UPDATE: I304 is at 55 West 13th Street.
We have confirmation that Ed Yourdon will be our guest speaker for the class on 10/31. I have invited the other classes of MCP to join us this day. The presentation will not be in our regular room that day but at I-304.
The assignment for this Friday is posted at http://drop.io/mcp2008 (file name = WhereProjectManagersAreKings.pdf). Same as usual read it and comment on this blog.
I’d like you to give your opinion on how hard teams should try to innovate? Read the paragraphs below and write your comment. Also read the article about IDEO for a good reference on the subject.
Development teams get narrow windows to propose something different and innovative from their organizational or industry norms. Otherwise, it’s back to the digital chain-gang, working on a roadmap derived from bugs, customer feature requests, VP whim or competitor’s existing features.
How does a team best prepare for and then manage those brief opportunities to do something different than the norm? How does one balance investment in innovation against other concerns, such as execution?
This is the book adopted this semester for MCP. Make sure you get it as soon as possible.
Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice (O’Reilly))
Assignment #2 due on Friday, September 12 2008.
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