Process is a lame excuse
One of the central tenants of the agile manifesto is responding to change over following a plan. For someone with a background in science or engineering it seems commonsense. Sadly, many people in
W.E. Deming
William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer—the central figure in the total quality management movement and business process transformation.
You are not a ninja
Like most professionals, I tend to get ornery from time to time. I am beginning to think that this is a healthy response to working in present day corporations. Human beings have gone
Death to performance appraisals!
The beginning of my diatribes against performance appraisals.