by Esther Derby | Apr 18, 2003 | The Rest
The overheard conversation between a harried developer and her manager (“You’ll just have to multitask!”) reminded me of other management exhortations I have heard. Failure is not an option! This is usually repeated with great vigor and conviction by...
by Esther Derby | Mar 12, 2003 | The Rest
Yesterday I was re-reading The Myth of Fungible Resources in Slack by Tom DeMarco. Here’s the definition of fungible that appears in the book (p.13): Fun.gi.ble ….(especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or...
