Tag: projekt management

  • Planning without data is gambling

    Vom Albtraum zur Methode Manchmal merkt man erst mittendrin, wie weit man vom Kurs abgekommen ist. Im Oktober 2022 startete ich ein Projekt, das im November 2023 abgeschlossen sein sollte. Doch was als überschaubares Unterfangen begann, entwickelte sich rasch zu einem echten Albtraum. Bis Mai 2023 waren erst 30 % erledigt, und die Erkenntnis traf…

  • Perfectionism as Poison

    A few years ago, I would probably have considered “perfectionism” to be a desirable quality for developers. I now know that perfectionism is paralyzing. That doesn’t mean you should do the opposite and always tackle everything with slapdash work. Rather, you should always keep the well-known Pareto Principle in mind. The principle was named after the Italian...

  • Why the best developers are often the worst estimators

    After graduating, I was not only in a position to implement large software projects with hundreds or even thousands of development hours, but also to appreciate them. Since the age of 18, I have always been involved in the development of software projects alongside my studies. Some of them even ran productively in 24/7 operation in plant parks. However, these were...

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