Of all the resources utilized during a project, the team working on the project is the most complex to manage. When motivated, your project team can take up Herculean tasks and not break a sweat but when things go wrong there is little saving the ship unless you find a way to change course in …
My monthly column at TechTarget is up: Within the space of a couple of days I got bombarded with the notion of green project management and being an eco-friendly project manager. I am a nice guy, I print my Gantt charts on recycled strategy memos using dehydrated low-emission cow urine, so don’t come to me …
It is almost Pangea Day. A unique opportunity to broaden your mind. Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film. Why? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it’s easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome …
A short while ago I got an email that stated “Organizations reinvent the same knowledge over and over again because of poor cataloging, traceability and redundancy in the knowledge that is created.” Now that is someone who has been around the block! Within projects, from requirements to design to code, it is always the same …
This is a slideshow called Shift Happens. It sums up the “Western” naivety about the rise of India, China and other countries. I am from Europe, and I thought that I was quite aware… but if you read those numbers! WOW! Simply WOW! Just click through the slideshow. I am actually curious how people from …