The Devil's Guide to iT™ » project http://devilsguidetoit.com making iT simpler Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:45:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 the Sponsor owns the project http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-sponsor-owns-the-project/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-sponsor-owns-the-project/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 15:52:36 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5331 Reality: the Sponsorship attitude dilutes true accountability and ownership.

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-sponsor-owns-the-project/feed/ 0 no substitute for ownership http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/no-substitute-for-ownership/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/no-substitute-for-ownership/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 13:51:23 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5275 iT folk can be difficult to understand at the best of times, especially when describing [...]]]> iT folk can be difficult to understand at the best of times, especially when describing our beloved technology. But it’s even more confusing for everyone when we deliberately avoid using plain language for non-technical aspects of project management. For example we still persist with the inconvenient conspiracy that allows projects to have highly visible ‘Sponsors’ but invisible or absent Owners. The concept of ‘sponsorship’ is truly diabolical, because there is no field of human endeavour where the Sponsors are held accountable for performance. :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/no-substitute-for-ownership/feed/ 0 timesheets are key to estimating and controlling iT http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/timesheets-are-key-to-estimating-and-controlling-it/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/timesheets-are-key-to-estimating-and-controlling-it/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:56:18 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5175 Reality: The next truly accurate iT timesheet will be the first

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/timesheets-are-key-to-estimating-and-controlling-it/feed/ 0 timesheets are a waste of time http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/timesheets-are-a-waste-of-time/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/timesheets-are-a-waste-of-time/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:47:34 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=4697 iT folk are always at their most creative when filling in timesheets. Imagination runs riot, [...]]]> iT folk are always at their most creative when filling in timesheets. Imagination runs riot, as the distant memories of a week ago last Monday are quietly mis-attributed to the most plausible time-recording activities. The trick of course, from the technician’s perspective is simply to ‘balance the books,’ rather than rigorously providing a breakdown of all time actually expended per task. So the whole process becomes a battle of wits, with ‘value’ and ‘accuracy’ as innocent bystanders. Why do we still persist with this flawed charade? :twisted:

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