http://steven.teleki.net Steve on software development, management, and organizations... Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://steven.teleki.net/2010/08/08/whats-the-status/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Ryan Shillington Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:29:09 +0000 http://steven.teleki.net/?p=350#comment-141 Actual and estimated % complete are good starts. You need to include risks in here as well as their mitigation. Basically - where am I, where should I be, what's preventing me from completing on time, and what am I going to do about it. That's not just the basics, I'd argue that's all you need. Everything else is just fluff. Actual and estimated % complete are good starts. You need to include risks in here as well as their mitigation. Basically – where am I, where should I be, what’s preventing me from completing on time, and what am I going to do about it. That’s not just the basics, I’d argue that’s all you need. Everything else is just fluff.

]]> http://steven.teleki.net/2010/07/22/humans-multitasking-and-context-switching/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Mike Barto Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:55:38 +0000 http://steven.teleki.net/?p=291#comment-56 I've found this especially true for software developers. As you are working on a task, you are adding items to your active memory. A context switch tends to clear this active memory. So when you get back to the original task, you have to build that active memory up again. Even if only five minutes are spent rebuilding the active memory, that small amount of time adds up as you do more context switches. I’ve found this especially true for software developers. As you are working on a task, you are adding items to your active memory. A context switch tends to clear this active memory. So when you get back to the original task, you have to build that active memory up again. Even if only five minutes are spent rebuilding the active memory, that small amount of time adds up as you do more context switches.

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