Introduction This post is the forty-ninth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page. This post is about dashboards. Dashboards are where data meets decision-makers. The field of data visualization is about this intersection of information and actors. ...

Introduction This post is the forty-eighth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page. This post is about Performance-Based Management (PBM). Almost… In Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis refutes an argument with the following statement: It has every amiable ...

Introduction ''Just give me a number - I need something to tell my boss. We won't hold you to it, I just need something, anything, to get him off my back.'' There were nice people there. Good people. People that meant well. The gentleman speaking to me was one of them. He wanted a number and I gave him one. Estimates, Targets, and ...