Project Management

15 Lessons From Re-Writing Big Project From Zero

‘Because’ is a magic word in business

Effective business is all about communication. And I think there’s an area where many people make fatal mistake. They are talking too much about ‘what’, and skip the ‘why’.

No more long software specifications. Let’s just draw and talk.

Dear client, 
I know it’s hard. Hard to explain to us, to developers, what you actually need. I understand it’s all inside your head, you just don’t have time to write that 20-pages software specification. Guess what —…

Dear Clients, please work on your projects too

The biggest problem in IT projects is that they are not completed on time or within budget. And quite often the blame is on vendors — development agencies or freelancers. But actually the clients have a huge influence on the success of their…

Different levels of ASAP, or When clients can wait

Having been on various web-development teams in different roles, I’ve noticed a lot of similarities, no matter the project, team size, budget or continent. One of them — clients demanding things ASAP. Now I will tell you a well-known secret —…

Why Good Developers Become Poor Managers

Usually in development teams there comes a time where someone needs to be promoted into a team-lead or CTO position. People grow up in their careers and want a salary raise, that’s natural. But often it becomes a disaster scenario for both sides. So what are…