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Author: Rob Broadhead
Rob is a founder of, and frequent contributor to, Develpreneur. This includes the Building Better Developers podcast. He is also a lifetime learner as a developer, designer, and manager of software solutions. Rob is the founder of RB Consulting and has managed to author a book about his family experiences and a few about becoming a better developer.
In his free time, he stays busy raising five children (although they have grown into adults). When he has a chance to breathe, he is on the ice playing hockey to relax or working on his ballroom dance skills.
I have met more than a few developers that see project management as an unnecessary overhead for software development. On the one hand, I have experiences where PM was done wrong and…
Project Deliverables, Quality, Guidelines and Best Practices
Sooner or later, every developer is asked for project deliverables. This may be source code, binary files, or full-blown documents. No matter which of these is required, the best approach is to make…
Communicating Progress and Status – Consulting Tips
No matter how good you are at your job, sooner or later communicating status will be required. A helpful hint is to avoid waiting until this becomes a requirement. Instead, get in the…
Your Code Repository and Ownership of Source – Consulting Tips
A software consultant brings intellectual tools with them as well as applications. This capital comes in the form of experience and also the more concrete source code. That includes anything you take…
Developer Tools and Licenses as a Consultant (or Employee)
One of the common aspects of consulting that is missed is clarity about developer tools and licenses. In particular, this obstacle is natural to overlook when you are used to being an…
Consulting Project Enhancements and Follow-Ups
The completion of a project is not necessarily the end of a customer relationship. To the contrary, consulting project enhancements are a common way to keep that relationship alive. When that fails, a…