According to the CHAOS Report, 60% of software projects are late. These are the impacts of late projects that I have personally witnessed: The team cuts quality corners to “go faster,” only to be thrown off schedule by awful defects at the end of the project Competitors took the market…

A few years ago, I was running a watermelon project. The status reported to management was green — on time. But our work was taking longer than expected and requirements were constantly changing. Beneath the watermelon rind, our project status quickly turned bright red. To make up for it, we…

Every day at my job, I’m trying to prove to myself, my team, my managers: I’m valuable. My work = revenue for my company and value to their customers. I can plan a project and get it done. On time. My code is top-quality. …