The Partial Project Manager

In this posting I am going to tell you what the main theme of my blog is… wow. Do I really have an answer? Six weeks ago I released the first draft of my ebook “Project Shrink: Linear Edition“. The reason for publishing unfinished work is to get early feedback. I am very happy to …

Why Bother Looking At Social Media For Use In Projects

If you have no problems in your projects what so ever, consider yourself very lucky and please, keep on doing what you are doing. Project components – methods, processes, procedures, tools – should only be introduced when they either reduce a risk or create an opportunity. Always. If you have communication problems in your project and you …

Purpose Of Communication: What Is It Good For?

This post is part of a series called “Solving The Project Communication Problem“ The purpose of communication (to engage in the act of information exchange) is the fulfillment of one’s physical or emotional needs. If you are tired, you start asking around for a cheap hotel. The effectiveness of the communication is determined by the …

Resilience Explained By Buzz Holling

You know: a project is just a bunch of people working together to achieve a certain goal. It is the result of many different interactions. Interactions between individuals, but also between project and employees, project and company, company and market. Yeah, we don’t use the term “complexity” for nothing. It isn’t easy to make sense …