Do the business management mantras of the 20th century apply to the busi
April 30, 2003 | Authored By: Steve Andriole, Robert Austin, Christine Davis, Tom DeMarco, Lynne Ellyn, Jim Highsmith, Tim Lister, Ken Orr, Ed Yourdon
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"Can-do thinking makes risk management impossible. Since acknowledging real risk is defeatism, the risk management function in a can-do organization is restricted to dealing with those smallish risks that can be mitigated by quick action.
August 3, 2006 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
In this Advisor, Jim Highsmith shares his list of the top 30 books on agile project leadership. Reading -- or even better, reading and discussing -- these books would be a good New Year's resolution for furthering project leadership in your organization.
January 18, 2007 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
"Can-do thinking makes risk management impossible.
February 13, 2002 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
Effective risk management begins with a culture in which reality isn’t overwhelmed by hubris. No project manager can be a good risk manager in a political environment in which executives are so gung ho that it blinds them from the reality. Effective risk management requires that executives and project managers make hard tradeoff decisions as the speculative hypotheses we call plans are smashed against the reality of the rough-and-tumble business world.
July 16, 2020 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
In
June 17, 2010 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
A couple of years ago, someone asked me about the history of the agile software movement and
June 7, 2007 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
Domain E-Business
March 31, 2001 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council
As more organizations face transitions to agile methods and those transitions involve l
January 3, 2008 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
Domain System Architecture
January 31, 2000 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council
In the early 1980s, I participated in one round of methodology debate.
November 30, 2001 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
Domain IT strategy Assertion 154 Systemic agile methods implementations across organizations are replacing the periodic "rogue" project team implementations of previous periods.
August 31, 2006 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council
Domain Software Development
July 31, 2000 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith, Ed Yourdon, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council