Managing Software for Growth: Without Fear, Control, and the Manufacturing Mindset

Plans

I think the plan in the previous section is all a manager (and a team) needs to grow software, but that might be too radical for some project sponsors. A manager might be able to answer the three sponsor questions, and get rewarded with a project, but sometimes that won't close the deal. A manager might need an initial plan that looks a little more familiar. Let me help.

Here is the only Gantt chart that makes much sense:

The rollup is even simpler:

Our plans need to skip to the rollup. One bold bar, two dates. And that “End” date probably ...