Experiment For Your Project Survival

What is killing thousands of projects per week? The fact that we have no clue what is happening in our project and its environment, and still act as if we have paranormal gifts that allow us to predict the future. We are too stupid to understand reality. So, there I said it. Again. But what …

Project Management In Colombia With Alberto Dominguez

In this episode of Project Shrink video chat I’m talking with Alberto Domínguez, PMP. Alberto works as a Software Project Manager in Colombia and is author of the blog Simple Projectz. We talk about project management in Colombia. If you are doing international projects you must check out the interview. You can view the video …

Help Needed On Study on Virtual Teams

Do you work on or lead a virtual or matrix team, where members are not co-located? Is it a challenge getting people engaged, finding the right level of governance, or making sense out of all the emerging collaboration technologies? The Marengo Group, consulting arm of author Jerry Manas, in partnership with The Communication Partnership, Ltd, …

Rerun: Thinking Outside Your Project Management Box

Times are hectic. It seems that old laws are not valid anymore. Things. Have. Changed. If the “old ways” have brought us into trouble, perhaps we should step outside of our little boxes, and have a fresh perspective on our projects. I hope to spark some creative ideas by pointing you to these past articles …

Alignment Of Individual And Organizational Objectives With Andrew Meyer

In this new video chat I’m talking with Andrew Meyer. The topic of our chat is the alignment of individual and organizational objectives. Andy is founder of Capability Alignment Professionals. His company is a leader in building focused business communities that leverage the lessons from social networks. It’s all about close communications and alignment to …