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Three Minors and a Major – related scales made easy.
Do you find it hard to get your head around the four basic scales? The Major scale is easy but what’s all that with the Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor scales? Well, if you start from the right place it … Continue reading
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Tagged harmonic, iqi616, major, melodic, mike ellison, minor, music, natural, relative, scale, scales, tetrachord, tetrachords, theory
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Not so capable, not so mature, and no model
A gem I found on Wikipedia… Capability Immaturity Model The Capability Maturity Model counts up but the Capability Immaturity Model counts down. How many times have you come across these? 0: Negligent – they just talk about CMM -1: Obstructive … Continue reading
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Tagged capability, cim, cmm, gonzopm, immaturity, management, manager, maturity, mike ellison, model, project, wikipedia
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Are we ready yet?
So, you think that you have agreement from your stakeholders but then you talk to another stakeholder who modifies that decision. Should you go ahead? Absolutely not. Having very recently gone through this kind of situation outside work, I am … Continue reading
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Tagged checklist, decision, go, gonzopm, management, manager, mike ellison, no-go, project, readiness, requirements, stakeholders
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Someone’s watching you
Okay it’s a cat not a car but I’m allowed some fun. …Mike.
Designer projects
Hmmm… would my project look best in Chanel or Hilfiger? Actually that’s not what I mean. I’ve been reading The Genius of Design by Penny Sparke. I like to take one concept (in this case the design of physical objects) … Continue reading
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Tagged communicate, cycle, design, documentation, gonzopm, management, manager, mike ellison, plan, planning, project, stakeholders, team, weekly
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Importing from other blogs mostly successful
Well, I’ve still got some work to do. I managed to get the GonzoPM blog posts imported but not so much luck on the Wheel Images posts – missing posts (e.g. the Amphicar) and incomplete galleries. Even though I did … Continue reading
WordPress import tools are blank
This one annoyed me. I was installing import tools but after activating them and selecting them, the page was blank… Continue reading
Walk off the Earth and Sarah Blackwood cover “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye
Walk off the Earth and Sarah Blackwood cover “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye [pron: goatyay] all on one guitar… Some people think it’s lipsynced but it could be a mix of live and dubs – watch for … Continue reading
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Tagged gotye, guitar, iqi616, mike ellison, music, sarah blackwood, video, walk off the earth
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Assuming the worst
Just as there needs to be a better word for “positive risk” – the risk of benefit or opportunity – there needs to be a better word for “negative assumption” i.e. assuming the worst. This extends my earlier posts on assumption … Continue reading
Photoshop project management
No, I’m not talking about using Adobe Photoshop® to make your project appear more successful. It strikes me that an important part of project management is converting a project full of colour and nuance to black and white. And I’m … Continue reading