The Agile Fixed-Price Statement of Work
Most folks try to jam both fixed-price and time-and-materials work into the same contract. I recommend, for more agility, break off the fixed-price work into another contract, but still request your vendors to follow your sprint, demo, and AC process.
Telephone Interviewing Tips
Usually, the first interview with a new company is a telephone screen (a 'screener'). It may not even be with the hiring manager or a person you might ultimately work with. This article gives a few tips on how to ace it.
The End of a Manager
In early 1999, my wife Beckie, our newborn son Hank, and I lived in a pre-fab log cabin in the shadow of Mount Tamalpias in San Rafael, California. On Tuesday nights Beckie and I took massage classes at Mill Valley High School and on weekends hiked up the Dipsea Trail with Hank i...How To Look Happy (when you aren’t)
All's well that ends well.
Scrum Masters: Take Time Off To Think
There's more than what's in the two-day class to know.
What the Experts Won’t Tell You (about becoming a consultant)
Figure out what you like doing and who will write the big checks for you to do it.
Catch Someone
