Planning is Fear. Instead, Work with Life and Joy.
I have worked in professional project management for quite a number of years. Over the last years, I have moved away from classical project management and one of its core activities: planning. There are a number of reasons for this. First of all, I believe that…
In Search for the Ideal Company
Over the last two decades I have worked for a number of companies, consulted even more. Some of them were outstanding, others were, well, less so. It is time to reflect and share what I believe are 3 characteristics of a well-run business and desired…
The MVP Model for Project Success
I believe that for projects to excel and evolve into WOW projects it is not sufficient to focus on project objectives and even less so on requirements. One of the reasons is that they are subject to change. If involved project members and stakeholders believe…
Ethics and Project Success – Free Webinar on Dec 21
I invite you to my new webinar „Ethics and Project Success“ which I will be conducting for the Ethics in Project Management Community of Practice of PMI on December 21, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Local Time (UTC +0100) (1 hour), i.e., 12…
Tips, Tricks & Lessons Learned for Social Media in Project Management
What would you say is the biggest problem on projects today? Is it the ever increasing complexity? Is it project sponsors who are absent? Is it the impossible expectations that our customers have? Robert Szilinksi and Michael Krebs (www.esentri.com and www.social-pm.com) say that it’s neither…
Valuable Collaboration [includes presentation and white paper]
Everyone is talking about collaboration these days, especially in projects. Hence it was no big surprise that „collaboration“ was one of the key words at this week’s PMI Global Congress EMEA in Dublin, Ireland. Social media, communication, collaboration tools, …, you name it. Thank to…
The wise use of collaboration tools for project success
Collaboration is and always has been a central factor for project success. In times of international projects and virtual team environments collaboration is more important than ever. Technology can help overcome geographical boundaries to active collaboration. Indeed, technology has become an enabler of communication and…
Effective teams don’t need collaboration tools. Really? [includes podcast and presentation]
Last February I had a chance to attend (and speak at) the NASA Project Management Challenge in Long Beach, CA. In a session about collaboration tools one of the attendants claimed that „effective project teams don’t need collaboration tools“. I admit that this statement made…
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…
A fool with a tool is still a fool – Article
I have just finished preparing my presentation for the upcoming PMI Global Congress North America in Washington, DC. On October 10 I will be speaking about „A fool with a tool is still a fool: Overcoming possible pitfalls of introducing collaboration tools“. Abstract: Collaboration is…