Saturday, July 27, 2002

Dave Blogs William Safire On Blogs And Old-Media "We did something real." Dave gives us all a little back-pat as he points us to Williams Safire's blog realization in the Sunday NY Times Magazine: "...gossips like an old-fashioned party line, but most information seekers and opinion junkies will go for reliable old media in zingy new digital clothes. Be that as it may (a phrase to avoid the voguism that said), the noun blog is a useful addition to the lexicon." comment []  9:08:26 AM

Computerworld: Taking Projects To The Extreme "Extreme project management is a new approach that's relatively unknown in the U.S. It requires the project manager to leave the technology to the tech team and concentrate his energies on managing critical stakeholders. It grew out of the extreme programming movement of the mid-'90s, a radical version of rapid application development that emphasizes IT/business teamwork to provide enhanced customer satisfaction." Some interesting tools and concepts to get the key project players (including IT when a strategic infrastructure issue is involved, like a platform migration, thinks me) to agree on the project drivers before anything else is done. Here' the impact of one simple "sliders" tool that has stakeholders rank what success means: "...sliders facilitate communication and expose hidden agendas because stakeholders have to agree on slider placement. "If you can't get an agreement from critical stakeholders, walk away," Thomsett says." Some interesting things here. Especially on how to quickly figure out if this is a project to do. Some of those "first meeting" things to do and talk about. So key for us to determine scope, etc. quickly and make decisions for moving forward. That kind of inspires me to create a Customer First Meeting ideas story. Those things that need to be taken care of in the first meeting with a customer or stakeholder. And add Computerworld to my RSS Subscriptions (also in my right navigation). comment []  7:35:08 AM