Let me wish you a happy new year. Happy. That sounds normal, doesn’t it? But how about a felicitous 2010! More expensive. More sophisticated. Difficult. I really had to look this word up in the dictionary. I personally like an awesome 2010! It has more passion. It sounds youthful. At least, that is what I …
If two people have the same view of the their world, hold similar belief systems, in other words, have congruent mental models, they understand each other with ease. Congruent mental models stimulate effective communication. If you want to synchronize your model with that of your conversation partner, you are looking for clues about his believe …
Every moment in a project has a specific set of topics and discussions you would expect. During the start up “planning” and “scope”, just before delivery “creating the final build” and “acceptance”. If you are in a room with your team it happens very often that a talk between people in the same room morphs …
It is important for a project to have a specific culture. It is the culture of a group that determines what we think is essential and how we interact with others. It’s how we do thing around here. But not all individuals like the same culture. People have preferences. Some like plan-driven approaches. Some like …
When I got a PR notice last week telling me that the “Dictionary of Project Management Terms” currently is in its third edition, I went blank… Why do I need a dictionary? Why not just use “simple” language? So, I asked the author, J. LeRoy Ward … [Project Shrink]: “Why should one learn the specific …