Archive for the “Management” category
Evidence Based Scheduling
by jpreardon on October 26, 2007
Joel Spolsky explains Evidence Based Scheduling (EBS), in detail, at Joel on Software. EBS, which is included in the latest version of Fogbugz, predicts ship dates based on individual developers’ historical accuracy in making estimates. Nice.
Web Design Survey Results
by jpreardon on October 19, 2007
A List Apart has released the results of their web design survey: In April 2007, A List Apart and An Event Apart conducted a survey of people who make websites. Close to 33,000 web professionals answered the survey’s 37 questions, (…)
Sometimes "beta" Isn't Good Enough
by jpreardon on September 25, 2007
When armed guards need to be stationed at the Human Resources office, it may be an indication that something has gone terribly wrong with your project. This is precisely what happened at Arizona State University after they rolled out a (…)
Tracking Time Off the Easy Way
by jpreardon on September 11, 2007
Dealing with a group of people’s time off can be a headache. Spread that group across several locations and that headache quickly turns into a migraine. There are hundreds of applications to help with this which range from the very (…)
Intro to Abject-Oriented Programming
by jpreardon on August 4, 2007
You know about object-oriented programming and all its goodness. Now, step up to abject-oriented programming. Learning to work in an abject-oriented (AO) environment is important since there is a high demand for people that can maintain existing abject code (there (…)
Intro to Engineering Estimates for the Layperson
by jpreardon on July 17, 2007
Over the years, I have been in many meetings where someone will ask an engineer how difficult a particular technical problem is to solve. More likely than not–after a lengthy question and answer session–the answer will be something like “hard” (…)
Fog Creek Open House
by jpreardon on July 12, 2007
Fog Creek Software has an open house every year in their beautiful offices. But, even though I used to work right across the street, I missed it every year. This year will be different, I’m actually going to make it (…)
Wireless Bunny
by jpreardon on July 7, 2007
How did I miss this? I should have been well aware of this Nabaztag bunny last year. I will immediately adjust my RSS feeds so I’m get the appropriate level of gadget news and this sort of thing doesn’t happen (…)
Joel's Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing v3
by jpreardon on October 29, 2006
It’s hard not to love an interviewing guide that starts off like this: A motley gang of anarchists, free-love advocates, and banana-rights agitators have hijacked The Love Boat out of Puerto Vallarta and are threatening to sink it in 7 (…)