Project Shrink Rerun: Why You Are Doing PM Like You Do?

During the summer of 2007 I asked myself two questions (well, some more, but who cares about my favorite pizza): 1) why is the most popular way of doing Project Management plan driven? 2) why did agile methods pop up during the mid-nineties and not earlier or later? Red Square – Moscow The answers resulted …

Project Shrink Rerun: Globalization

On “Project Shrink” a recurring theme is “globalization“. The following postings are among my favorites within this topic: The Big Pond: Global Village “Until now we didn’t touch on the current trends that are taking place. The world is shrinking. But what does that mean? The world is getting flat is a statement we hear …

Starting A Discussion About Team Diversity

If you are looking for a great starter to discuss cultural diversity within teams or diversity in general, this fabulous short story from Pixar “For The Birds” is a good help. The animation is 3 minutes long and you can find it here on YouTube. Other postings that get you started: Deviant Behavior In Project …