As Tompkins says and forshadows, he didn’t have until this point someone that caused problems to his strategy. Everything was going perfect, the members of his crew were the best and deadlines were fine, but, where is the challenge? In this story, it has a name: Minister Belok. Today I’ll be talking about chapter 11Sigue leyendo «Belok: the enemy arrives»
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Hunch simulator
Welcome readers, this time we’ll continue to cover the book of The Deadline, by Tom De Marco, and as I suspected last article, this new chapter grants us with new information to learn from. Tompkins meets a man called Abdul Jamid, a young man that is very talented in data analytics regarding project management. HeSigue leyendo «Hunch simulator»
Hate Home-office? I’ll tell you why it could be your BEST office
Times are weird in this era, as a giant pandemic known as the COVID19 struck the world violently. There is currently no cure to this new disease and could be life threatening for the older people. Businesses are starting to close, all mass events, in which people are seriously in danger of contracting the virus,Sigue leyendo «Hate Home-office? I’ll tell you why it could be your BEST office»
Rizzoli a la Makrov – The Deadline chapters 8, 9
Two very interesting chapters with tons of value to learn from. The Deadline by Tom De Marco is getting more weird in these new chapters. The eight chapter begins with Lahksa telling Tompkins that they are going to meet a very important person: the eminent Dr. Rizzoli. He is a researcher and famous investigator forSigue leyendo «Rizzoli a la Makrov – The Deadline chapters 8, 9»
The deadline 6 and 7, but ITS A SONG!
Hello fellow readers of my blog, This time I wanted to try something different to reflect the most important ideas on chapters 6 and 7 of The Deadline, by Tom De Marco. I made a song about it. No more needed to say. If you have trouble viewing the player, check out the song here:https://clyp.it/iw5g0i52Sigue leyendo «The deadline 6 and 7, but ITS A SONG!»
Morovia – the new Silicon Valley
Tomkins continued his adventure in the mysterious land of Morovia, and it turned out more crazy than before. This is the second part of my «Deadline» by Tom De Marco blog reflections. If you are interested in the first part, where I talk about the first two chapters, visit to my entry: «Management’s Wonderland». ChaptersSigue leyendo «Morovia – the new Silicon Valley»
Management’s Wonderland
Recently I started reading the book «The Deadline» by Tom de Marco, and I want to share my thoughts and opinions about the first and second chapter. This book was published in 1997 and it’s main inspiration is 1930’s Mr Tompkins in Wonderland by George Gamow. De Marco applied the same principle as the originalSigue leyendo «Management’s Wonderland»
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