Thomas Juli
Webinar Presentation „The 5 Team Leadership Principles for Project Success“ now available
Today’s webinar presentation „The 5 Team Leadership Principles for Project Success“ is now available on Slideshare and as pdf-download, here. In addition you can download a synopsis of the presentation, here. All of the 55 questions will be posted on the PMI IS CoP website /…
Free Webinar „The 5 Team Leadership Principles for Project Success“, Oct 5, 12 PM EST
On October 5, 2011 I will conduct a one hour webinar entitled „The 5 Team Leadership Principles for Project Success“. What is it about? We all need and thrive for successful projects. But what does it take to get there? There is no doubt that good…
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…
Project Management Zen: Project Success Requires Project Failure
If project success is the opposite of project failure, what does failure mean? How do you define it? What does it encompass and how do you feel about it? – These are not fake questions. They are serious and they are meant to be answered. …
Project Management and Zen
Today’s projects become increasingly complex. We are faced with endless challenges, have to juggle thousands of different and often conflicting expectations and desires, have to meet deadlines, deliver on time, exercise pressure on those people who do not or cannot deliver as expected – or…
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…
Tips on Handling a Problem Team Member on your Project
[by Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP ] Oh there is a problem alright. And it starts with the fact that you have a boss, peer or project team member who is completely in denial about the chaos that is all around them. If they do see…
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…
Innovation is not a continuous activity; it’s a project-based activity
Can innovation and projects go together? Absolutely. As a matter of fact projects can be the epitome of innovation, i.e. projects set-up and run effectively. This is what Tim Brown, CEO of the design firm IDEO, said about this very topic: „So innovation is not…
What’s driving you?
In his latest post Bill Barren talks about the importance of realizing the urgency of a problem if you want to change something. The blog is entitled „Mosquitos, Malaria and What May Be Stopping You From Getting Clients“. Bill cites the dilemma of malaria deaths…