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TWSL Series 12: Management Observations and Agile Deep Dive

Today I gave this webinar for the Tom Woods School of Life Lunch and Learn Series. The slides are here.

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Why to Address a Problem in an Organized Way

When developing a solution or capability, it is usually good to make it as simple as possible — but no simpler. The key to walking the fine line between too simple and too complex (or too heavy or too expensive … Continue reading

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The Greatest Illustration of Writing Accurate Instructions Ever!

For architects, business analysts, programmers, managers, testers, and everyone else. It isn’t easy to do it well…

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Another Take On Communication Styles

Years ago I was with my uncle, an extremely technically adept retired Coast Guard officer, bleeding the water out of a fuel line for a small outboard motor. He told me to turn the petcock counter-clockwise to open it and … Continue reading

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BA Webinar Series 11: Management Observations and Agile Deep Dive

Today I gave this webinar for the Tampa IIBA Lunch and Learn Series. The slides are here.

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Post University CIS Advisory Board Meeting 2021

Yesterday I participated in yet another of Post University’s Advisory Board meetings for its CIS department (see descriptions of previous years here). The participants included individuals with widely varying experience and perspectives, and it’s always interesting to hear what they … Continue reading

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BA Webinar Series 06: What BAs Should Know About Software

Today I gave this webinar for the Tampa IIBA Lunch and Learn Series. The slides are here.

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Iteration and Feedback: The Key to Making Projects and Teams Work

The Product Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) teaches that most project failures are caused by poor team dynamics. That may be true, but that’s just a specific case of a larger problem. The more foundational idea is that trouble arises … Continue reading

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Communicating With Leaders

Yesterday I attended the Tampa IIBA’s chapter meeting to see the presentation given by Kara Sundar, titled Communicating With Leaders: Increase Your Productivity and Influence. The presentation was very effective and based on materials from the book Change Intelligence by … Continue reading

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Monitoring System Health and Availability, and Logging: Part 4

One more piece of context must be added to the discussion I’ve written up here, here, and here, and that is the place of these operations in the 7-layer OSI communications model. The image above is copied from and linked … Continue reading

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