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How to Avoid or Remedy Technical Debt Many people have experienced monetary debt in their lives, and although technical debt isn't quite the same, it can be just as harmful. With technical debt, you aren't borrowing chunks of code with the promise to pay it back. Read more to learn about technical debt and how you can avoid and fix it. |
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Handoffs Aren't Bad—Just Think of Cooks in the Kitchen Some people are confused by the word handoff. They think it means people have not done their jobs and other people had to cover for them. Sometimes that happens, but usually it's more like when one chef cooks his part of the meal, then hands off the plate to the next chef to finish the dish. |
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How Many People Should You Manage? As a manager, you should be providing a learning environment, coaching when it's wanted, and building trusting relationships. You should dedicate yourself to the employees, and you need time to meet with them often. This can be hard to do if you're managing too many people. What's the right number? |
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Optimism Bias: What It Means for You and Your Business The idea behind the optimism bias is that people estimate their odds of a positive outcome as higher than average but their odds of a negative outcome as lower than average. This can be dangerous when forecasting the outcomes of risky projects. Learn to temper your optimism to avoid miscalculations. |
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The Cloud Is Taking Predictive Analytics to New Heights With the growth of cloud computing, smaller companies are taking advantage of the increased flexibility, decreased storage restraints, and expanded network of information available on the cloud. Read more to find out how the cloud could give your company an advantage in fulfilling customers' needs. |
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Reduce Your Work in Progress to Make Your Whole Team More Productive When you are a manager, you have to limit your own work in progress. If you don’t, you can’t pay attention to the most important work you have to do, which can affect your whole team. Read on for some tips about how best to manage work in progress, how transparency helps, and achieving efficiency. |
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Know Your Program: Which Team Are You Managing? Some program managers whose organizations are transitioning to agile are not always clear which program team they are managing. That can be because the organization doesn’t always realize it needs more than one program team. Here, Johanna Rothman describes some program teams and when to use them. |
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Best of Breed vs. Integrated Systems: The Battle Continues The debate between buying best of breed software products versus fully integrated systems has raged on for as long as there have been integrated platforms. There are pros and cons for each approach, but the interesting thing about this debate is that there is no clearly defined right or wrong. |
