Sacking a non-performing team member – this, too, can be a sign of leadership
I have recently worked on a project which consisted of several sub-projects. Most of them were running smoothly, i.e., milestones were met, deliverables were generally of good quality. Unfortunately, there was one project which continually was running late. The project objectives were clearly defined, there…
Another excellent podcast on project management
Today I have found yet another excellent podcast on project management. http://www.thepmpodcast.com is run by Cornelius Fichtner. I highly recommend this podcast.
All work is project work
Well, not all work but most. I have recently come across an article which states this. The article can be found at http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/24/wowproj.html is an excellent read. It is entitled “The Wow Proejct”, yet goes way beyond project work. “Wow Projects”, the author, Tom Peters,…
Interview on effective leadership and creating a Team Norming workshop
I am proud and happy to announce that an interview I gave last month in Denver for the Project Leadership Podcast (http://www.projectleadershippodcast.com/ -> go to Episode 2) has just gone live. In this featured Interview I talk about leadership and creating a “Team norming” workshop….
New White Paper on Requirements Management
A new white paper on requirements management can be downloaded from our website. The url is http://www.thomasjuli.com/Outline of Best Practice Requirements Management.pdf .
Project vs. Product Management
There are important differences between project and product management as well as commonalities. The project manager: The project manager is responsible for managing the assigned project in time and in budget. Whether or not the project manager is eventually accountable for the deliverables depends on…
Agile Project Management: The Natural Way
In a recent coment I wrote, „AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT has been a topic at the [PMI] conference. Indeed, I believe there were 2-3 presentations on this very topic. For example, Michele Sliger, co-author of the newly published and excellent book „The Software Project Manager’s Bridge…
PMI Global Congress – Reflections, Part I
Wow, what a conference! I cannot remember any conference or professional meeting I ever attended where there was such a wealth of knowledge, interesting people, inspiring ideas. It will take a time to digest all the information. All I can say is that I highly…
does a word still count?
… it depends. My philosphy is that it should. For example, in case of promises, commitments for a new project. This has happend to me lately. Unfortunately, the client could not back his verbal approval of a proposal of mine with a written email or…
Value of project management
PMI has recently concluded a research project on measuring the actual value of project management and how to improve the value. Visit http://www.pmi.org/value for details. It is worth the visit.