Software Project Leadership

A lot of people know the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey.  I had heard of it years ago, but had never taken the time to read it … until recently.  How many people know that the subtitle of the book is “Restoring the Character Ethic?”

https://www.experis.com/en/insights/articles/2022/06/22/7-habits-of-effective-software-development-teams
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-habits-highly-effective-software-development-teams-rubicotech?trk=organization-update-content_share-article

https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Dont-Know-Successfully/dp/B0BKJL9NR1
https://spl.drwill.co/webinar

It is reported that Microsoft is investing $1 billion (that’s billion, with a “b”) in OpenAI the parent of ChatGPT.  We should be thankful that there are companies that are so generous and self-sacrificing and willing to help the open source community like that...

Webinar: spl.drwill.co/webinar

Book: https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Dont-Know-Successfully/dp/B0BKJL9NR1

The “imposter syndrome” affects many (sub-)creators of training/coaching content – but they are reassured that they only have to be slightly more knowledgable than their audience.  Maybe that is why there is so much fluffy training cluttering up the internet.

What You Don't Know: https://a.co/d/fEPkAWD

https://www.atlassian.com/blog/productivity/dunning-kruger-effect?utm_source=newsletter-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=work-life-blog-jan-18-2023_EML-14800&jobid=105889853&subid=1622020377

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ChatGPT – a free online advanced AI chatbot that produces human-like responses to user prompts – is being used to generate college essays … among other things.  (Doesn’t that make it CheatGPT?)  So … what are the limitations of AI … or the dangers of it … or the opportunities …

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When people ask me what I did in the Air Force, I usually tell them that I “flew computers.”  Looks like aviation doesn’t aviate without computers.

If you have been setting goals and rewarding yourself for achieving them - if you achieve them - then you may be sabotaging yourself with your own dopamine.

https://youtu.be/1TSTnDRnIAs

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This will be our last recording in this location … we are moving our place of business … and reflecting on what that means

spl.drwill.co/costrisk
A cost driver is the direct cause of a cost and its effect is on the total cost incurred.  What are the direct causes of the cost of software development?

Steve Jobs once said: “Be a yardstick of quality.  Some people are not used to an environment where excellence is expected.”  Some people?  Only some?

Software Quality Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx2U7H9VtJ4CiuT49YNO-XnZk-R0CsGEc

Self Authoring
https://www.selfauthoring.com

https://spl.drwill.co/asses_schedule_risk

Always plan ahead … remember, it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.  Also … according to Peter Drucker, “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”