Astutely Obtuse Staff Writer
We Answer More of Your Questions
Well, we’re back. With the gap in posting, we got hit with a lot of questions from our dedicated readers. While our answers were dodgy,...
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Welcome to Astutely Obtuse, a site dedicated to discussing the obvious in a snarky way. The business world and project management aren't the optimistic utopia often expressed by colleges and instructors with certification bodies. Astutely Obtuse is our way of discussing what happens when things go to absolute shit.
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Josh
- Jun 10
- 7 min
The Not So Quiet Genius of Herb Wasserman
Herb recognized that clients are “snot-sucking bastards with the IQ of lumpy fucking gravy.”
Josh
- Jun 3
- 7 min
Final Fantasy II: Genocide and Razing the Countryside is No Way to Run an Empire
“Everyone’s dead.” Get used to reading that because you will read it a lot in this game. It’s fucking dark.
Jer
- May 28
- 5 min
Staying Young Takes Skills
Will learning a skill keep you young and prevent brain rot? Maybe, we're not a fucking neuroscientist.
Jer
- May 20
- 6 min
Why Your Project Team Sucks: Your Stand-Ups are Alive, with the Sound of Jargon
Prioritization by categorization probably isn’t going anywhere.
Astutely Obtuse Readers
- Apr 30
- 8 min
Tales From the Pit or Malicious Compliance at Its Best
What You Don’t Know Apparently Hurts Me? Hi Jer, I’ve been a PM/VA with my company for a bit over seven years. We’re a relatively small...
Josh
- Apr 22
- 3 min
The Final Fantasy Challenge: A Vertical Look at the Increasingly Misnamed Final Fantasy Series
Several years ago, I was sitting in a Starbucks with a long-time friend who was working for one of the many wineries in Paso Robles,...
Christina
- Oct 2, 2023
- 8 min
Mental Health Mondays | Dressing Up Abuse in a Ball Gown Doesn’t Change That It’s Abuse.
I want to talk about the use of positive feedback as a way to control and manipulate your team.
Jer
- Sep 26, 2023
- 8 min
COTS? More Like N-OTS! Am I Right?
They turn to a popular service and hope for the best. They're paying through the piss-hole for it, but at least they're seeing improvement.
Josh
- Sep 20, 2023
- 14 min
Case Studies | All You Need is a View of the Great Lakes
Imagine working for a project team that got things out on time, with high quality, and without the pressure of hitting deadlines.
Christina
- Sep 4, 2023
- 5 min
Mental Health Mondays: Why We Need to Talk About What Your Employees Are Feeling
Mental Health Mondays is a guest article, written by our former epistolary content creator, Christina. We are super glad she’s back and...
Josh
- Aug 28, 2023
- 13 min
Testing, the Need For Quality, and the Neverending Pursuit to Completely Ignore It
The root of the issue is this "magic" idea that shifting left will solve everyone's problems
Josh
- Aug 21, 2023
- 12 min
Case Studies | The Toxicity of the Shitty
Is that fucking toddler being enabled by the CEO? Are the people being promoted incapable of saying no?
Josh
- Aug 14, 2023
- 7 min
Gaps, Bridges, Just-The-Tip, and New Kinks: Why Only Going Half-Way Will Fuck You
My first question was why an organization would just try to recreate the shitty manual process
Mike
- May 18, 2023
- 7 min
Managerial Moments with Mike | The Illusion of Success: The Fallacy of a Unified Façade
Before I trek the winding path of Tsarist Russia, and Catherine’s visit to Crimea let's delve into the façades we use to protect ourselves.
Astutely Obtuse Readers
- May 11, 2023
- 4 min
Letters From the Readers | Hostile Take Overs, and Passion Plays
Hey Muh-Dudes, Here’s a story for you guys. I recently (within the past year) took a senior PM position {at a consumer POS company}. The...
Astutely Obtuse Staff Writer
- May 1, 2023
- 1 min
Beyond Agile: Part... Uh... | The Pausening
So here we are again... bullshit lawsuits. Since we've started this blog our monthly readership has exploded. It has been a very...
Josh
- Apr 27, 2023
- 4 min
Templates: The Strange Use Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The use case description template was created to provide a written version of a typical workflow.
Astutely Obtuse Staff Writer
- Apr 24, 2023
- 7 min
Beyond Agile: Part 3 | Introducing the Theatre Model
A few years ago, I was introduced to a novel methodology called the Studio Model. It’s a true work of genius and is a fantastic place...
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