Redirecting the Doomed Project

It is nearly impossible to work in software development and not end up on a project which one day ends as a death march. These projects are characterized by being extremely overdue, significantly over budget, and, at the same time, critical to company success. Death marches can happen regardless of development methodology because the contributing factors often include dramatic scope change, lack of vision, and unrealistic deadlines-factors that are methodology neutral. Bob Hartman shares his experiences with death march projects and the approaches he has used to redirect them into successful efforts. He focuses on how stakeholders can identify and address underlying problems early in the project. Learn how to lead rather than manage, encourage creativity rather than stifle it, and become successful rather than beaten. Bob encourages a team-based approach to these problems and discusses various ways team members, managers, and others can collectively improve their ability to deliver a successful product release.