Crunch Time
Project Coordinator, Project Leader or Project Manager?
“Project manager wanted for a challenging project” – the request sounds promising. Whoever accepts it may live to regret it, however. Read…
Roman Mildner
Management
Evolution – Not Revolution
How much process does a software project need? It turns out that may be the optimal degree of formalization is not a constant. The development process has to grow with his result. Read…
Management
Rational Agility
Is it possible to be agile in a complex, real-time, embedded environment? How does it jive with the heavily regulated, ISO 15504/CMMI, product safety-oriented processes increasingly demanded by the OEMs? In my presentation at the embedded world conference in February 2012, I have argued that the difference between ‘agile’ and ‘rational, controlled’ project organizations is in fact an age-old misunderstanding in terms. Read…
Technology
The Future Belongs to Systems Engineering
The German economy is doing surprisingly well. A number of macroeconomic reasons can be used to explain this phenomenon. But the most important explanation is the consequent focus of German industry on high-value, complex systems engineering. Read…
Crunch Time
Welcome to ProjectCrunch!
After long preparations and many discussions about all kinds of questions regarding design, structure and content, ProjectCrunch finally goes online! Read…
Technology
The Excel Trap
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham H. Maslow Read…
Management
Business Process Modelling: Mission Impossible?
At first sight, the task appears easy: capture the business processes, visualize them in an easy-to-understand form, and use them as a basis for quality or efficiency improvement projects. This goal may seem trivial to Read…
Crunch Time
Viral Microprocesses – Micromanagement, Reloaded
“Mr. Consultant, this is really simple. Please just write down how you proceed with the use case specification step by step. This must be straightforward; you will surely have something like this ready-to-use in your drawer, right? The Customer is the King.” The brave consultant does not hesitate. “You will have the paper on your desk by tomorrow morning.” Read…