inteGREAT - Interview With Asif Sharif
May 9, 2008
A short while ago I got an email that stated "Organizations reinvent the same knowledge over and over again because of poor cataloging, traceability and redundancy in the knowledge that is created." Now that is someone who has been around the block! Within... Read more...
Shift Happens: India And China Are Booming. They Must Have Known.
May 8, 2008
This is a slideshow called Shift Happens. It sums up the "Western" naivety about the rise of India, China and other countries. I am from Europe, and I thought that I was quite aware… but if you read those numbers! WOW! Simply WOW! Just click through... Read more...
Project Animals: The Deadly Basset
May 7, 2008
I was brainstorming for some ideas to keep me busy the next few months (only got a gazillion ideas, currently prioritizing them :)), and I came up with an idea that I used for my first blogging experience… yep, it was still 2004, and I had this... Read more...
Experienced Project Managers Stop Learning
May 6, 2008
Today Better Projects posted an intriguing article debunking the myth of “experienced project managers can deal more effectively with complex software projects". They refer to a recent article in HBR magazine, “The Experience Trap”, that basically... Read more...
Communication Failures between Team Members
May 5, 2008
It is easy to compare team members to cogs of a machine, but in real life situations, not all these ‘cogs’ get along well. People from different backgrounds make for different personalities and these personalities can clash…a scenario that tends... Read more...
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
May 4, 2008
There is not one way to make a great lasagna. Of course the basic idea is always the same, but depending on your taste, cooking skills and available ingredients you can have a lot of variations. Some use all fresh ingredients, make the pasta from scratch... Read more...
Getting Ready To Adapt: Preplanning
May 3, 2008
Yesterday I wrote a piece at SVProjectManagement.com about an important lesson we can learn from the Fish Pond Metaphor: the need to preplan. "The idea about preplanning is to equip yourself in such a way that you can adapt to circumstances. That you... Read more...
Project Shrink Links 01-05-2008
May 1, 2008
Ecology, Ethics and the Project manager – A Zen Perspective "Here it is the month in which Earth Day occurs again; so the question - “How does project management relate to ecology and environmental responsibility?” is very relevant. Let’s explore... Read more...
Project Management: We Need Gumby!
April 27, 2008
How Our Project Management Education And Recruitment Creates Stiffs When We Need Gumby's Just for the record I have no problems with Project Management methods. Prince 2, PMBoK, SCRUM, Latest Lean Hype. They are all fine by me. Photography by Tiarescott. I... Read more...
Killing Sacred PM Stuff
April 26, 2008
The most interesting postings of this month can be attributed to Glen Alleman at Herding Cats. Although I don't always agree, these are provoking postings that triggers your brain, and helps you to become more aware of a question I asked earlier this... Read more...