Comments on: First Steps Toward a More Managed Process http://www.reverttoconsole.com/blog/con-insulting/first-steps-toward-a-more-managed-process/ for f in *;do echo | sed 'i\rtc' >> $f;done; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:17:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: eokuwwy http://www.reverttoconsole.com/blog/con-insulting/first-steps-toward-a-more-managed-process/comment-page-1/#comment-42 eokuwwy Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:13:01 +0000 http://reverttoconsole.com/archives/64#comment-42 I am but a padowan learner. I am but a padowan learner.

]]> By: eceppda http://www.reverttoconsole.com/blog/con-insulting/first-steps-toward-a-more-managed-process/comment-page-1/#comment-41 eceppda Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:17:47 +0000 http://reverttoconsole.com/archives/64#comment-41 Are you a practitioner of mindfulness? I don't know about complete satisfaction, but it's nice to have a feeling of control. I've been thinking more about how to deliver what the <i>customer actually needs from me</i>. So, for example, the customer is tracking tasks via Project. They're not updating the tasks, they're struggling with keeping track of them, they're missing a lot of them. They're not managing requirements, they're not concerned about keeping track of estimates, etc. I know that I need to manage requirements- and that's not currently being done. I know that I want to obtain my velocity from my estimates so that I can get a better idea of how long things actually take. I know that I should be able to convey actual tasks better than my manager, and that it should be easy for her to keep track of them. And in the end I know I should have a list of completed tasks to show the customer that I'm actually doing work. This, it seems to me, is going to be a constant battle in consulting... so my goal is to come up with a set of tools I can use to manage my tasks to deliver the type of information I know every customer will need, <i>even if they don't know they need it now</i>. Are you a practitioner of mindfulness?
I don’t know about complete satisfaction, but it’s nice to have a feeling of control. I’ve been thinking more about how to deliver what the customer actually needs from me.
So, for example, the customer is tracking tasks via Project. They’re not updating the tasks, they’re struggling with keeping track of them, they’re missing a lot of them. They’re not managing requirements, they’re not concerned about keeping track of estimates, etc.
I know that I need to manage requirements- and that’s not currently being done.
I know that I want to obtain my velocity from my estimates so that I can get a better idea of how long things actually take.
I know that I should be able to convey actual tasks better than my manager, and that it should be easy for her to keep track of them.
And in the end I know I should have a list of completed tasks to show the customer that I’m actually doing work.
This, it seems to me, is going to be a constant battle in consulting… so my goal is to come up with a set of tools I can use to manage my tasks to deliver the type of information I know every customer will need, even if they don’t know they need it now.

]]> By: eokuwwy http://www.reverttoconsole.com/blog/con-insulting/first-steps-toward-a-more-managed-process/comment-page-1/#comment-40 eokuwwy Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:36:10 +0000 http://reverttoconsole.com/archives/64#comment-40 That is actually a neat concept; applying a methodology to manage yourself, not just a project that you are working on. I think that idea in addition to practicing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness_meditation" rel="nofollow">mindfulness </a> could actually lead a developer to complete satisfaction. That is actually a neat concept; applying a methodology to manage yourself, not just a project that you are working on.

I think that idea in addition to practicing mindfulness could actually lead a developer to complete satisfaction.

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