Dogmatic Scrum: an end to Agile?
I consider myself a proponent of agile methologies (such as Scrum) and agile project management. I support and live Agile not because it is a fad but because I believe it is the right approach to running projects and develop products, especially when we are…
Follow-up on leadership seminar
On Feb 21, 2011 I conducted a one-day workshop „Leadership Principles for Project Success“ in Frankfurt, Germany. It was a wonderful learning experience. Given the highly interactive character of this workshop all participants could learn a lot about the various aspects of leadership and how…
The „Top 3“ of status reports
As managers or project managers we regularly prepare so-called status reports. It is supposed to be a summary of the events, accomplishments, issues and upcoming milestones. In my experience in project management I have seen numerous formats of status reports. In many, too many cases…
Work environment: It’s your own choice
Our work environments have a huge impact on our contributions, how they are perceived and valued, and how we feel. This is not a new insight. And yet often I hear that we cannot really change our own work environments, that they are predefined and/or…
Upcoming Workshop: Leadership Principles for Project Success
On January 21, 2010 I will conduct a workshop „Leadership Principles for Project Success“ in Frankfurt, Germany. It is an official PMI sanctioned workshop. As such you can earn 6 PDUs by attending this workshop. Workshop language will be German. The workshop will cover all…
Successful New Year’s Resolution
Once every year there are thousands and thousands of people who sense the urge to come up with resolutions for the new year. This is good. It shows that people are willing to change something for the better. I wonder though how many of these…
Free Project Management Book – Drawing for Free Copies of Leadership Principles for Project Success
Drawing for 3 Free Copies of Leadership Principles for Project Success by Thomas Juli and published by CRC Press announced for PMForum’s PM GiveAways™ Program Dallas, Texas, USA — PMForum has announced that the next project management book to be given away through its PM…
Photo impressions from Conference in Athens
Yesterday I received photos from last week’s project management conference in Athens. A project management conference and I am talking about mountains? True. The reason is simple: I am comparing a project to a mountain tour where the mission of the team is to reach…
PM Conference in Athens, Greece: Presentation available for download
Last week I gave a presentation „Leadership Principles for Project Success“ at the 5th Project Management Congress in Athens, Greece. The motto of this conference was „Project Leadership in a Project Oriented World“. There were more than 150 people attending which is considering the relative…
Ignore your environment – or how to set up your project for failure
We all know that we live in an interdependent world. This is common sense. And yet again the proverb that common sense is not common practice holds true. Recently I observed a project which was headed by an expert in his field. He knew the…