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Essentials of Project Planning

Published on June 6, 2009 By Ian Burgess

“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up” A A Milne. I love this quotation as it so clearly illustrates the importance of planning. Often the most neglected stage in most projects is the planning stage where the project is given its clear [...]

Google Wave

Published on June 1, 2009 By Ian Burgess

I have just been watching this and think that Goggle may have just unveiled the future of collaboration software. Although in its infancy and with concerns around security and other elements this should make dispersed team communication much easier and may spell the end of share-point as a corporate tool in it current form. (I [...]

Agile Retrospective – Lessons Learned

Published on June 1, 2009 By Ian Burgess

The one phase that is most often neglected in agile development is the retrospective, fulfilling the same role as lessons learned in other methodologies such as Prince2. Only paying lip service to the retrospective will have noticeable effect on the delivery of the project it is in this phase that misunderstandings are outlined and process that [...]

Agile Development in a Commercial Organisation

Published on May 4, 2009 By Ian Burgess

“100 grand spent on half finished software is worth nothing” This statement sums up the problem with conventional long cycle development, In the current commercial environment the ability to change focus and deliver value is more critical than ever. Agile development will allow a company to Having been an advocate of Agile development and project [...]

Communication in Web Projects

Published on April 17, 2009 By Ian Burgess

  Is web project management that different from other forms of project management in theory no, but the difference is that the average web project manager has no background and training as a conventional PM,  they have come from a design and communication background. And this might be the reason that their are so many good [...]

Web 2.0

Published on April 10, 2008 By Ian Burgess

“Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.”  Tim O’Reilly Web 1.0 was the imitation of print media online and other than perhaps a basic search and possibly a facility to [...]