At last week's BizConf, I ran a session based on an idea from Dwayne Phillips, where a bunch of independent businesspeople brainstormed ...

(Rhonda asks Jerry for a little consultation.) RHONDA: I'm a little nervous about my "speech" at a conference in a couple of w...

Jerry: Here's another email consulting dialogue that Larry found helpful. Larry: My name is Larry. I am a software test manager at an in...

Some Italian professors have tried to simulate the famous Peter Principle: "All new members in a hierarchical organization climb the hi...

In these days when money is short, lots of people cannot afford to participate all the conferences they might have attended last year. Money...

Reader June Kim recently wrote: On p.328 of Volume 4 of your Quality Software Management series, the first line goes: "Here's anoth...

One of the challenges of a blog on consulting is the difficulty of showing what actual consulting looks like. From time to time, though, I r...

Did you ever notice how many consultants have back problems? I do, from too much time in miserable seats on airplane, working on my computer...

If you want to have a successful business, you have to pay attention to customer feedback. In the case of eMarketing, that feedback can be f...

It's been about a month since I opened my eNovel store. After a snappy first two weeks, activity slowed to zero, and I thought nobody wo...

I've decided it's past time for me to join the electronic age. Five years ago, I gave myself the assignment of spending five years l...

Michael Hunter asked me to write something for his blog about "my favorite bug." At first I thought it was a silly assignment, but...

Reader Michael Bolton writes: I'm reading General Principles of Systems Design , and enjoying it. I'm confused by something, and I ...

In one month, Esther, Johanna, and I will be starting our next Problem Solving Leadership (PSL) workshop here in Albuquerque. Thus, the timi...

We're giving the next offering of the famous Problem Solving Leadership (PSL) on March 22-27, 2009 Albuquerque, NM led by me, Esther Der...

Back on April 17, 2006, I posted an entry called "Estimating Projects: A History of Failure." I try to make entries that are not e...

Doug Szabo has asked me two interesting questions, and we thought we would share my answers. Doug: Can you point me to some guiding literatu...

Reader Charles sends a question I've frequently had when consulting with testing organizations who are weary of having code thrown at th...

A commenter describes his drinking habits and says they don't interfere with work. He wants to know how I define "alcoholic"? ...

I've been in less than tip-top condition lately, so you haven't seen any posts here for a long time. I just don't have the where...