Business-driven development
Posted in Delivery on October 27th, 2005 Comments Off
Sound principles, though with an explanation that’s tad too short and simplistic.
Archive for October, 2005
Project v. functional
Posted in Delivery, People on October 27th, 2005 Comments Off
Pete Beherns has some good intro on cross-functional teams:
In Winning at New Products, Robert Cooper outlines a study that evaluated the relative effectiveness of different project management structures for product development. They evaluated five types of structures:
Functional - the project is divided into segments, which are assigned to relevant functional areas or groups.
Functional Matrix - […]
Places to intervene in the system
Posted in Architecture on October 16th, 2005 Comments Off
9. Numbers (subsidies, taxes, standards).
8. Material stocks and flows.
7. Regulating negative feedback loops.
6. Driving positive feedback loops.
5. Information flows.
4. The rules of the system (incentives, punishment, constraints).
3. The power of self-organization.
2. The goals of the system.
1. The mindset or paradigm out of which the goals, rules, […]