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Hurt people, hurt people.

October 31, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Hurt people, hurt people. Abusers were once abused. Sometimes. I don’t normally get angry, but incidents of domestic violence and…

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Posted in: Mental Health, Samaritans

So a mistake was made.

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So a mistake was made. Through a series of miscommunications and misundertandings – the instance was installed in the wrong…

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Posted in: Effective Communication, Problem Definition

You need to truly understand the importance of testing

October 29, 2020 admin Leave a comment

You need to truly understand the importance of testing, or you will never be able to deliver robust software. This…

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Posted in: QA & Testing

When mistakes happen

October 28, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When mistakes happen, it is usually due to poor communication, and sometimes lack of the right resources. Sometimes it’s due…

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Posted in: Growth Mindset, High Performing Teams, Leading Teams

Who should pay for bug fixes

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Who should pay for bug fixes when a client engages a Consulting Partner to configure and develop a system? The…

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Posted in: Build or Buy

There’s a lot of discussion

October 27, 2020 admin Leave a comment

There’s a lot of discussion about whether a contractor would be suited to a permanent role in software development, especially…

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Posted in: Careers

Technical debt.

October 26, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Technical debt. It’s when you build software in such a way that will require re-work in the future to “put…

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Posted in: Problem Definition

My “happy wall”.

October 25, 2020 admin Leave a comment

My “happy wall”. It was the wall of my home office where my lovely husband had put up a large…

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Posted in: Family, Samaritans, Self Development

If you are a medium/large consulting partner

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If you are a medium/large consulting partner, your job descriptions should be very well honed towards how you run your…

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Posted in: High Performing Teams, Team & Resources

I was talking to a senior architect

October 24, 2020 admin Leave a comment

I was talking to a senior architect who was incredibly frustrated. Due to cost cutting, the main project manager was…

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Posted in: Problem Definition, Team & Resources

Many people don’t understand

October 23, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Many people don’t understand that signed off requirements in a software delivery constitute a contractual agreement. It’s what you say…

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Posted in: Effective Communication, Masterclasses, Requirements, Trust

There’s a common misconception

October 22, 2020 admin Leave a comment

There’s a common misconception about the term ‘requirements’ especially when applied to Agile projects. Many believe that User Stories are…

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Posted in: Documenting, Requirements

Why are you doing this?

October 21, 2020 admin Leave a comment

“Why are you doing this? You’re not making any money out of giving away free courses.” I’ve also been coaching…

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Posted in: Careers, Kindness, Samaritans

There are many ways to get to an end point

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There are many ways to get to an end point, a successful project go-live. There are some amazing project managers,…

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Posted in: Inspirational, Relationships, Retaining Talent

You don’t become a great project manager

October 20, 2020 admin Leave a comment

You don’t become a great project manager by learning how to plan and schedule projects. You don’t become a great…

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Posted in: Empathy, Leading Teams, Relationships

What are the qualities of a good consultant?

October 19, 2020 admin Leave a comment

“What are the qualities of a good consultant?” I was asked this last week. I can only answer from the…

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Posted in: Emotional Intelligence

I love working with data.

October 18, 2020 admin Leave a comment

I love working with data. I was… no, I am, a data nerd. SQL queries, databases, manipulating data and records.…

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Posted in: Empathy

When you start a Role-Playing game

October 17, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When you start a Role-Playing game like Dungeon & Dragons, you roll a dice to determine your attributes – strength,…

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Posted in: Samaritans, Self Development

Fight, Flight, or… Flow.

October 16, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Fight, Flight, or… Flow. What do you do when you’re imprisoned in an Auschwitz Concentration Camp with a future that…

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Posted in: Adaptability, Self Awareness

My next round of Consulting Masterclasses

October 15, 2020 admin Leave a comment

My next round of Consulting Masterclasses will be running in a couple of weeks. If – you’re an #awesomeadmin –…

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Posted in: Karma, Masterclasses, Self Development

Those of us in the consulting industry

October 14, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Those of us in the consulting industry will know that preparing proposals and working in Bid Teams is generally far…

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Posted in: Effective Communication, Problem Definition, Rules of Engagement, Statement of Work

Bidding for new projects are tough

October 13, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Bidding for new projects are tough, especially if it’s for Project implementation and not Discoveries. Sometimes, clients prefer us to…

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Posted in: Discovery

In software consulting

October 12, 2020 admin Leave a comment

In software consulting, for medium and larger projects of work, there’s generally two parts to the delivery that require Statement…

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Posted in: Discovery, Risk & Issues

Was listening to Tim Ferriss’ podcast

October 10, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Was listening to Tim Ferriss’ podcast with Esther Perel this morning, and was struck by her learnings from Holocaust survivors…

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Posted in: Mental Health, Samaritans

A statement of work is a binding contract.

October 9, 2020 admin Leave a comment

A statement of work is a binding contract. A marriage is a binding contract. So why do so many people…

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Posted in: Statement of Work

Estimating a consulting project is easy.

October 8, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Estimating a consulting project is easy. “You pick an imaginary number, double it, double it, and then double it 4…

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Posted in: Estimating

Why should consulting partners estimate requirements

October 7, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Why should consulting partners estimate requirements using time, and not story points? Because unless they are doing a pure agile…

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Posted in: Agile, Estimating, Partners

Hang on. You’re changing my numbers…

October 6, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Hang on. You’re changing my numbers so that they look better when you present them to the committee? My poor…

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Posted in: Integrity, Problem Definition

Hey – you worked at xyz?

October 5, 2020 admin Leave a comment

“Hey – you worked at xyz? I accepted a job there, but then pulled out and join this one when…

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Posted in: Integrity, Relationships

Critical, Contingency, Consequential thinking skills.

October 4, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Critical, Contingency, Consequential thinking skills. There is such a lack of this happening in the world today, and it’s quite…

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Posted in: Critical Thinking

I believe that the secret of happiness is…

October 3, 2020 admin Leave a comment

I believe that the secret of happiness is failure, pain, betrayal, disappointment, and loss. Of course, it never feels like…

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Posted in: Inspirational, Learning, Self Development

When a document raises more questions

October 2, 2020 admin Leave a comment

When a document raises more questions than it answers, it is either: 1) Deliberately provocative, or 2) Very poorly written.…

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Posted in: Documenting, Quality

I disagree with your post

October 1, 2020 admin Leave a comment

“I disagree with your post – You can’t say failure of a project is down to the PM. There are…

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Posted in: Leadership, Risk & Issues

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