Thomas Juli
First presentation of new book
Dear friends, last night I had the opportunity to present my upcoming book „Leadership Principles for Project Success“ at a meeting of the GPM chapter Mannheim / Ludwigshafen. The presentation is available for download here; feedback is welcome and requested. I am making great progress…
Out on a limb? Working for difficult clients – Cont’d
Dear Friends, I still owe you a response to the question what I ended up doing in the situation described in my previous post. Recall, the question I posed was, “What experience do you have advising clients which on the one hand asks you to…
Out on a limb? Working for difficult clients
Dear Friends, Following-up a past, private blog entry on working for „difficult“ clients I have received numerous replies by email. Thank you all for your feedback and advice. Again the question I posed was, “What experience do you have advising clients which on the one…
New Survey on Key Factors for Project Success
I have launched a new online survey „In Search for Key Factors for Project Success“. Preliminary results are available online and will be presented as part of my presentation at the PMI Global Congress in Orlando on October 13, 2009. The objective of the present…
Agile SAP Integration
Yes, agile and SAP. It may not fit together at first sight but is it possible? Why not!? I posted this question on the PMIAGILE yahoogroup a couple of weeks ago. Today I have finally received a response. I was pointed to a presentation at…
Crisis = danger and opportunity
Everybody is talking about the crisis. What about you? Are you lamenting about the present situation? Do you see a light at the end of the tunnel? Or do you actually embrace the crisis, take it as an opportunity to learn? Yesterday I have come…
Results of online survey on team involvement and project re-alignment available
We all dream of projects where objectives are clearly defined, mutually understood, where every team member knows which role to play, which responsibilities to fill, where constructive feedback is daily routine, lessons learned are shared across teams, and, last but not least, where teams deliver…
Upcoming book
Today I have finished a new book proposal. I keep the title to myself – at least for the time being. Still, let me tell you about its content: The book is going to be about the 5 principles of effective project leadership and how…
Preliminary results of survey available
Preliminary results of my online survey of team-involvement and project re-alignment are available on the “Surveys” tab or at http://tinyurl.com/tjep-surveyblog. The survey will run for another 2 weeks. Please share the url to the survey with your friends and peers: http://tinyurl.com/tjep-teambuilding. The more people participate…
Reflections on PMI Global Congress EMEA in Amsterdam, May 18-20, 2009
The PMI Global Congress EMEA was held in Amsterdam May 18-20, 2009. Once again it was an excellent conference on all kinds of topics of project management. Attendants could pick from more than 70 sessions. There was no lack of innovative and thought provoking topics…