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Pace Wins the Race Turn to The Last Word, where software professionals who care about quality give you their own opinions on hot topics. Find out what Peter Clark really thinks about overtime and why Lance Armstrong may hold the secret to success. |
Peter Clark
April 9, 2004 |
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When Bad Performance Happens to Good Employees Need a place to go to get the solutions you’ve been craving? Management Fix is what you’ve been looking for. In this issue, find out what to do when an employee who has historically performed well has a dry spell. |
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Was It Something I Said? Sometimes it seems like talking to a customer is about as effective as chatting with a brick wall. Have you ever considered that the problem may not be your customer but your communication skills? Naomi Karten explains why HOW you say something can be just as important as the WAY you say it. |
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Gaming 101, IM Spam, and Computers That Pounce Get the software engineering slant on items from the recent news. |
Rebecca Traeger
April 1, 2004 |
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Promises and Prescriptions What if someone told you that the cure for project woes was to throw due dates out the window, stop doing so much, and embrace uncertainty? Is this a radical treatment or just snake oil? The theory of constraints says it will work. Frank Patrick will show you how. |
Frank Patrick
April 1, 2004 |
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Multiprojecting: The Illusion of Progress Think working on five projects at once will make great results appear like magic? Don't be so sure. The price your team pays by switching from one project to another could make your productivity disappear. Johanna Rothman reveals the smoke and mirrors behind the illusion of multiprojecting. |
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How We Got Them to Read the Writing on the Wall Tim Van Tongeren tells the story of how an internal progress poster became a popular gathering spot and information resource. |
Tim Van Tongeren
March 5, 2004 |
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What's Different about Agile Management Much has been written about how agile processes change the developer and tester roles, but what effect do they have on the manager? Learn about three “extreme” concepts and what they mean to the software manager. |
Ken Schwaber
March 5, 2004 |
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Practical Career Advancement A word from the Technical Editor |
Brian Marick
March 5, 2004 |
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Dodging the Ditches "We want the software to be faster, better, cheaper!" the marketing guy declares. We want to deliver, but if we aren't positive what those adjectives mean, we will fail. Read on to learn how a road trip prompted industry veteran Esther Derby to revisit how to avoid the expectations gap. |
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