LoneCoder: Project Mis-Management: TaskJuggler Drops the Ball

[Ken Burtch]

My latest blog entry, this one on the open source TaskJuggler software.

"Project management--that is, the attempt to organize resources and people 
to meet a common goal--is a bit of a sham. TaskJuggler takes traditional 
project management to the point of fanaticism.

"At work the other day, I was bemused when one of the IT staff walked into 
a boardroom, took a marker, and wrote with large letters, 'WHY DOES 
EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE SO DAMN HARD?' When I asked what his problem was, he 
said, 'Project managers...'"

http://www.pegasoft.ca/coder/coder_july_2008.html

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