Do We Manage Projects By Intuition or by Methodology?
What happens if we are not using a method? What do we call it then? I call it management by intuition. Others call it management by experience. Does this work?
View ArticleHow to Gracefully Degrade Your Project Management in a Crisis
It is going to happen. A crisis will ensue and all that good management stuff we do, some of it will have to go out the window. Huh? Shouldn’t we always do everything right, all the time?
View ArticleSuccessful Project Management Is As Easy As Safely Flying A Plane
It’s been a decade since passengers have died in the crash of an airliner carrying more than 100 people. Its a dramatic turnaround. How did they do it?
View ArticleProject Managers History Shows Us How To Innovate Successfully
“How did you do that so fast?” I cheated back then and these kind of cheats (innovations) still work just fine today.
View ArticleHow To Stay A Step Ahead By Not Trying Real Hard
If we believe real hard we certainly should be able to reduce our time by 33%! Maybe, but not by going for it all at once. Here is how we did it.
View ArticleProject Management Lessons From The Snowden Affair
That’s astonishing to me. The rules are not being applied well or they need to be more strict! Uh, oh - not so fast Senator.
View ArticleInexperience Can Be Our Greatest Asset
Go for it. Your inexperience can be your greatest asset.
View ArticleCan We Really Just Ignore The Small Stuff?
In the worst case I figured, I could always change them back to what they were. So I “fixed” them. Disaster?
View ArticleALWAYS Is Probably Not The Word We Want To Use
"I’ve ALWAYS found that the face-to-face relationship is far superior." Always?
View ArticleWhen Product Success Is Bad For Project Management
Success can be a very bad thing and only perpetuate bad practices, until they finally eat out the soul of the company.
View ArticleIt Is A Great Idea But Is It Useful Now?
Ideas can become great ideas when they are applied at the right time and at the right place.
View ArticleLessons Learned From Little Caesars – Small Changes Make A Difference
OMG, that's boring. Wouldn’t we rather be in a group and just argue over what would be the better way to improve?
View ArticleIt Is The Idea, Not The Money That Brings Success
In no case did we ever need more money for a project to succeed.
View ArticleProductivity Lessons Learned from the 113th US Congress
The divided Congress on its way out was the second-least productive of the past 40 years. Lawmakers passed 296 laws in 2013 and 2014, a dozen more than their predecessors in the 112th,113th Congress,...
View ArticleHow to Gracefully Degrade Your Project Management in a Crisis
It is going to happen. A crisis will ensue and all that good management stuff we do, some of it will have to go out the window. Huh? Shouldn’t we always do everything right, all the time?
View ArticleSuccessful Project Management Is As Easy As Safely Flying A Plane
It’s been a decade since passengers have died in the crash of an airliner carrying more than 100 people. Its a dramatic turnaround. How did they do it?
View ArticleProject Managers History Shows Us How To Innovate Successfully
“How did you do that so fast?” I cheated back then and these kind of cheats (innovations) still work just fine today.
View ArticleWhen Innovating, Go Slow?
The tangled history of innovation reveals a peculiar lesson: Slow is often better than fast ... or maybe not.
View ArticleHow To Stay A Step Ahead By Not Trying Real Hard
If we believe real hard we certainly should be able to reduce our time by 33%! Maybe, but not by going for it all at once. Here is how we did it.
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