Everyone knows micromanagement is evil, but very few understand what exactly it is and what's a better alternative.

A properly configured distributed team of programmers can and must deliver a higher quality of code than a co-located one.

When a task you're working on is too big or you simply don't want to do it, you cut corners; here is how you can do it professionally.

A project is not a school, and it shouldn't pay for our education; however, we want to learn while working on a project. Here is some simple advice on how to align our goals and project objectives.

Chats, emails, phone calls, mailing lists, issue tracking systems, face-to-face meetings, and other communication instruments for a software project.

In XDSD everybody is motivated to produce tangible and meaningful results. That's why we don't use emails, Skype, HipChat or phone calls.

Patent-pending methodology of breaking down big tasks into smaller ones is explained in the article, by example in Java

Micro-tasking is a management paradigm we've been practicing for over eight years, to the benefit of our programmers and project sponsors.

Solving technical problems in a large scope which is difficult to understand is a very stressful activity; I suggest we behave professionally.

Instead of asking over and over again if she is working tomorrow. I just consult her very organised calendar — and when she wants to check if I'm free she looks at my very empty calendar.

What weeknotes are, how weeknotes work, and how to start writing weeknotes of your own