What Really Matters - Peter Stevens Blog
11-02-2020
Will the people who are needed be available when they are needed? Many organizations are structured around skillsets or technology platforms, e.g. analyst, developer, tester or […]
10-02-2020
Will the stakeholders change, or even just change their minds? Just before my team was scheduled to release the first version of the product, the client’s […]
07-02-2020
Will changing requirements delay the project? “We had been working on a new hardware-based product for six months. One day, the sponsor came in and […]
06-02-2020
Are you lying to yourselves about something important? “I am bidding on a tender. The client has put in requirements that we both know are physically […]
05-02-2020
“These are the only onesof which the news has come to Harvard.There may be many othersbut they haven’t been discovered.” – Tom Lehrer, The Elements While collecting […]
04-02-2020
Every project has some degree of risk. Every project is a leap of faith. Risk identification and mitigation start long before the contracts are signed. Some […]
20-06-2019
What are they talking about? What is the difference between acceptance criteria and the definition of done? Every field has its own special vocabulary and agile […]
19-06-2019
A contract manages some risks but not all of them. More importantly, the contract defines the playing rules, which in turn drive people’s behavior. What would […]
17-06-2019
A marriage made in heaven…? Or hell?! Contracts are often about one party establishing control over the other party. What if two equal partners are collaborating […]
