Category Archives: discovery

Concentricity – A Tool for Planning and Accomplishing Anything

THE CONCEPTS DEFINITION: Concentricity: the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another). The traditional “target” image needs to be altered, however, to allow for a flexible application. The focus at any given moment will shift to … Continue reading

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Process

I hope the main things we took away from the process training is this: Prototyping is the Anti-Waterfall Doing development and design iteratively has distinct advantages over the traditional waterfall approach. It creates a high-quality plan while keeping the client … Continue reading

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Contract Killers

I just read a great article by Andy Budd that talks about an alternative approach to bidding out projects. called “Target-Scope.” It looks like a great idea (it might be akin to what the ZenPrint estimates were like). What do … Continue reading

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Tips for project managers on courting clients

Because Rain handles a number of large projects each year, we benefit from a wide range of project management experiences. Here are some recent lessons I wanted to formulate into a post.  This content is intended for other Project Managers … Continue reading

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