I blogged about a formula I’d suggest to measure the TCO of the software portfolio.  One…

Everyone in my family is a big fan of the new TV show “Numbers.”  We are also big fans of…

Back when I was in college, there wasn’t a lot of debate about what a ‘program’ was.  It was pretty…

Fascinating (IT Capabilities Assessment Tool).  Never heard of this before.  I think we all should take a good look.

Ever had a good idea that could make millions for your company?  Did you tell the right person?  Did you…

I’ve been working on a problem that has to do with standards, enforcement, and the notion of a software development…

The cost of a project is a function of how big it is.  That isn’t really a hard thing to…

Basically, in IT work, we usually need to figure out, early on, if a project is “large” or “small” and…

I ran across this anti-pattern on a non-software project, but it definitely applies.  This one comes from painting my living…

One of my favorite organizational mistakes, and I’ve seen this one MANY times, is asking your Project Manager to write…