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I have a friend who writes and consults on workplace bullying. Some of the stories she’s told me are infuriating and sadly familiar, and many of them repeat the same themes. A lot of people, mostly women, in all levels of their organizations, have had to deal with a toxic …
A few months ago, I was in between projects and looking for ways to improve as an analyst/consultant, so I decided to read a book from the Seilevel Leadership Development Program’s recommended reading list, called Getting Naked. In case you aren’t familiar with the story, it’s about a large consulting …
So I took my PMI-ACP exam in April, and I passed! All in all, it was a crazy experience. Last time, I posted about how I prepped for the exam, the books I read, and practice tests I took. Today, I want to go over my last minute prepping and …
Beyond helping me apply reductionism to requirements elicitation and pushing me to identify and understand underlying relationships, my background in science has also prompted me to always evaluate the reason that business processes and solutions exist. There is a phrase that I’ve picked up while reading some works in philosophy: …
Last time, I wrote about how the reductionist logic I used when studying science has benefitted my work as a requirements analyst. However, the benefits of a scientific background in this field don’t stop there. My studies also have also helped me understand how crucial communication and relationships are in …
“Reductionism: The theory that every complex phenomenon … can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.” Think about any software product that you have ever used. For the most part, you care about the whole of the product, which is …
While talking with my roommates the other night, the topic of career paths came up. My roommates are all engineers in some regard, and as a result, they each have a decently defined career path. I, on the other hand, continue to think about what my career path as a …
I have a story to tell about leadership. Actually, it’s about the lack of leadership, and how that percolates through an entire organization. It was my first official project management gig. I worked within the IT organization of a large company. First by chance and then by preference, I became …
In the “not Seilevel” part of my life, I help run a Texas grassroots political organization. I’ve been a member of the administrator group for several years. In addition to all our offline activities (meet the candidate events, volunteer events, volunteer training, get-out-the-vote activities, and charity drives) we run an …
Agile and Waterfall. Agile is the topic of many blogs just like this. People will tell you horror stories about their experiences with Agile. People spend hours at a time researching and debating about which is the better development method. Some people say waterfall development is a thing of the past. …
