6 Ways to Shape the Culture of Your Software Product Team

6 Ways to Shape the Culture of Your Software Product Team

If you feel that dragging a passenger off a plane is an acceptable solution to getting airline personnel onto an overbooked flight, stop reading now. If HOW your product strategy objectives are met is important to you, carry on. The US airline incident this past...
9 Ways to Strengthen a Distributed Team

9 Ways to Strengthen a Distributed Team

Working remotely has evolved from an emerging trend to the new normal. Productivity is the assumed result of eliminating the commute to the office, yet getting more hours to work is not the same as actually getting more done. Achieving success in remote work stems...
When Really Good People Make Really Bad Decisions

When Really Good People Make Really Bad Decisions

Who hasn’t made a bad decision or done something really stupid under stress? Learn how to recognize and handle that stress in our latest StickyMinds article. Read the full article here: When Really Good People Make Really Bad Decisions
Top 6 Things to Remember When Starting Up a Software Project

Top 6 Things to Remember When Starting Up a Software Project

In the world of product development, most project leaders have only one or two opportunities a year to start a brand new project. While we’re good at planning kick-off meetings and tweaking an agenda to meet the needs of our new project, we’re often a bit rusty at...
Why Can’t I.T. Tell Me What a Project Will Cost?

Why Can’t I.T. Tell Me What a Project Will Cost?

Businesses are becoming dependent on their IT departments to create financially sound plans to achieve specific business outcomes. With this responsibility, why is IT still so hesitant to tell the business what something costs? Genecians Kenton and Ryan give the...
Pros and Cons of Developers Having PMP Certification

Pros and Cons of Developers Having PMP Certification

The Tech Republic recently cited PMP certification as #6 on its list of top IT certifications.  So if you’re a software developer looking to get ahead, is this something worth considering? In a recent Dice article, “Can the PMP Make Sense for Developers?”, Genecians...