software development

Why do women fail as Project Managers?

This article is a part III of my upcoming book "Women in Project Management"

So what should we stop doing to become successful and respectful project managers?

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Checklist for a Drupal Website Before and After Launch

Recently Digett Company posted in their blog a very useful article with Testing Checklist for a Drupal website in it. It is a very handy list for everyone involved in Drupal website creation and release (launch) process: from developer and QA engineer to Project Manager.

Agile Writing & Development Tools

Writing Tools

1. Markdown Writing Tools for Mac / iPad / iPhone 

  • FoldingText
    • It's Markdown with outline features, Pomodoro like support for timers and more.
    • It beats everything I've tried before especially for long articles. Worth the investment of $25.
    • Demo version on their site. It is Mac only for now.
  • ByWord
    • My favorite iPad / Mac / iPhone editing tool period.

Our Books Recommendations List on Agile, Kanban, Lean and Business Productivity Themes

Summary:

That list gathers the best books to get knowledge on the most important Agile, Kanban, Lean and Business Productivity related themes.

Books on Agile theme:

  • All About Agile: Agile Management Made Easy! by Kelly Waters
  • Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn
  • Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews by Norman L. Kerth
  • Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great by Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber

What is the Difference between Agile, Kanban and Scrum in less than 5 minutes?

First let us remember that the Agile Movement was born in 2001 in the field of Software Development, at a time when complex and highly ineffective methods and management philosophies were being used to try to deliver software projects. They were collectively called heavy processes, because of the large number of steps they required to get anything done, the Rational Unified Process or RUP is one of them.

Agile Kanban: Fly Different

Kanban: Fly Different - An Introduction.

Several people have asked me to explain the basics of Kanban’s Agile approach to Software Development. This presentation is a simple, straight forward, fun way to get what Kanban is all about. Feel free to comment on it, or contribute for a future revision.

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