Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

So a colleague said something interesting to me about project management: The best day of project management is usually the first day, b...

So there is a popular saying: "You can't eat the elephant in one bite." The idea is that you need to break things down in ...

Really liked this sign on my colleague's desk. It says: Start With Yes I remember an old boss who used to say: Don't make ...

Thought this was an interesting analogy.  A colleague refers to some customers as snowflakes. At first, I didn't get it.  Then I...

So Agile development is great for iteratively working closely with customers to develop and refine information systems that are useful t...

So in multiple organizations, I have heard systems referred to as ugly babies! Whether or not it's true, it certainly doesn't mak...

So change agents are some of the most sought after...yet most abhorrent individuals on this planet.  We all recognize that things can be...

This was a funny Dilbert on Requirements Management.  In IT, we all know that getting requirements can be like pulling teeth.  No one ei...

Christopher Mims' article in the Wall Street Journal today on why big companies get disrupted by others doesn't make a lot of se...

This was a funny cartoon.  Who are we?   Clients! What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now! This is like...

Well if "Station Managers do not make change" (happen), who does? Personally, I like to see everyone think creatively about...

You may have seen this before--it is a great comic strip on how requirements can go awry.  When you look at how product or service requi...

Fascinating opinion piece by Fisman and Sullivan in the Wall Street Journal on Friday (15 March 2013) called " The Unsung Beauty of ...

Interesting book review in the Wall Street Journal (18 January 2012) on Standards: Recipes for Reality by Lawrence Busch. Standards ...

I love new technology as much or more than the next guy, but... Last month, I came across an article in USA Today called “ Army Ditches Velc...

This is not an endorsement of any vendor or product, but rather just sharing a great example of how robust visualization and enabling techno...

For many years, we have witnessed the failures of excessively product-driven management , where companies focus on the development and sales...

Recently, I was reminded of an interesting article that appeared in The Wall Street Journal (20 Dec 2007) that what really matters in life i...

Optimism can be a key to success in your personal and professional life! The Wall Street Journal reported in Nov. 2007 that optimism leads t...

In the digital age, information is critical to decision making. This is the case in the board room as well as on the battle field. Informati...