• August 17, 2015

    NPR One: A mostly awesome news party for your ears

    The new NPR One app has all the makings to be my new best friend. My favorite news source enters the world of algorithmically personalized streaming media apps! Public broadcasting meets Pandora! Everything a busy, smartphone-enabled NPR addict like me could want, right? Almost. It skips something important on its way...
  • April 14, 2015

    Why PMs should love CI, part 4: Coding your way to clearer requirements

    Continuous Integration is not just for DevOps people. This is a series about why PMs should care about CI too and what they can do to help foster it in their teams. One of the most important concerns of software development program managers is requirements definition. Whether you’re writing the...
  • March 19, 2015

    Why PMs should love CI, part 3: Prioritizing the code that’s needed, not the code they know

    Continuous Integration is often presented as a “dev team” thing — not something us PMs should worry our pretty little heads about. But CI is good for PMs too, and is more successful when PMs buy in. This is a series about why PMs should care about CI and what they...
  • February 7, 2015

    Why PMs should love CI, part 2: Better software (duh)

    Continuous Integration is often presented as a DevOps concern. This is a series about the benefits for PMs and what they can do to help foster the process in their teams. The first benefit I’ll cover is the same one enjoyed by all stakeholders: better software. We don’t have a...
  • January 17, 2015

    Impact mapping example

    I used Impact Mapping for the first time today to help my team brainstorm about our strategic goals for the year. It’s a technique described in Gojko Adzic’s book of the same name for breaking down goals into concrete deliverables in a way that translates nicely into the “As a ___ I want ___ in order to ____”...