Hollywood Secrets of Project Management SuccessJames R. Persse
Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success
by James R. Persse · first published 2008
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> Really? What about all the dependencies from those dependencies?... Yep, all the way to the end. I got the idea from a book called "Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success" by James R. Persse. It's two books interleaved really, one is just a standard pitch for Agile methods (IMO), but the other is a presentation of the process that large film studios use to make movies.…
on “Ask HN: Does anyone investigate open source packages before using in prod?” ↗…the cost of existing features to be able to predict the cost of proposed features. Not being a particularly original thinker, I'd lean heavily on prior art cribbed from the movie industry. To wit: "Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success" by James Persse https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/hollywood-secrets-... If you reduce LoC, prioritize refactoring, and track your actual costs transparently, I think that would have a chance…
on “Python at Scale: Strict Modules” ↗The book "Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success" shows how similar Hollywood and software business are. http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Management-PRO-best-Practice...
on “What Hollywood's Power Players Can Teach Entrepreneurs” ↗Web designers: Thin sans-serif body font means you hate your readers' eyes. I'm grateful for "reader mode". - - - - There's a very interesting book, " Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success" that details their system from an IT point of view. Here's a decent review: https://community.dynamics.com/nav/b/navigateintosuccess/pos... > Inside this system lurks the biggest difference between…
on “We are clueless about how long things should take” ↗Know your stack. Intimately. There's a very interesting book called "Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success"†. Actually, IMO only about half of it is interesting, the parts about how Hollywood makes movies is fascinating, the rest of the book seems to me to be a mildly enterprisey pitch for Agile Methods,…
on “The Internet Relies on People Working for Free” ↗