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.
Tom DeMarco's novel, The Deadline, is now available as a Kindle Book. Click here to order from Amazon.
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.