Perspective Project Management - Interactive Business Solutions — on time, on budget, on the mark.

Driving to DC this morning I tuned into the Laura Ingram show, who was mid-rant about this NY Times article. She was convinced that donors to the Obama campaign were shady characters contributing under false names to protect their identities. As an IT professional, I recognized the names immediately. Anyone who works in software development and testing is well acquainted with Mr. Test Person, Mr. & Mrs. Jgtj Jfggjjfgj, and of course, little Asflkj. We...

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Most of us know how to behave in someone else's meeting, but what if someone is being disruptive or unproductive in YOUR meeting? Here are some tips on how to gracefully handle some of the worst meeting etiquette offenders. Read More »

Via http://wolphination.com/linux/:

...many Open Source projects fall apart before they see the light of day, mostly due to management reasons. You are receiving this directly from someone who has had an Open Source project disintegrate ... and has had to pick up the pieces, so the common pitfalls listed below are frighteningly genuine and happen to the most motivated of project managers. They all, ultimately, result in developer dropout and thus the death or...

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Heather Maxwell Chandler has a great piece on Gamasutra about using project management in the gaming industry. From the article:

Because most game developers are suspicious of formal processes it is natural for them to be wary of any procedures the “suits” want to impose on them. So if the team views the producer as a vital part of the of the development team, the more willing they are to listen to the producer’s ideas...

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