Why Agile Fails Without a Common Vision
It was a crystal-clear mission. Thought the management. Develop and launch a new software product. The project objectives were defined and announced. It was not the first time the various teams from product development, software development, IT operations, marketing and sales faced a challenge this…
The Secret to Project Success
We all thrive for success. The big question is, how do we get there? I have provided a number of answers to this question in my book „Leadership Principles for Project Success„. More and more people are applying the 5 leadership principles laid out in…
PMI Global Congress EMEA 2011 in Dublin
Today is the second day of the PMI Global Congress EMEA 2011 in Dublin. More than 800 people came to Dublin to share their stories about project management and get inspired by new ideas. A fabulous event! My own presentation „The Good and Evil of…
PMI’s New Agile Certification: Good or Evil?
There are some who consider PMI „evil“, others strongly believe in PMI. Now comes PMI’s new Agile certification. As much as skepticism about PMI’s past philosophy of linear, traditional project management is justified, the new certification is a huge milestone for PMI, for the Agile…
Culture – the often forgotten element in Agile
As Agile project management and the concepts of Radical Management become ever more popular there is at least one important factor that everyone who is honestly interested in embracing the Agile evolution has to be aware of: know thy culture. Agile offers many methodologies, tools,…
Refreshment for weary agile teams
In a recent article on the website of the Scrum Alliance Bob Martin addresses the problem of Scrum teams which after a period of hyper-productivity faces declining productivity and team morale. His article aims to lay out a possible path back to high-performance and great…
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…