The Software Development Edge(c) Essays on Managing Successful Projects

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parabolic position graphs

Parkinson's Law

partners, continuity

paths in crisis

paying for software upgrades

     batteries packaged with software 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

people

     machers 2nd 3rd

     menschs 2nd 3rd

     population distribution 2nd 3rd

     schleppers 2nd 3rd

percent completion curve

performance 2nd

period of transition

Perrow, Mike

personality

Peter Principle

phases

     iterations 2nd 3rd

     machers 2nd 3rd

     menschs 2nd 3rd

     schleppers 2nd 3rd

physics

     acceleration of a vertical ball toss 2nd

     analogies 2nd 3rd

     electromagnetism

     entropy

     Netwon's Second Law 2nd

     quantum mechanics 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     thermodynamics 2nd

     trajectory of a vertical ball toss

     velocity of a vertical ball toss 2nd

piracy

planck 2nd

planning

     decisiveness

     goals

     handling risk 2nd

     milestones

     monitoring and recordkeeping

     scheduling 2nd

     scope

plateaus

PM (project management)

political process, definition of

politics 2nd

     bad politics 2nd 3rd

     compromise 2nd

     context of

     good politics

     high-trust environments 2nd

     mapping 2nd

     scenarios 2nd

population distribution 2nd 3rd

position

potential

precision

predictability

     scheduling

primacy of time

prioritizing risks 2nd

probabilities 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

     generating more

probability of success

     project pyramid 2nd

         increasing 2nd

problem-solving 2nd

problem-solving clock 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

problems, fixing

product versus prototype

productivity

    flow [See growth]

    growth [See growth]

    new hires [See growth]

programming languages, managers learning new languages 2nd

     standard problems 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

project completion graphs

project management (PM)

project managers, adjusting schedules for 2nd

project pyramid 2nd 3rd

     altitude variable

     distribution 2nd 3rd

     iterative development

     limitations of 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     probability of success 2nd 3rd

     risk 2nd

     scaling 2nd 3rd

     volume 2nd

project velocity curves

projects

     failure, common causes of 2nd

     human factor

     success of 2nd

prototype versus product

prototyping

pseudoscientific jargon

pyramid model, results of

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