This Month’s Pattern *
23 The Too-Quiet Office
The office is too quiet, a sign that the team has lost its mojo.
You can get a pretty good read on a software development team just by walking the halls. Some sites exude energy. Team members move through them with purpose and obvious pleasure. At the other end of the spectrum are sites that seem like warehouses for forgotten software teams. They have no energy at all. People are waiting until they can go home, and they are waiting for that next paycheck to cash, while looking for something exciting to do, or for retirement day to come.
* Each month we plan to publish here one of the patterns from our Jolt Award book, Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies — Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior. (Watch this space for a mere 86 months and you'll have read the whole thing.) The book is published by Dorset House Publishing, in the US and Hanser Verlag in Germany. It is available at Amazon and also as a Kindle book.
events
Melbourne, Mastering the Requirements Process
21-May-2012 to 23-May-2012
The Robertsons present Mastering the Requirements Process. Please contact Software Education for details and registration.
Melbourne, MRP part 2
24-May-2012 to 25-May-2012
Suzanne Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process part 2. Contact Software Education for details of this advanced class.
Sydney, Mastering the Requirements Process
28-May-2012 to 30-May-2012
Suzanne and James Robertson teach the popular Mastering the Requirements Process sponsored by Software Education.
Sydney, MRP part 2
31-May-2012 to 1-Jun-2012
Suzanne Robertson and Mastering the Requirements Process part 2. Please contact Software Education for details of this advanced class.
Auckland, Mastering the Requirements Process
11-Jun-2012 to 13-Jun-2012
Mastering the Requirements Process. For details please contact Software Education.
Wellington, Mastering the Requirements Process
11-Jun-2012 to 13-Jun-2012
The first New Zealand presentation of the year of Mastering the Requirements Process. For details please contact Software Education.
Auckland or Wellington, Mastering the Requirements Process part 2
14-Jun-2012 to 15-Jun-2012
Suzanne Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process part 2. Details for this advanced class at Software Education.
Brussels, Mastering the Requirements Process
21-Aug-2012 to 23-Aug-2012
James Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process. Please
contact I.T.Works for details.
Netherlands, Mastering the Requirements Process
3-Sep-2012 to 5-Sep-2012
James Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process. Please
contact Array Seminars for details.
Brussels, MRP part 2
13-Sep-2012 to 14-Sep-2012
Suzanne Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process Part 2. For details on this advanced course please contact IT Works.
Oslo, Mastering the Requirements Process part 2
8-Oct-2012 to 9-Oct-2012
Suzanne Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process part 2. Details for this advanced class at Den Norske Dataforeningen.
Oslo, Mastering the Requirements Process
10-Oct-2012 to 12-Oct-2012
Suzanne Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process. For more information on this popular course, contact Den Norske Dataforeningen
Brussels, Mastering the Requirements Process
16-Oct-2012 to 18-Oct-2012
James Robertson teaches the popular Mastering the Requirements Process. Please contact IT Works for details and registration.
London, Mastering the Requirements Process
16-Oct-2012 to 18-Oct-2012
Suzanne Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process. For details and registration, please contact IRM UK.
Rome, Mastering the Requirements Process
22-Oct-2012 to 24-Oct-2012
Suzanne Robertson teaches
Mastering the Requirements Process. Contact Technology
Transfer
Rome, Mastering Business Analysis
25-Oct-2012 to 26-Oct-2012
James Robertson teaches Mastering Business Analysis. Contact Technology Transfer for details of this new course.
Stavanger, Mastering the Requirements Process
30-Oct-2012 to 1-Nov-2012
James Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process in Stavanger for Den Norske Dataforeignen.
London, Mastering Business Analysis
8-Nov-2012 to 9-Nov-2012
James Archer presents Mastering Business Analysis. Please contact IRM UK for details of this new course.
Auckland, Mastering the Requirements Process
14-Nov-2012 to 16-Nov-2012
Mastering the Requirements Process. For details please contact Software Education.
Wellington, Mastering the Requirements Process
19-Nov-2012 to 21-Nov-2012
The ever popular Mastering the Requirements Process. For details please contact Software Education.
Melbourne, Mastering the Requirements Process
26-Nov-2012 to 28-Nov-2012
Mastering the Requirements Process. Please contact Software Education for details and registration.
Melbourne, Mastering the Requirements Process part II
29-Nov-2012 to 30-Nov-2012
Suzanne Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process part 2. Contact Software Education for details of this advanced class.
Sydney, Mastering the Requirements Process
3-Dec-2012 to 5-Dec-2012
Suzanne and James Robertson teach the popular Mastering the Requirements Process sponsored by Software Education.
Sydney, Mastering the Requirements Process part 2
6-Dec-2012 to 7-Dec-2012
Suzanne Robertson teaches Mastering the Requirements Process part 2. Contact Software Education Australia for details of this advanced class.
in depth
Tom DeMarco's novel, The Deadline, is now available as a Kindle Book. Click here to order from Amazon.
James & Suzanne Robertson challenge the accepted wisdom of the agile community and point out how agile projects don't always deliver value to the organization. Download the pdf from Cutter Consortium.
In the November, 2011 issue of IEEE Software Tom DeMarco asserts that "All Late Projects Are the Same." Do you agree with Tom or not? Take a look at "All Late Projects Are the Same."
Suzanne Robertson was interviewed by Penny Pullan on the subject of 'The Business Analyst Working with the Project Manager'. This interview is part of the Business Analysis Summit, November 2011. Listen to the interview at volere.co.uk.
Tom DeMarco and Peter Hruschka interviewed by Markus Voelter on Software Engineering Radio about the process and the discoveries from writing Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies.
Tim Lister discusses risk management. This was part of an assignment for Cutter Consortium in Mexico. Watch the Video.
Listen to Tom DeMarco's 10-minute interview on Coping With Sea Change, part of Andreas Heilwagen's ongoing "10-Minute Project Management" series.
Suzanne and James Robertson's popular Mastering the Requirements Process is now available as a Kindle edition.
The Guild's 2009 Jolt Award book, Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies is now available in a Kindle edition.