November 13, 2014

45: Not Part of the Plan

1 hour 15 minutes

Managing features and requirements on your project is difficult and scope creep is your constant enemy. John and Seth explore classifying features, dealing with client requests and making it all work to a plan for internal and external projects.
With Seth Clifford and John Chidgey.

TechDistortion Companion Article:

Four Quadrants

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Finding Colours That Sell

Scope Creep

Activated Sludge

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